RB Leipzig 2-1 Zenit: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 8 March 2018
Result
RB Leipzig 2-1 Zenit
Europa League · Thursday 8 March 2018, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
RB Leipzig 2-1 Zenit: match report
RB Leipzig beat Zenit 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 8 March 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Bruma opened the scoring in the 56th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Bruma (56') and Timo Werner (77'). Zenit scored through Domenico Criscito (86').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; Zenit received no yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 118th on 3 points from 2 and Zenit 5th on 25 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-4-2 and Zenit in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Naby Keïta of RB Leipzig (8.5), ahead of Timo Werner (8.4).
Key events
- 56'Goal · Bruma
- 77'Goal · Timo Werner
- 85'Yellow card · Dayot Upamecano
- 86'Goal · Domenico Criscito
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-4-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Konrad Laimer, Willi Orbán, Dayot Upamecano, Lukas Klostermann, Emil Forsberg, Diego Demme, Naby Keïta, Bruma, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Timo Werner
Zenit line-up (4-4-2)
Andrey Lunev, Branislav Ivanović, Miha Mevlja, Emanuel Mammana, Domenico Criscito, Emiliano Rigoni, Aleksandr Erokhin, Matías Kranevitter, Daler Kuzyaev, Abdelghani Aouamri, Anton Zabolotnyi