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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Stadium - St Petersburg Wednesday 4 November 2020 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Group F - Matchday 3 SS Lazio Last updated 18/03/2021 17:08CET 1 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 7 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 16 Team facts 17 Legend 19

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    UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASONMATCH PRESS KITS

    FC Zenit

    Saint Petersburg Stadium - StPetersburg

    Wednesday 4 November 202018.55CET (20.55 local time)

    Group F - Matchday 3SS Lazio

    Last updated 18/03/2021 17:08CET

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    Previous meetings 2Match background 4Squad list 7Match officials 9Fixtures and results 11Match-by-match lineups 14Competition facts 16Team facts 17Legend 19

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  • Previous meetingsHead to HeadNo UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams

    FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' countryUEFA Europa League

    Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

    19/03/2015 R16 Torino FC - FC Zenit 1-0agg: 1-2 Turin Glik 90

    12/03/2015 R16 FC Zenit - Torino FC 2-0 St Petersburg Witsel 38, Criscito 53

    UEFA Champions LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

    04/12/2012 GS AC Milan - FC Zenit 0-1 Milan Danny 35

    03/10/2012 GS FC Zenit - AC Milan 2-3 St Petersburg

    Hulk 45+2, Shirokov49; Emanuelson 13,El Shaarawy 16,Hubočan 75 (og)

    UEFA CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

    19/03/2009 R16 FC Zenit - Udinese Calcio 1-0agg: 1-2 St Petersburg Tymoshchuk 34

    12/03/2009 R16 Udinese Calcio - FC Zenit 2-0 Udine Quagliarella 85, DiNatale 88 (P)

    UEFA Champions LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

    25/11/2008 GS FC Zenit - Juventus 0-0 St Petersburg17/09/2008 GS Juventus - FC Zenit 1-0 Turin Del Piero 76

    UEFA CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

    30/09/1999 R1 Bologna FC - FC Zenit 2-2agg: 5-2 BolognaFontolan 38, Cipriani76; Panov 34,Kondrashov 89

    16/09/1999 R1 FC Zenit - Bologna FC 0-3 St Petersburg Ventola 39, Signori68, 90 (P)

    SS Lazio - Record versus clubs from opponents' countryUEFA Cup Winners' Cup

    Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

    22/04/1999 SF SS Lazio - FC Lokomotiv Moskva 0-0agg: 1-1 ag Rome

    08/04/1999 SF FC Lokomotiv Moskva - SS Lazio 1-1 Moscow Janashia 60; Bokšić77

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  • UEFA CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

    04/11/1997 R2 SS Lazio - SC Rotor Volgograd 3-0agg: 3-0 RomeCasiraghi 5, Mancini34, Signori 89

    21/10/1997 R2 SC Rotor Volgograd - SS Lazio 0-0 Volgograd

    Home Away Final TotalPld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA

    FC Zenit 5 2 1 2 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 10 3 2 5 8 12SS Lazio 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 4 1

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  • Match backgroundZenit welcome Lazio to St Petersburg with the home side in danger of being cut adrift at the bottom of Group F.

    • The Russian champions have lost both of their first two games in the section, at home to Club Brugge (1-2) and atDortmund (0-2), and are already three points behind the German club, who are third in the standings. Lazio are levelwith Club Brugge on four points thanks to a 3-1 home win against Dortmund and, in their most recent fixture, a 1-1draw in Belgium.

    • The sides have never met before and Lazio have not faced a Russian club in the 21st century, although Zenit dohave recent experience against Italian opponents.

    Form guideZenit• Zenit claimed their seventh USSR/Russian league title in 2019/20, and their second in a row; their last six triumphshave all come from 2007 onwards. They also added the Russian Cup to complete the club's second domestic double.

    • This is the St Petersburg outfit's eighth UEFA Champions League group campaign; they reached the round of 16 in2011/12, 2013/14 and 2015/16 but have never progressed further.

    • In 2019/20, Zenit finished fourth in their section, behind RB Leipzig, Lyon and Benfica despite picking up sevenpoints from their six matches. It was their earliest European exit since 2009/10, when they were eliminated in theUEFA Europa League play-offs.

    • The St Petersburg team have won only three of their last 13 European matches (D1 L9).

    • Zenit have also recorded only two victories in their last 11 UEFA Champions League games (D1 L8).

    • Zenit's last home game against Serie A visitors brought a 2-0 win against Torino in the 2014/15 UEFA EuropaLeague round of 16 first leg, setting up a 2-1 aggregate triumph.

