Zenit St Petersburg vs Vardar, 2017-18 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League

Zenit St Petersburg

16': Dmitriy Poloz
43': Emiliano Rigoni

FT
2 - 1

Vardar

90'+3': Dejan Blazevski

About

Zenit St Petersburg are hosting Vardar at Gazprom Arena, Saint Petersburg, Russia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Attempt saved. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
2': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Evgen Novak.
4': Attempt blocked. Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
4': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
4': Attempt missed. Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Miha Mevlja following a corner.
5': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
6': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Besir Demiri.
6': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
8': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8': Foul by Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg).
9': Attempt missed. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
11': Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
11': Foul by Vanja Markovic (Vardar).
13': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
13': Ytalo (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Foul by Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit St Petersburg).
16': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Vardar 0. Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
17': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg).
18': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
19': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Miha Mevlja.
24': Attempt saved. Alves (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Boban Nikolov.
25': Attempt missed. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dmitriy Poloz.
25': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar).
25': Oleg Shatov (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
26': Penalty Zenit St Petersburg. Artem Dzyuba draws a foul in the penalty area.
26': Penalty conceded by Evgen Novak (Vardar) after a foul in the penalty area.
27': Penalty saved! Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
27': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Evgen Novak.
31': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Yuri Zhirkov.
31': Attempt blocked. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
32': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Emanuel Mammana (Zenit St Petersburg).
32': Attempt missed. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alves.
35': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg).
38': Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Foul by Jambul Jigauri (Vardar).
39': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Emiliano Rigoni tries a through ball, but Oleg Shatov is caught offside.
41': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar).
41': Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 0. Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Noboa.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Alves (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Boban Nikolov.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
45'+1': First Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 0.
45': Second Half begins Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 0.
45': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Sebastián Driussi replaces Oleg Shatov.
48': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
48': Ytalo (Vardar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
48': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
48': Ytalo (Vardar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
49': Attempt missed. Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Emiliano Rigoni.
52': Attempt saved. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Besir Demiri.
53': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Denis Terentjev tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
54': Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
54': Foul by Besir Demiri (Vardar).
54': Besir Demiri (Vardar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55': Delay in match Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg) because of an injury.
57': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
58': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Christian Noboa tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
58': Attempt missed. Alves (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ytalo.
60': Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
60': Foul by Evgen Novak (Vardar).
61': Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
61': Foul by Evgen Novak (Vardar).
66': Attempt saved. Alves (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
67': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Denis Terentjev.
67': Attempt blocked. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vanja Markovic.
67': Offside, Vardar. Boban Nikolov tries a through ball, but Evgen Novak is caught offside.
68': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
68': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
69': Attempt blocked. Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Rigoni.
69': Foul by Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg).
69': Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Alves.
71': Besir Demiri (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
71': Foul by Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg).
71': Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
72': Attempt saved. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ytalo.
72': Attempt saved. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
73': Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by Alves (Vardar).
73': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Matías Kranevitter replaces Artem Dzyuba.
74': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
74': Foul by Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg).
75': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
77': Attempt blocked. Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dmitriy Poloz.
77': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
77': Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Substitution, Vardar. Dejan Blazevski replaces Ytalo.
80': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Christian Noboa tries a through ball, but Emiliano Rigoni is caught offside.
80': Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
80': Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
81': Delay in match Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) because of an injury.
82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
83': Foul by Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar).
83': Matías Kranevitter (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Substitution, Vardar. Filip Stojcevski replaces Tigran Barseghyan.
86': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Besir Demiri.
86': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
87': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Maxim Karpov replaces Emanuel Mammana.
88': Attempt blocked. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alves.
88': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88': Foul by Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg).
89': Attempt saved. Dejan Blazevski (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
89': Boban Grncarov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg).
90'+2': Substitution, Vardar. Petar Petkovski replaces Jambul Jigauri.
90'+2': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Maxim Karpov.
90'+3': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 1. Dejan Blazevski (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alves with a cross following a corner.
90'+4': Attempt saved. Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yuri Zhirkov.
90'+4': Denis Terentjev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Foul by Petar Petkovski (Vardar).
90'+5': Second Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 1.
90'+5': Match ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Vardar 1.

Statistics

VAR		ZEN
11	Fouls	18
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	4
4	Corner Kicks	8
3	Saves	7
38.9	Possession	61.1
16	SHOTS	11
8	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
267	Accurate Passes	462
352	Passes	548
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	2
11	Crosses	22
0.3	Cross %	0.1
56	Long Balls	61
22	Accurate Long Balls	42
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
4	Blocked Shots	3
10	Effective Tackles	14
16	Tackles	19
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
0	Interceptions	0
35	Effective Clearances	17
35	Clearances	17

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Gazprom Arena
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Attendance: 38,196

Line-Ups

Zenit St Petersburg (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Yuri Lodygin (GK)
30	Emanuel Mammana
23	Miha Mevlja
18	Yuri Zhirkov
3	Denis Terentjev
21	Aleksandr Erokhin
16	Christian Noboa
17	Oleg Shatov
10	Emiliano Rigoni
22	Artem Dzyuba
7	Dmitriy Poloz

Zenit St Petersburg Substitutes:

Leandro Paredes, Sebastián Driussi, Ivan Novoseltsev, Mikhail Kerzhakov, Domenico Criscito, Maxim Karpov, Matías Kranevitter.

Vardar (4-4-2)

No.	Name
90	Filip Gacevski (GK)
21	Evgen Novak
6	Boban Grncarov
23	Besir Demiri
19	Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
8	Vanja Markovic
10	Boban Nikolov
7	Jambul Jighauri
11	Tigran Barseghyan
48	Ytalo
70	Juan Felipe

Vardar Substitutes:

Dejan Blazevski, Nikola Gligorov, Igor Aleksovski, Filip Stojcevski, Darko Velkoski, Visar Musliu, Petar Petkovski.

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