Zenit 1-2 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 9 March 2016

Result

Zenit 1-2 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 9 March 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Zenit · Benfica · Champions League predictions

Zenit 1-2 Benfica: match report

Zenit lost to Benfica 1-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 9 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Hulk opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Zenit's goal came from Hulk (69'). Benfica scored through Nicolás Gaitán (85') and Talisca (90+6').

Discipline: Zenit received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Zenit were 21st on 11 points from 7 and Benfica 4th on 17 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Zenit lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nico Gaitán of Benfica (8.2), ahead of Ljubomir Fejsa (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Zenit wins, 1 draw and 2 for Benfica.

Going into the match Zenit's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Benfica's W-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Konstantinos MitroglouBenfica
  • 49'Yellow card · PizziBenfica
  • 69'Goal · HulkZenit · 1-0
  • 85'Goal · Nicolás GaitánBenfica · 1-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · HulkZenit
  • 90+6'Goal · TaliscaBenfica · 1-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Zenit 2, draws 1, Benfica 2.

Team news

Zenit line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yuriy Lodygin, Aleksandr Anyukov, Nicolas Lombaerts, Luís Neto, Yury Zhirkov, Hulk, Maurício, Abdelghani Aouamri, Danny, Axel Witsel, Artem Dzyuba

Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Ederson, Andreas Samaris, Victor Lindelöf, Eliseu, Nélson Semedo, Ljubomir Fejsa, Nico Gaitán, Pizzi, Renato Sanches, Konstantinos Mitroglou, Jonas