Zenit
Line-up
- 99A. Lunev
- 3Douglas Santos
- 44Rakitskiy, Yaroslav
- 6B. Ivanović
- 11S. Driussi
- 5Barrios, Wilmar
- 27Ozdoev, Magomed
- 22A. Dzyuba
- 15V. Karavaev
- 4Osorio, Yordan
- 21A. Erokhin
- 19I. Smolnikov
- 17O. Shatov
- 7S. Azmoun
Subs
- 41Mikhail Kerzhakov
- 18Y. Zhirkov
- 91Sutormin, Aleksey
- 20R. Mak
Benfica
Line-up
- 99O. Vlachodimos
- 3Grimaldo, Alex
- 33Jardel
- 6Rúben Dias
- 84Tomas Tavares
- 8Gabriel Pires
- 27Rafa Silva
- 49A. Taarabt
- 95Carlos Vinícius
- 7Caio
- 9Raúl de Tomás
- 5L. Fejsa
- 21Pizzi
- 14H. Seferović
Subs
- 72Zlobin, Ivan
- 97Ferro
- 71Nuno Tavares
- 83Gedson Fernandes
The pressure is on both teams in this game as Zenit will know a win at home is crucial to their knockout phase hopes, while Benfica come off a home loss on matchday one. That should lead to an entertaining affair and while Zenit have to be favoured at home, expect goals at both ends of the pitch.