Benfica 0-0 Zenit: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 16 September 2014
Result
Benfica 0-0 Zenit
Champions League · Tuesday 16 September 2014, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Benfica 0-0 Zenit: match report
Benfica drew with Zenit 0-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 16 September 2014. The half-time score was 0-2.
Hulk opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Benfica did not score. Zenit scored through Hulk (5') and Axel Witsel (22').
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Zenit received 1 yellow card.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Zenit in a 4-1-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 1 for Zenit.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Hulk
- 18'Red card · Artur Moraes
- 22'Goal · Axel Witsel
- 60'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 65'Yellow card · Javi García
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Eliseu, Jardel, Andreas Samaris, Nico Gaitán, Eduardo Salvio, Talisca, Enzo Pérez, Lima
Zenit line-up (4-1-3-2)
Yuriy Lodygin, Domenico Criscito, Nicolas Lombaerts, Igor Smolnikov, Javi García, Ezequiel Garay, Oleg Shatov, Axel Witsel, Danny, Hulk, Salomón Rondón