Europa League: Real Betis conquers Zenit 3-2
Real Betis beat Zenit.
Real Betis overcome Zenit. Zenit was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was held on Thursday and this began at 5:45 pm UTC. The referee was Benoît Bastien who was helped by Benjamin Pages and Aurélien Drouet. The 4th official was Jérémie Pignard.
Match Statistics
Zenit was in firm control of the ball 61% while Real Betis was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Zenit was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Real Betis managed to find the solution to win this match.
Zenit shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Real Betis shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Zenit received 2 yellow cards (Y. Rakitsky and W. Barrios). On the other side, Real Betis received 1 yellow card (C. Tello).
After this match, Zenit stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the table. while Real Betis has 10 points (2nd).
Match Events
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7'7'
Y. Rakitsky
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8'8'
G. Rodriguez
Joaquin
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18'18'
Willian Jose
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25'25'
A. Dzyuba
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29'29'
Malcom
Wendel
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41'41'
A. Guardado
A. Ruibal
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46'46'
D. Krugovoy
Y. Rakitsky
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46'46'
A. Mostovoy
V. Karavaev
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58'58'
C. Tello
Juanmi
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58'58'
W. Carvalho
Joaquin
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65'65'
Yuri Alberto
Claudinho
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73'73'
I. Sergeev
A. Dzyuba
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75'75'
C. Tello
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79'79'
B. Iglesias
Willian Jose
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86'86'
H. Bellerin
A. Ruibal
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88'88'
A. Erokhin
D. Chistyakov
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90'90'
W. Barrios
Next match
In the upcoming Europa League match, Zenit will play away with Real Betis on the 24th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Real Betis (0 draws).
Real Betis will host Zenit on the 24th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Real Betis (0 draws).
Zenit and Real Betis will play the return match on the at the Estadio Benito Villamarín
Zenit: Formation and Lineups
Zenit started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Sergei Semak chose to play with the following team: Mikhail Kerzhakov , Vyacheslav Karavaev , Dmitri Chistyakov , Yaroslav Rakitskiy , Douglas Santos , Malcom , Wílmar Barrios , Wendel , Claudinho , Daler Kuzyaev and Artem Dzyuba .
Substitutes
Zenit made 5 changes: Y. Rakitsky for D. Krugovoy (46′), V. Karavaev for A. Mostovoy (46′), Claudinho for Yuri Alberto (65′), A. Dzyuba for I. Sergeev (73′) and D. Chistyakov for A. Erokhin (88′).
Top player: Malcom
Probably the most impressive player in Zenit was Malcom.
His rating is with 1 goal, 40 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Real Betis: Formation and Lineups
Real Betis started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti played with: Rui Silva , Youssouf Sabaly , Germán Pezzella , Edgar González , Álex Moreno , Guido Rodríguez , Andrés Guardado , Aitor Ruibal , Joaquín , Juanmi and Willian José .
Substitutes
Real Betis made 4 changes: Juanmi for C. Tello (58′), Joaquin for W. Carvalho (58′), Willian Jose for B. Iglesias (79′) and A. Ruibal for H. Bellerin (86′).
Top player: Guido Rodríguez
The player who no doubt impressed Real Betis the most was Guido Rodríguez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League
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