RB Leipzig vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg, Champions League 2019-20 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
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RB Leipzig vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg — Champions League .
- RB Leipzig 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Oct FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg H 2–1 W 19 Oct VfL Wolfsburg H 1–1 D 05 Oct Bayer 04 Leverkusen A 1–1 D 02 Oct Olympique Lyonnais H 0–2 L 28 Sep FC Schalke 04 H 1–3 L 21 Sep SV Werder Bremen A 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Oct RB Leipzig A 1–2 L 19 Oct FK Rostov H 6–1 W 06 Oct FK Ural A 3–1 W 02 Oct Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 3–1 W 28 Sep FK Lokomotiv Moskva A 0–1 L 21 Sep FK Rubin Kazan H 5–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against RB Leipzig and FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg has kicked off!
- 5' 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.
- 8' Wilmar Barrios is having his name booked by the referee on 8.
- 13' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. RB Leipzig needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 18' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Nordi Mukiele suffering a number of foals already.
- 23' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg that had 391 games and scored 528 goals.
- 25' What a strike from Yaroslav Rakitskii! The score is 0-1.
- 30' RB Leipzig is showing some good football. However, RB Leipzig are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 35' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Timo Werner, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 45' 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.
- 49' GOAL! Konrad Laimer scores on 49. Assisted by Marcel Sabitzer
- 54' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 59' RB Leipzig is taking the lead after the goal scored by Marcel Sabitzer on 59.
- 64' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- The final score is 2-1.
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Lineups
RB Leipzig Lineups
Starting XI
- 17
- 11
- 10
- 22
- 1
- 16
- 4
- 5
- 27
- 44
- 7
Bench
- 18
- 9
- 28
- 31
- 3
- 20
- 8
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Marcel Sabitzer 2 Yaroslav Rakitskii 1 Diego Demme 1 Konrad Laimer 1 Head to Head
RB Leipzig Form
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form
2019-10-23 RB Leipzig 2–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2019-10-19 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 6–1 FK Rostov W 2019-10-06 FK Ural 1–3 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W 2019-10-02 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2019-09-28 FK Lokomotiv Moskva 1–0 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2019-09-21 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 5–0 FK Rubin Kazan W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.46 RB Leipzig xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xGI would bet for: RB Leipzig or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 73%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: RB Leipzig winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.66Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 74% 26% ± 2.5 49% 51% ± 3.5 28% 72% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
RB Leipzig or Draw 71%Draw or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 56%RB Leipzig or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.2%1 – 0 9.2%0 – 0 9%2 – 1 Actual0 – 1 7.4%2 – 0 7.2%1 – 2 7.1%2 – 2 5.2%0 – 2 5%3 – 1 4.2%3 – 0 3.5%1 – 3 2.9%Asian Handicap — RB Leipzig
Handicap RB Leipzig covers Push FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 21% 59% -0.5 41% — 59% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 17% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
RB Leipzig keeps clean sheet 31% ✓FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.