Zenit 2-0 Málaga: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 21 November 2012
Result
Zenit 2-0 Málaga
Champions League · Wednesday 21 November 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Zenit 2-0 Málaga: match report
Zenit defeated Málaga 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.
Diego Buonanotte opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Zenit's goals came from Danny (49') and Victor Fayzulin (86'). Málaga scored through Diego Buonanotte (8') and Sebastián Fernández (9').
Discipline: Zenit received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Málaga received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Zenit were 53rd on 3 points from 4 and Málaga 5th on 14 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Zenit lined up in a 4-3-3 and Málaga in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Zenit wins, 0 draws and 1 for Málaga.
Going into the match Zenit's last five read L-W-L-L and Málaga's D-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Diego Buonanotte
- 9'Goal · Sebastián Fernández
- 14'Yellow card · Martín Demichelis
- 14'Yellow card · Martín Demichelis
- 15'Red card · Vladimir Bystrov
- 28'Yellow card · Danny
- 36'Yellow card · Diego Buonanotte
- 45'Yellow card · S. Fernández
- 45+2'Yellow card · Sebastián Fernández
- 49'Goal · Danny
- 66'Yellow card · Aleksandr Anyukov
- 66'Yellow card · Aleksandr Anyukov
- 70'Yellow card · Mikael Stahre
- 86'Goal · Victor Fayzulin
- 90'Yellow card · Weligton
- 90+2'Yellow card · Weligton
- 90+5'Red card · Vladimir Bystrov
Head-to-head
Team news
Zenit expected line-up (4-3-3)
Vyacheslav Malafeev, Domenico Criscito, T. Hubočan, Nicolas Lombaerts, Aleksandr Anyukov, Axel Witsel, Igor Denisov, Vladimir Bystrov, Roman Shirokov, Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Málaga line-up (4-4-2)
Willy Caballero, Jesús Gámez, Eliseu, Oguchi Onyewu, Ignacio Camacho, Jérémy Toulalan, Duda, Diego Buonanotte, Sebastián Fernández, Roque Santa Cruz, Martín Demichelis