    • That made it three wins in Zenit's last five matches against Italian clubs (L2), with the first five meetings havingbrought two draws and three defeats. At home, Zenit have won two of their five games with Italian sides (D1 L2).

    Lazio• This is Lazio's sixth UEFA Champions League campaign. On their most recent appearance, in 2007/08, theyfinished fourth in their section having picked up only five points from six games. Their previous appearances in thecompetition all came between 1999 and 2004.

    • Lazio's record in the initial group stage is now W13 D8 L11.

    • The Matchday 1 win against Dortmund was only Lazio's second in their last 13 UEFA Champions League matches,group stage to final (D5 L6).

    • Before their first Group F game, Lazio's sole UEFA Champions League tie since 2007 had been a play-off defeat byBayer Leverkusen in 2015/16 (1-0 h, 0-3 a).

    • The Rome club's most successful European Cup campaign came in 1999/2000, when they reached the quarter-finals before losing to Valencia (2-5 a, 1-0 h).

    • The Biancocelesti took part in the UEFA Europa League group stage in 2019/20, winning two of their fixtures butlosing the other four to finish third in the standings behind Celtic and CFR Cluj.

    • Simone Inzaghi's side – who qualified for the group stage by finishing fourth in Serie A in 2019/20 – have lost eightof their last 12 European matches (W3 D1).

    • Matchday 2 marked Lazio's first draw in 19 European games, since they were held 2-2 by Dynamo Kyiv in Rome inthe UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg in March 2018.

    • Lazio are unbeaten in their four previous matches against Russian clubs, although three of those matches ended allsquare. The exception was a 3-0 win against Rotor Volgograd in Rome in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup second roundsecond leg, confirming an aggregate success by the same score.

    • Lazio also came out on top in their most recent meeting with Russian opponents, beating Lokomotiv Moskva onaway goals in the semi-final of their victorious 1998/99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup campaign (1-1 a, 0-0 h).

    Links and trivia• Has played in Russia:Felipe Caicedo (Lokomotiv Moskva 2011–14)

    • Caicedo scored against Zenit in Lokomotiv's 4-2 home league win in September 2010.

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  • • Has played in Italy:Douglas Santos (Udinese 2013/14)

    • Played togetherDejan Lovren & Lucas Leiva (Liverpool 2014–17)

    • Pepe Reina's Liverpool lost to Zenit on away goals in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League round of 32. Zenit won 2-0at home, the second goal scored by current coach Sergei Semak, and went through despite a 3-1 second-leg loss inEngland.

    • Liverpool, with Reina in goal, beat Yuri Zhirkov's CSKA Moskva 3-1 after extra time in the 2005 UEFA Super Cup inMonaco.

    • Vyacheslav Karavaev scored his first goal for Russia on 3 September in a UEFA Nations League match againstSerbia. Artem Dzyuba scored twice in a 3-1 victory in which Sergej Milinković-Savić played for the visitors.

    • Marco Parolo made his debut for Italy in March 2011 as a late substitute in a 2-0 friendly win against YaroslavRakits'kyy's Ukraine.

    Latest newsZenit• Yuri Zhirkov's next appearance in UEFA club competition will be his 100th.

    • Zenit's six-game unbeaten domestic run (W3 D3) was ended on 24 October as they went down 2-1 at home to Rubindespite taking a first-half lead through Aleksandr Erokhin.

    • That was only Zenit's second loss in their last 32 Russian Premier League games (W22 D7). They were 2-0 winnersat Khimki on Sunday, Erokhin scoring the clinching second goal to find the net for the fourth successive league game.

    • Zenit beat Lokomotiv Moskva 2-1 in the Russian Super Cup on 7 August.

    • Andrei Mostovoy, a scorer on Sunday, won his first cap on 7 October as Russia lost 2-1 in a Moscow friendly againstSweden.

    • Sardar Azmoun's 32nd international goal helped Iran to a 2-1 friendly victory against Uzbekistan on 8 October. Hehas not played since Matchday 1 due to injury, but is close to returning to fitness.

    • On 17 October Sebastián Driussi returned from a knee injury that had kept him out since 26 August.

    • Malcom has been training separately because of a knee injury.

    • Zhirkov came on as a substitute on Matchday 2, his first appearance since featuring for Russia in the UEFA NationsLeague on 14 October.

    Lazio• Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro scored on his first appearance in UEFA club competition on Matchday 1.

