FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs Borussia Dortmund, Champions League 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs Borussia Dortmund — Champions League at Gazprom Arena.
- FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Borussia Dortmund 8 games · 11 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Mihai Artene
- Referee Istvan Kovacs
- Referee Vasile Marinescu
- Referee Marius Avram
Standings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Dec Borussia Dortmund H 1–2 L 05 Dec FK Ural H 5–1 W 02 Dec Club Brugge KV A 0–3 L 28 Nov PFK Arsenal Tula A 0–0 D 24 Nov SS Lazio A 1–3 L 21 Nov RFK Akhmat Grozny A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Dec FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg A 2–1 W 05 Dec Eintracht Frankfurt A 1–1 D 02 Dec SS Lazio H 1–1 D 28 Nov 1. FC Koln H 1–2 L 24 Nov Club Brugge KV H 3–0 W 21 Nov Hertha BSC A 5–2 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Borussia Dortmund this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Borussia Dortmund is showing some good football. However, Borussia Dortmund are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Sardar Azmoun is having his name booked by the referee on 10.
- 15' Borussia Dortmund is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 16' GOAL! Sebastian Driussi scores on 16.
- 21' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 21 minutes.
- 26' The travelling Borussia Dortmund supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 31' It looks surprising Borussia Dortmund does not make any changes. Emre Can has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 36' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 41' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 46' It looks like no one’s ball. Borussia Dortmund is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 51' Borussia Dortmund started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
- 56' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Borussia Dortmund that had 508 games and scored 656 goals.
- 58' Time for substitution for Borussia Dortmund. Felix Passlack is replaced by Youssoufa Moukoko.
- 60' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Artem Dzyuba is hanging Sebastian Driussi on the field on 60 minute.
- 61' Wendel has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daler Kuzyaev on 61 minute.
- 66' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 67' The FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg manager makes a substitution. Yaroslav Rakitskii departs to be replaced by Dejan Lovren.
- 68' What an equalizer from Lukasz Piszczek!
- 72' Borussia Dortmund manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Dan-Axel Zagadou is hanging Lukasz Piszczek on the field on 72 minute.
- 77' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 78' GOAL! Axel Witsel scores on 78.
- 79' Time for substitution for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg. Magomed Ozdoev is replaced by Danil Krugovoi.
- 83' Ansgar Knauff is replacing Thorgan Hazard for the Borussia Dortmund side.
- 88' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Dan-Axel Zagadou made 508 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- The final score is 1-2.
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Lineups
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups
Starting XI
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8
Malcom ↓ Vyacheslav Karavaev 79'
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14
Daler Kuzyaev ↓ Wendel 61'
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- 44
- 41
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27
Magomed Ozdoev ↓ Danil Krugovoi 79'
- 11
- 7
- 19
- 87
Bench
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6
Dejan Lovren ↑ 67'
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15
Vyacheslav Karavaev ↑ 79'
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20
Wendel ↑ 61'
- 99
- 21
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Artem Dzyuba ↑ 60'
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Danil Krugovoi ↑ 79'
- 18
- 78
- 38
- 17
- 92
Coach Sergei SemakBorussia Dortmund Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
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15
Mats Hummels ↓ Jadon Sancho 72'
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19
Julian Brandt ↓ Gio Reyna 58'
- 26
- 11
- 35
- 28
- 14
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10
Thorgan Hazard ↓ Ansgar Knauff 83'
- 23
- 22
Bench
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7
Jadon Sancho ↑ 72'
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Dan-Axel Zagadou ↑ 72'
- 37
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Gio Reyna ↑ 58'
- 40
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Youssoufa Moukoko ↑ 58'
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36
Ansgar Knauff ↑ 83'
Coach Lucien Favre -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sebastian Driussi 1 Jadon Sancho 1 Erling Haaland 1 Lukasz Piszczek 1 Axel Witsel 1 Head to Head
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form
2020-12-08 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–2 Borussia Dortmund L 2020-12-05 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 5–1 FK Ural W 2020-12-02 Club Brugge KV 3–0 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2020-11-28 PFK Arsenal Tula 0–0 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2020-11-24 SS Lazio 3–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2020-11-21 RFK Akhmat Grozny 2–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg DBorussia Dortmund Form
2020-12-08 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–2 Borussia Dortmund W 2020-12-05 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Borussia Dortmund D 2020-12-02 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 SS Lazio D 2020-11-28 Borussia Dortmund 1–2 1. FC Koln L 2020-11-24 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Club Brugge KV W 2020-11-21 Hertha BSC 2–5 Borussia Dortmund W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.4 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.53 Borussia Dortmund xGI would bet for: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or Borussia Dortmund 73% + Both teams to score 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Borussia Dortmund winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.93Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 34% 66% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or Draw 61%Draw or Borussia Dortmund 67%FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or Borussia Dortmund 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.4%1 – 2 Actual2 – 1 7.7%0 – 1 7.3%0 – 0 7.1%1 – 0 6.6%0 – 2 6.2%2 – 2 5.9%2 – 0 5.2%1 – 3 4.3%3 – 1 3.6%0 – 3 3.1%Asian Handicap — FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
Handicap FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers Push Borussia Dortmund covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 10% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 18% 67% -0.5 33% — 67% +0.5 61% — 39% +1 61% 20% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 12% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Borussia Dortmund keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.