Zürich 2-1 Ventspils: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 25 August 2009

Result

Zürich 2-1 Ventspils

Champions League · Tuesday 25 August 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Zürich 2-1 Ventspils: match report

Zürich won against Ventspils 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 25 August 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Johan Vonlanthen Benavides opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Zürich's goals came from Johan Vonlanthen Benavides (6') and Almen Abdi (90+2'). Ventspils scored through I. Ţîgîrlaş (8').

Discipline: Zürich received no yellow cards; Ventspils received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Zürich were 14th on 6 points from 3 and Ventspils 9th on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Zürich win, 0 draws and 0 for Ventspils.

Going into the match Zürich's last five read W-W-L and Ventspils's L-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Johan Vonlanthen BenavidesZürich · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · I. ŢîgîrlaşVentspils · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Azamat BaimatovVentspils
  • 90+2'Goal · Almen AbdiZürich · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Zürich 1, draws 0, Ventspils 0.

Team news

Zürich line-up

Johnny Leoni, Veli Lampi, Florian Stahel, Alain Rochat, Hannu Tihinen, Xavier Margairaz, Silvan Aegerter, Johan Vonlanthen Benavides, Onyekachi Okonkwo, Alexandre Alphonse, Dusan Djuric