    • Lazio started the new season with a 2-0 win at Cagliari on 26 September but won none of their three subsequentSerie A matches, including heavy defeats against Atalanta (1-4) and Sampdoria (0-3), before a 2-1 success at hometo Bologna on 24 October.

    • On Sunday, added-time goals from substitutes Ciro Immobile and Felipe Caicedo earned Lazio a remarkable 4-3Serie A win at Torino, their first away success in all competitions since that victory at Cagliari.

    • Immobile, who scored 36 Serie A goals last season, started the new campaign with a goal on the opening day andgot the first against Dortmund before scoring what proved to be the winner against Bologna. Sunday's goal means hehas scored on his last three appearances.

    • Manuel Lazzari, who failed to register in 32 league games last season, scored his first goal in Serie A for Lazioagainst Cagliari. He suffered a thigh injury while on international duty with Italy and returned as a substitute on 24October.

    • Immobile, Luis Alberto, Lazzari, Djavan Anderson, Lucas Leiva, Thomas Strakosha, Luiz Felipe and Andreas Pereiramissed the game at Club Brugge through illness; Luiz Felipe, Pereira and substitutes Immobile and Leiva returned onSunday, when Strakosha was an unused substitute.

    • Lucas limped off shortly before half-time against Bologna, returning as a half-time substitute at Torino.

    • Ştefan Radu has missed Lazio's last four games due to an injury to his right thigh.

    • Gonzalo Escalante missed the games against Club Brugge and Torino with a thigh injury.

    • Luiz Felipe made his first appearance this season on Matchday 1 having twisted his left ankle in September.

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  • • Sergej Milinković-Savić scored Lazio's goal in a 1-1 draw against Inter on 4 October and also got both goals,including an extra-time winner, as Serbia triumphed 2-1 in Norway in the UEFA EURO 2020 play-off semi-finals on 8October.

    • Six days later, Milinković-Savić again found the net for Serbia, in a 2-2 UEFA Nations League draw against Turkey.He scored Lazio's second at Torino on Sunday, his first goal since then.

    • Joaquín Correa scored the decisive goal as Argentina won 2-1 in Bolivia in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying on 13October.

    • On 28 September Luis Alberto renewed his contract with Lazio until 30 June 2025.

    • Immobile had also signed a new contract until 2025 on 31 August.

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  • Squad listFC Zenit

    Current season All-timeUCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA

    No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers41 Mikhail Kerzhakov RUS 28/01/1987 33 - - - 2 - 13 - 8 - 18 -71 Daniil Odoevski RUS 22/01/2003 17 - - - - - - - - - - -78 Aleksandr Vasyutin RUS 04/03/1995 25 - - - - - - - - - 11 -99 Andrei Lunev RUS 13/11/1991 28 - - - - - - - 2 - 25 -

    Defenders3 Douglas Santos BRA 22/03/1994 26 - - - 1 - 13 2 7 - 7 -4 Danil Krugovoi RUS 28/05/1998 22 - - - 1 - 11 - 1 - 1 -6 Dejan Lovren CRO 05/07/1989 31 - - - 2 - 13 1 36 2 76 515 Vyacheslav Karavaev RUS 20/05/1995 25 - - - 2 - 13 1 9 - 28 118 Yuri Zhirkov RUS 20/08/1983 37 - - - 1 - 8 - 34 2 99 734 Denis Terentyev RUS 13/08/1992 28 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 15 -44 Yaroslav Rakits'kyy UKR 03/08/1989 31 - - - 2 - 10 - 60 2 93 487 Danila Prokhin RUS 24/05/2001 19 - - - - - 4 - - - - -

    Midfielders5 Wílmar Barrios COL 16/10/1993 27 - - - 2 - 11 - 8 - 12 -11 Sebastian Driussi ARG 09/02/1996 24 - - - 2 - 7 1 7 - 33 214 Daler Kuzyaev RUS 15/01/1993 27 - - - 2 - 3 - 6 - 26 317 Andrei Mostovoy RUS 05/11/1997 22 - - - 2 - 12 2 2 - 2 -19 Aleksei Sutormin RUS 10/01/1994 26 - - - 1 - 10 1 3 - 3 -20 Wendel BRA 28/08/1997 23 - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 13 -21 Aleksandr Erokhin RUS 13/10/1989 31 - - - 2 - 12 6 12 - 63 627 Magomed Ozdoev RUS 05/11/1992 27 - - - 2 - 13 - 8 1 32 238 Leon Musaev RUS 25/01/1999 21 - - - - - 2 - - - 1 -92 Daniil Shamkin RUS 22/06/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - -

