Chelsea FC vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg, Champions League 2021-22 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Chelsea FC vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg — Champions League at Stamford Bridge.
- Chelsea FC 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
- FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Marco Di Bello
- Referee Bartosz Frankowski
- Referee Marcin Boniek
- Referee Jakub Winkler
- Referee Krzysztof Jakubik
- Referee Marco Fritz
17 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.2 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodo/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC Kobenhavn 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Sep FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg H 1–0 W 11 Sep Aston Villa FC H 3–0 W 28 Aug Liverpool FC A 1–1 D 22 Aug Arsenal FC A 2–0 W 14 Aug Crystal Palace FC H 3–0 W 29 May Manchester City FC A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Sep Chelsea FC A 0–1 L 11 Sep RFK Akhmat Grozny H 3–1 W 26 Aug PFC CSKA Moskva H 1–0 W 21 Aug FK Ufa A 1–1 D 15 Aug FK Lokomotiv Moskva A 1–1 D 07 Aug FK Krasnodar H 3–2 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
Chelsea FC this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Stamford Bridge that hosts another battle between Chelsea FC and FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' Aleksandr Erokhin has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 20' Chelsea FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 30' It looks surprising Chelsea FC does not make any changes. Dmitri Chistyakov has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 40' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 45' The referee shows Chelsea FC player a Yellow card on 45.
- 50' It looks like no one’s ball. Chelsea FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 55' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chelsea FC that had 405 games and scored 649 goals.
- 60' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 62' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Yaroslav Rakitskii.
- 63' Kai Havertz has so much to prove this time. He replaces Hakim Ziyech on 63 minute.
- 68' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 69' Goal! Romelu Lukaku scores his 157 goal in 406 matches.
- 74' The travelling FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 75' Artem Dzyuba has so much to prove this time. He replaces Malcom on 75 minute.
- 76' It is a substitution in FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg team. Wendel is replaced by Aleksandr Erokhin on 76 minute.
- 81' Hakim Ziyech needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 24 Yellow cards this season.
- 82' Another substitution for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to replace Daler Kuzyaev by Kirill Kravtsov on 82 minute.
- 83' Time for substitution for Chelsea FC. Marcos Alonso is replaced by Ben Chilwell.
- 88' The supporters are chanting for Andrei Mostovoi. He replaces Claudinho on 88 minute.
- 90' Ruben Loftus-Cheek has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mason Mount on 90 minute.
- Another three points for Chelsea FC.
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Lineups
Chelsea FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 5
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28
Azpilicueta ↓ Thiago Silva 83'
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3
Marcos Alonso ↓ Ben Chilwell 83'
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- 9
- 19
- 24
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22
Hakim Ziyech ↓ Kai Havertz 63'
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Bench
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21
Ben Chilwell ↑ 83'
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- 20
- 18
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12
Ruben Loftus-Cheek ↑ 90'
- 14
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6
Thiago Silva ↑ 83'
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29
Kai Havertz ↑ 63'
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Coach Thomas TuchelFK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups
Starting XI
- 3
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10
Malcom ↓ Artem Dzyuba 75'
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8
Wendel ↓ Aleksandr Erokhin 75'
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14
Daler Kuzyaev ↓ Kirill Kravtsov 82'
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- 44
- 1
- 7
- 19
- 2
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11
Claudinho ↓ Andrei Mostovoi 88'
Bench
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21
Aleksandr Erokhin ↑ 75'
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22
Artem Dzyuba ↑ 75'
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4
Danil Krugovoi ↑ 88'
- 41
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17
Andrei Mostovoi ↑ 88'
- 71
- 94
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64
Kirill Kravtsov ↑ 82'
Coach Sergey Semak -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Romelu Lukaku 2 Timo Werner 2 Magomed Ozdoev 1 Sardar Azmoun 1 Claudinho 1 Head to Head
Chelsea FC Form
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form
2021-09-14 Chelsea FC 1–0 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2021-09-11 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–1 RFK Akhmat Grozny W 2021-08-26 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–0 PFC CSKA Moskva W 2021-08-21 FK Ufa 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2021-08-15 FK Lokomotiv Moskva 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2021-08-07 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–2 FK Krasnodar W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.36 Chelsea FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.61 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 68% + Under — clean sheet likely 65%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Chelsea FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.97Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 84% 16% ± 1.5 59% 41% ± 2.5 32% 68% ± 3.5 14% 86% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
Chelsea FC or Draw 83%Draw or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 45%Chelsea FC or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 Actual0 – 0 16.3%1 – 1 12.4%2 – 0 12.3%2 – 1 7.7%0 – 1 7.3%3 – 0 5.5%3 – 1 3.6%1 – 2 3.4%2 – 2 2.5%0 – 2 2.4%4 – 0 1.9%Asian Handicap — Chelsea FC
Handicap Chelsea FC covers Push FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 16% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 27% 47% -0.5 53% — 47% +0.5 85% — 15% +1 85% 11% 4% +1.5 96% — 4% +2 96% 3% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Chelsea FC keeps clean sheet 54% ✓FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.