Zenit 2-1 Dundalk: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2016
Result
Zenit 2-1 Dundalk
Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Zenit 2-1 Dundalk: match report
Zenit beat Dundalk 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 3 November 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Giuliano opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Zenit's goals came from Giuliano (42') and Giuliano (78'). Dundalk scored through Daryl Horgan (52').
Discipline: Zenit received 2 yellow cards; Dundalk received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Zenit were 33rd on 9 points from 3 and Dundalk 87th on 4 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Zenit lined up in a 4-3-3 and Dundalk in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Giuliano of Zenit (8.9), ahead of Aleksandr Kerzhakov (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Zenit win, 0 draws and 0 for Dundalk.
Going into the match Zenit's last five read W-W-W and Dundalk's L-W-D.
Key events
- 41'Yellow card · Domenico Criscito
- 42'Goal · Giuliano
- 43'Yellow card · R. Finn
- 52'Goal · Daryl Horgan
- 71'Yellow card · B. Gartland
- 78'Goal · Giuliano
- 81'Yellow card · P. McEleney
- 86'Yellow card · Nicolas Lombaerts
- 88'Yellow card · Stephen O'Donnell
- 88'Yellow card · S. O'Donnell
Head-to-head
Team news
Zenit line-up (4-3-3)
Mikhail Kerzhakov, Aleksandr Anyukov, Domenico Criscito, Nicolas Lombaerts, Luís Neto, Giuliano, Maurício, Axel Witsel, Abdelghani Aouamri, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Oleg Shatov
Dundalk line-up (4-1-4-1)
Gary Rogers, Sean Gannon, Brian Gartland, Andy Boyle, Dane Massey, Chris Shields, Daryl Horgan, John Mountney, Ronan Finn, Patrick McEleney, David McMillan