    Forwards7 Sardar Azmoun IRN 01/01/1995 25 - - - 1 - 11 6 13 4 27 118 Malcom BRA 26/02/1997 23 - - - - - 10 1 3 1 5 122 Artem Dzyuba RUS 22/08/1988 32 - - - 2 - 11 6 21 8 65 22

    Coach- Sergei Semak RUS 27/02/1976 44 - - - 2 - - - 9 - 23 -

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  • SS LazioCurrent season All-time

    UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFANo. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers

    1 Thomas Strakosha ALB 19/03/1995 25 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 19 -25 Pepe Reina ESP 31/08/1982 38 - - - 1 - 2 - 70 - 172 -55 Alessio Furlanetto ITA 07/02/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - -57 Mattia Peruzzi ITA 10/07/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - -71 Marco Alia ALB 26/04/2000 20 - - - - - - - - - - -

    Defenders3 Luis Felipe ITA 22/03/1997 23 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 17 -4 Patric ESP 17/04/1993 27 - - - 2 - 6 - 3 - 14 -13 Nicolò Armini ITA 07/03/2001 19 - - - - - - - - - 1 -14 Wesley Hoedt NED 06/03/1994 26 - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - 11 126 Ştefan Radu ROU 22/10/1986 34 - - - - - 3 - - - 59 233 Francesco Acerbi ITA 10/02/1988 32 - - - 2 - 6 - 4 - 28 -54 Damiano Franco ITA 22/02/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - -58 Marzio Pica ITA 04/02/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - -96 Mohamed Fares ALG 15/02/1996 24 - - - 2 - 4 - 2 - 2 -

    Midfielders6 Lucas Leiva BRA 09/01/1987 33 - - - 1 - 6 - 26 1 74 57 Andreas Pereira BEL 01/01/1996 24 - - - 1 - 2 1 6 - 14 18 Djavan Anderson NED 21/04/1995 25 - - - - - 2 - - - - -10 Luis Alberto ESP 28/09/1992 28 - - - 1 - 5 1 1 - 19 211 Joaquín Correa ARG 13/08/1994 26 - - - 2 1 5 - 13 3 24 616 Marco Parolo ITA 25/01/1985 35 - - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 28 718 Gonzalo Escalante ITA 27/03/1993 27 - - - - - 4 - - - - -21 Sergej Milinković-Savić SRB 27/02/1995 25 - - - 2 - 5 2 2 - 27 529 Manuel Lazzari ITA 29/11/1993 26 - - - - - 4 1 - - 6 132 Danilo Cataldi ITA 06/08/1994 26 - - - - - 4 - - - 16 -50 Marco Bertini ITA 07/08/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - -51 Alessandro Cerbara ITA 03/03/2001 19 - - - - - - - - - - -52 Nicolo' Cesaroni ITA 14/08/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - -53 Szymon Czyż POL 08/07/2001 19 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 -77 Adam Marušić MNE 17/10/1992 28 - - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 11 192 Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro CIV 11/10/1992 28 - - - 2 1 5 - 2 1 2 1

    Forwards17 Ciro Immobile ITA 20/02/1990 30 - - - 1 1 5 3 11 5 30 1620 Felipe Caicedo ECU 05/09/1988 32 - - - 2 - 4 2 2 - 47 1261 Etienne Tare GER 13/09/2003 17 - - - - - - - - - - -94 Vedat Muriqi KOS 24/04/1994 26 - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 -

    Coach- Simone Inzaghi ITA 05/04/1976 44 - - - 2 - - - 2 - 28 -

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  • Artur Dias (POR)Rui Tavares (POR) , Paulo Soares (POR)

    Tiago Martins (POR)Luis Godinho (POR)

    Antonio Emanuel Carvalho Nobre (POR)Sergei Ilyich (BLR)

    Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

    Match officialsRefereeAssistant refereesVideo Assistant RefereeAssistant Video Assistant RefereeFourth officialUEFA DelegateUEFA Referee observer

    Referee

    Name Date of birth

    UEFAChampions

    Leaguematches

    UEFA matches

    Artur Dias 14/07/1979 17 77

    Artur DiasReferee since: 1996First division: 2004FIFA badge: 2010

    Tournaments: 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2013 UEFA Regions' Cup, 2011 UEFAEuropean Under-17 Championship

