Zenit 3-1 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 2 October 2019

Result

Zenit 3-1 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 2 October 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Zenit 3-1 Benfica: match report

Zenit beat Benfica 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 2 October 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Artem Dzyuba opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Zenit's goals came from Artem Dzyuba (21'), an own goal by Rúben Dias (70') and Sardar Azmoun (78'). Benfica scored through Raúl de Tomás (85').

Discipline: Zenit received 1 yellow card; Benfica received no yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Zenit lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Magomed Ozdoev of Zenit (8.5), ahead of Sardar Azmoun (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Zenit wins, 1 draw and 3 for Benfica.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Artem DzyubaZenit · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Yaroslav RakitskiyZenit
  • 70'Own goal · Rúben DiasZenit · 2-0
  • 78'Goal · Sardar AzmounZenit · 3-0
  • 85'Goal · Raúl de TomásBenfica · 3-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Zenit 2, draws 1, Benfica 3.

Team news

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Zenit line-up (4-4-2)

Andrey Lunev, Igor Smolnikov, Branislav Ivanović, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Douglas Santos, Oleg Shatov, Magomed Ozdoev, Wilmar Barrios, Sebastián Driussi, Sardar Azmoun, Artem Dzyuba

Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Tomás Franco Tavares, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ljubomir Fejsa, Gabriel Pires, Pizzi, Adel Taarabt, Rafa Silva, Haris Seferovic