Valencia 2-1 Zenit: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 16 September 2015
Result
Valencia 2-1 Zenit
Champions League · Wednesday 16 September 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Valencia 2-1 Zenit: match report
Valencia defeated Zenit 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 16 September 2015. The half-time score was 0-2.
Hulk opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Valencia's goals came from João Cancelo (54') and André Gomes (73'). Zenit scored through Hulk (9'), Hulk (44') and Axel Witsel (76').
Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards; Zenit received 4 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Valencia lined up in a 4-3-3 and Zenit in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hulk of Zenit (8.1), ahead of Axel Witsel (7.8).
Key events
- 9'Goal · Hulk
- 16'Yellow card · Igor Smolnikov
- 17'Yellow card · André Gomes
- 17'Yellow card · Hulk
- 44'Goal · Hulk
- 53'Yellow card · Paco Alcácer
- 54'Goal · João Cancelo
- 61'Yellow card · Axel Witsel
- 73'Goal · André Gomes
- 76'Goal · Axel Witsel
- 90+4'Yellow card · Nurgzay Khayrulin
- 90+6'Yellow card · André Gomes
- 90+6'Yellow card · Hulk
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-3-3)
Jaume Doménech, João Cancelo, Shkodran Mustafi, José Gayà, Aymen Abdennour, Dani Parejo, Enzo Pérez, Javi Fuego, Álvaro Negredo, Sofiane Feghouli, Pablo Piatti
Zenit line-up (5-3-2)
Yuriy Lodygin, Aleksandr Anyukov, Domenico Criscito, Nicolas Lombaerts, Igor Smolnikov, Ezequiel Garay, Danny, Javi García, Axel Witsel, Hulk, Artem Dzyuba