    Finals 2013 UEFA Regions' Cup

    UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countriesinvolved in this match

    Date Competition Stagereached Home Away Result Venue

    23/11/2016 UCL GS FC Rostov FC Bayern München 3-2 Rostov-on-Don27/09/2017 UCL GS Qarabağ FK AS Roma 1-2 Baku01/11/2017 UCL GS Sevilla FC FC Spartak Moskva 2-1 Seville12/12/2018 UCL GS Real Madrid CF PFC CSKA Moskva 0-3 Madrid21/10/2020 UCL GS FC Midtjylland Atalanta BC 0-4 Herning

    Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved inthis match

    Date Competition Stagereached Home Away Result Venue

    29/09/2006 RCUP IR Toscana Regional FA Malta 9-0 Wroclaw06/09/2011 U21 QR Hungary Italy 0-3 Szekesfehervar06/10/2011 U19 QR Italy Romania 1-2 Varberg11/10/2011 U19 QR Azerbaijan Italy 1-2 Varberg22/06/2013 RCUP GS-FT Veneto Regional F.A. Eastern Region NIR 4-1 Abano Terme24/06/2013 RCUP GS-FT FC Isloch FC "Olimp" Moscow region 1-0 Abano Terme29/06/2013 RCUP Final Veneto Regional F.A. Selección Catalana de Fútbol 0-0 Abano Terme14/10/2013 U21 QR Belgium Italy 0-1 Genk

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  • 12/12/2013 UEL GS ACF Fiorentina FC Dnipro 2-1 Florence10/10/2014 U21 PO Slovakia Italy 1-1 Zlate Moravce23/10/2014 UEL GS FC Krasnodar VfL Wolfsburg 2-4 Krasnodar29/09/2016 UEL GS AC Sparta Praha FC Internazionale Milano 3-1 Prague23/11/2016 UCL GS FC Rostov FC Bayern München 3-2 Rostov-on-Don

    23/02/2017 UEL R32 ACF Fiorentina VfL BorussiaMönchengladbach 2-4 Florence

    27/09/2017 UCL GS Qarabağ FK AS Roma 1-2 Baku01/11/2017 UCL GS Sevilla FC FC Spartak Moskva 2-1 Seville15/02/2018 UEL R32 SSC Napoli RB Leipzig 1-3 Naples15/03/2018 UEL R16 FC Lokomotiv Moskva Club Atlético de Madrid 1-5 Moscow07/09/2018 UNL GS-FT Turkey Russia 1-2 Trabzon12/12/2018 UCL GS Real Madrid CF PFC CSKA Moskva 0-3 Madrid

    21/02/2019 UEL R32 FC InternazionaleMilano SK Rapid Wien 4-0 Milan

    14/03/2019 UEL R16 Villarreal CF FC Zenit 2-1 Villarreal

    22/08/2019 UEL PO Torino FC Wolverhampton WanderersFC 2-3 Turin

    16/11/2019 EURO QR Russia Belgium 1-4 St Petersburg21/10/2020 UCL GS FC Midtjylland Atalanta BC 0-4 Herning

    Date Competition Stagereached Home Away Result Venue

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  • W 2-0W 2-0W 2-1

    W 4-1

    L 0-1D 0-0W 3-1D 1-1

    W 6-0

    D 1-1

    W 3-1

    L 1-2L 1-2L 0-2W 2-0

    Fixtures and resultsFC ZenitDate Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers11/08/2020 League SC Rotor Volgograd (A) Dzyuba 21, Driussi 7915/08/2020 League FC Rostov (A) Azmoun 23, Lovren 8719/08/2020 League PFC CSKA Moskva (H) Azmoun 19, 69

    22/08/2020 League Tambov (H) Douglas Santos 41, Silva de Oliveira 47,Erokhin 68, Azmoun 7426/08/2020 League FC Dynamo Moscow (A)30/08/2020 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (A)14/09/2020 League FC Arsenal Tula (H) Mostovoy 25, Dzyuba 31, Erokhin 8619/09/2020 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (A) Dzyuba 4

    26/09/2020 League FC Ufa (H) Azmoun 24, 61, Dzyuba 32 (P), 72, 88,Sutormin 90+203/10/2020 League FC Spartak Moskva (A) Erokhin 65

