Match Report
The points column showed no gap: 7 apiece, Benfica 3rd and Zenit 4th. The last five rounds placed Zenit no better than 19th for form, against 4th in the standings. Per game in the league, Benfica were scoring 1.67 and conceding 1.83, Zenit 1.17 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Benfica were unbeaten in 5, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
7 meetings are on record — 3 won by Benfica, 4 by Zenit, 0 drawn, at 2.57 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 71% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisbon (capacity 64,642). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.