Benfica 3-0 Zenit: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 10 December 2019

Result

Benfica 3-0 Zenit

Champions League · Tuesday 10 December 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 3-0 Zenit: match report

Benfica defeated Zenit 3-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 10 December 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Franco Cervi opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Benfica's goals came from Franco Cervi (47'), Pizzi (58', penalty) and an own goal by Sardar Azmoun (79'). Zenit did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Zenit received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Benfica were 41st on 4 points from 5 and Zenit 31st on 7 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Zenit in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (9.3), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 3 for Zenit.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Douglas SantosZenit
  • 19'Yellow card · Gabriel PiresBenfica
  • 43'Yellow card · Magomed OzdoevZenit
  • 47'Goal · Franco CerviBenfica · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Aleksandr ErokhinZenit
  • 56'Second yellow · Douglas SantosZenit
  • 58'Penalty goal · PizziBenfica · 2-0
  • 79'Own goal · Sardar AzmounBenfica · 3-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Benfica 3, draws 1, Zenit 3.

Team news

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Benfica line-up (4-4-1-1)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Tomás Franco Tavares, Ferro, Rúben Dias, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Gabriel Pires, Adel Taarabt, Franco Cervi, Chiquinho, Carlos Vinícius

Zenit line-up (4-4-2)

Mikhail Kerzhakov, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Yordan Osorio, Branislav Ivanović, Douglas Santos, Aleksandr Erokhin, Wilmar Barrios, Magomed Ozdoev, Oleg Shatov, Sardar Azmoun, Artem Dzyuba