    17/10/2020 League PFC Sochi (H) Karavaev 16, Erokhin 24, Douglas Santos90+320/10/2020 UCL Club Brugge (H) Horvath 74 (og)24/10/2020 League FC Rubin (H) Erokhin 2628/10/2020 UCL Borussia Dortmund (A)01/11/2020 League FC Khimki (A) Mostovoy 18, Erokhin 7804/11/2020 UCL SS Lazio (H)08/11/2020 League FC Krasnodar (H)21/11/2020 League FC Akhmat Grozny (A)24/11/2020 UCL SS Lazio (A)28/11/2020 League FC Arsenal Tula (A)02/12/2020 UCL Club Brugge (A)05/12/2020 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (H)08/12/2020 UCL Borussia Dortmund (H)12/12/2020 League FC Dynamo Moscow (H)16/12/2020 League FC Spartak Moskva (H)28/02/2021 League FC Rostov (H)07/03/2021 League FC Rubin (A)14/03/2021 League FC Akhmat Grozny (H)21/03/2021 League PFC CSKA Moskva (A)04/04/2021 League FC Khimki (H)11/04/2021 League PFC Sochi (A)18/04/2021 League FC Krasnodar (A)25/04/2021 League SC Rotor Volgograd (H)02/05/2021 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H)09/05/2021 League FC Ufa (A)16/05/2021 League Tambov (A)

    Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts1 PFC CSKA Moskva 13 9 1 3 25 10 282 FC Zenit 13 8 3 2 27 9 27

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  • W 2-0L 1-4D 1-1L 0-3W 3-1W 2-1D 1-1

    W 4-3

    3 FC Spartak Moskva 13 8 3 2 22 13 274 FC Dynamo Moscow 13 7 2 4 15 10 235 FC Rostov 13 7 2 4 16 13 236 PFC Sochi 13 6 4 3 21 19 227 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 13 6 3 4 14 11 218 FC Rubin 13 6 3 4 21 18 219 FC Akhmat Grozny 13 6 2 5 16 16 2010 FC Krasnodar 13 5 3 5 22 15 1811 FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 13 3 5 5 9 13 1412 Tambov 13 3 3 7 11 16 1213 FC Arsenal Tula 13 3 3 7 16 25 1214 FC Khimki 13 2 3 8 13 25 915 SC Rotor Volgograd 13 1 3 9 6 22 616 FC Ufa 13 1 3 9 7 26 6

    SS LazioDate Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers26/09/2020 League Cagliari Calcio (A) Lazzari 4, Immobile 7430/09/2020 League Atalanta BC (H) Caicedo 5704/10/2020 League FC Internazionale Milano (H) S. Milinković-Savić 5517/10/2020 League UC Sampdoria (A)20/10/2020 UCL Borussia Dortmund (H) Immobile 6, Hitz 23 (og), Akpa-Akpro 7624/10/2020 League Bologna FC (H) Luis Alberto 54, Immobile 7628/10/2020 UCL Club Brugge (A) Correa 14

    01/11/2020 League Torino FC (A) Pereira 15, S. Milinković-Savić 48,Immobile 90+5 (P), Caicedo 90+804/11/2020 UCL FC Zenit (A)08/11/2020 League Juventus (H)21/11/2020 League FC Crotone (A)24/11/2020 UCL FC Zenit (H)29/11/2020 League Udinese Calcio (H)02/12/2020 UCL Borussia Dortmund (A)05/12/2020 League Spezia (A)08/12/2020 UCL Club Brugge (H)12/12/2020 League Hellas Verona FC (H)15/12/2020 League Benevento (A)20/12/2020 League SSC Napoli (H)23/12/2020 League AC Milan (A)03/01/2021 League Genoa CFC (A)06/01/2021 League ACF Fiorentina (H)10/01/2021 League Parma FC (A)17/01/2021 League AS Roma (H)24/01/2021 League US Sassuolo Calcio (H)31/01/2021 League Atalanta BC (A)07/02/2021 League Cagliari Calcio (H)14/02/2021 League FC Internazionale Milano (A)

    Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts

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  • 21/02/2021 League UC Sampdoria (H)28/02/2021 League Bologna FC (A)03/03/2021 League Torino FC (H)06/03/2021 League Juventus (A)14/03/2021 League FC Crotone (H)21/03/2021 League Udinese Calcio (A)03/04/2021 League Spezia (H)11/04/2021 League Hellas Verona FC (A)18/04/2021 League Benevento (H)21/04/2021 League SSC Napoli (A)25/04/2021 League AC Milan (H)02/05/2021 League Genoa CFC (H)09/05/2021 League ACF Fiorentina (A)12/05/2021 League Parma FC (H)16/05/2021 League AS Roma (A)23/05/2021 League US Sassuolo Calcio (A)

    Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts1 AC Milan 6 5 1 0 14 5 162 US Sassuolo Calcio 6 4 2 0 18 9 143 Juventus 6 3 3 0 14 5 124 Atalanta BC 6 4 0 2 17 13 125 SSC Napoli 6 4 0 2 14 7 116 FC Internazionale Milano 6 3 2 1 15 10 117 Hellas Verona FC 6 3 2 1 8 3 118 AS Roma 6 3 2 1 13 10 119 UC Sampdoria 6 3 1 2 11 9 1010 SS Lazio 6 3 1 2 10 12 1011 ACF Fiorentina 6 2 1 3 10 12 712 Cagliari Calcio 6 2 1 3 12 15 713 Bologna FC 6 2 0 4 11 12 614 Benevento 6 2 0 4 10 17 615 Parma FC 6 1 2 3 8 13 516 Spezia 6 1 2 3 8 15 517 Genoa CFC 6 1 2 3 5 12 518 Torino FC 6 1 1 4 12 15 419 Udinese Calcio 6 1 0 5 6 11 320 FC Crotone 6 0 1 5 6 17 1

    SS Lazio

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  • Match-by-match lineupsFC ZenitUEFA Champions League - Group stageGroup FClub Pld W D L GF GA PtsClub Brugge 2 1 1 0 3 2 4SS Lazio 2 1 1 0 4 2 4Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 3 3 3FC Zenit 2 0 0 2 1 4 0

    Matchday 1 (20/10/2020)FC Zenit 1-2 Club BruggeGoals: 0-1 Bonaventure 63, 1-1 Horvath 74 (og) , 1-2 De Ketelaere 90+3FC Zenit: M. Kerzhakov, Krugovoi, Barrios, Lovren, Azmoun, Driussi (72 Mostovoy), Kuzyaev (72 Wendel), Karavaev,Dzyuba, Ozdoev (88 Erokhin), Rakits'kyy

    Matchday 2 (28/10/2020)Borussia Dortmund 2-0 FC ZenitGoals: 1-0 Sancho 78 (P) , 2-0 Haaland 90+1FC Zenit: M. Kerzhakov, Douglas Santos, Barrios (81 Sutormin), Lovren, Driussi (74 Zhirkov), Kuzyaev (71 Ozdoev),Karavaev, Wendel, Erokhin, Dzyuba (46 Mostovoy), Rakits'kyy

    Matchday 3 (04/11/2020)FC Zenit-SS Lazio

    Matchday 4 (24/11/2020)SS Lazio-FC Zenit

    Matchday 5 (02/12/2020)Club Brugge-FC Zenit

    Matchday 6 (08/12/2020)FC Zenit-Borussia Dortmund

    SS LazioUEFA Champions League - Group stageMatchday 1 (20/10/2020)SS Lazio 3-1 Borussia DortmundGoals: 1-0 Immobile 6, 2-0 Hitz 23 (og) , 2-1 Haaland 71, 3-1 Akpa-Akpro 76SS Lazio: Strakosha, Luis Felipe (51 Hoedt), Patric, Lucas Leiva, Luis Alberto (79 Parolo), Correa (67 Muriqi),Immobile (81 Caicedo), S. Milinković-Savić (67 Akpa-Akpro), Acerbi, Marušić, Fares

    Matchday 2 (28/10/2020)Club Brugge 1-1 SS LazioGoals: 0-1 Correa 14, 1-1 Vanaken 42 (P)SS Lazio: Reina, Patric (46 Pereira), Correa, Hoedt, Parolo, Caicedo (68 Czyż), S. Milinković-Savić, Acerbi, Marušić,Akpa-Akpro, Fares (56 Muriqi)

    Matchday 3 (04/11/2020)FC Zenit-SS Lazio

    Matchday 4 (24/11/2020)SS Lazio-FC Zenit

    Matchday 5 (02/12/2020)Borussia Dortmund-SS Lazio

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  • Competition facts

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  • Team factsFC ZenitFormed: 1925Nickname: Sine-Belo-Golubye (Blue-White-Sky Blues)UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)• UEFA Cup (1): 2008• UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008

    Domestic honours (latest triumph in brackets)League title: 7 (2020)USSR/Russian Cup: 5 (2020)

    Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless otherwise indicated)2019/20: group stage2018/19: UEFA Europa League round of 162017/18: UEFA Europa League round of 162016/17: UEFA Europa League round of 322015/16: round of 162014/15: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2013/14: round of 162012/13: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2011/12: round of 162010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs)RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v Encamp29/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg

    • Biggest away win 0-5 twice, most recently v Vardar 14/09/17, UEFA Europa League group stage

    • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg

    • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 twice, most recently v Stuttgart01/11/89, UEFA Cup second round second leg

    UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Biggest home win3-1 three times, most recently v Benfica02/10/19, group stage2-0 twice, most recently v Lyon 27/11/19, group stage

    • Biggest away win0-2 three times, most recently v Lyon04/11/15, group stage

    • Heaviest home defeat2-4: Zenit v Borussia Dortmund25/02/14, round of 16 first leg~0-2: Zenit v Leipzig05/11/19, group stage

    • Heaviest away defeat4-1: Austria Wien v Zenit11/12/13, group stage3-0 three times, most recently v Benfica10/12/19, group stage

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  • SS Lazio Formed: 1900Nickname: Biancocelesti (White and Sky Blues)UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1999• UEFA Cup: (1998)• UEFA Super Cup (1): 1999

    Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)League title: 2 (2000)Italian Cup: 7 (2019)

    Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)2019/20: UEFA Europa League group stage2018/19: UEFA Europa League round of 322017/18: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition2015/16: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs)2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition2013/14: UEFA Europa League round of 322012/13: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals2011/12: UEFA Europa League round of 322010/11: did not take part in UEFA competitionRecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest home win6-0: Lazio v Rabotnicki18/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg

    • Biggest away win0-4 four times, most recently v Levski Sofia01/10/09, UEFA Europa League group stage

    • Heaviest home defeat0-4: Lazio v Chelsea04/11/03, UEFA Champions League group stage

    • Heaviest away defeat6-0: Lens v Lazio02/11/77, UEFA Cup second round second leg

    UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest home win5-1 twice, most recently v Shakhtar Donetsk25/10/00, first group stage4-0: Lazio v Maribor29/09/99, first group stage

    • Biggest away win0-4: Maribor v Lazio 19/10/99, first group stage

    • Heaviest home defeat0-4: Lazio v Chelsea (see above)• Heaviest away defeat5-2: Valencia v Lazio05/04/00, quarter-final first leg

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  • -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced*: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

    Club competitionsUCL: UEFA Champions LeagueECCC: European Champion Clubs' CupUEL: UEFA Europa LeagueUCUP: UEFA CupUCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super CupUIC: UEFA Intertoto CupICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

    National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football ChampionshipWC: FIFA World CupCONFCUP: FIFA Confederations CupFRIE: Friendly internationalsU21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationalsU21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU17: UEFA Under-17 ChampionshipU16: UEFA European Under-16 ChampionshipU19: UEFA Under-19 ChampionshipU18: UEFA European Under-18 ChampionshipWWC: FIFA Women's World CupWEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship

    F: Final GS: Group stageGS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First roundR2: Second round R3: Third roundR4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary roundSF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finalsR16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying roundR32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying

    round2nd: second leg FT: Final tournamentPO: Play-off ELITE: Elite roundRep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-offPO - FT: Play-off for FinalTournament

    GS-FT: Group stage – finaltournament

    Competition stages(aet): After extra time pens: PenaltiesNo.: Number og: Own goalag: Match decided on awaygoals

    P: Penaltyagg: Aggregate

    Pld: Matches played AP: AppearancesPos.: Position Comp.: CompetitionPts: Points D: DrawnR: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birthRes.: Result ET: Extra Timesg: Match decided by silvergoal

    GA: Goals againstt: Match decided by toss of acoin

    GF: Goals for W: Wongg: Match decided by goldengoal

    Y: BookedL: Lost

    Y/R: Sent off (two yellowcards)

    Nat.: NationalityN/A: Not applicable

    f: Match forfeited

    Other abbreviations

    LegendALL-TIME STATISTICSThe all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

    UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFAclub competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League,UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in theInter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, whilethe FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

    Match officials

    UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only.Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the officialstatistics considered valid for communicating official records.

    UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where theofficial has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics consideredvalid for communicating official records.

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  • Squad listD: Disciplinary*: Misses next match if bookedS: SuspendedUCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs onlyUCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to currentmatchdayUCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final onlyUEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifyingDisclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document isaccurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressedor implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use orinterpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations availableon UEFA.com.

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