MALMö. Zenit succeeded in clinch a draw against Malmö FF with a late goal from Y. Rakitsky scored in the (90′) after Malmö FF got a lead with a goal from S. Rieks (28′).

A. Dzyuba missed a decisive penalty (52′). That would have allowed Zenit to win the match.​

A. Dzyuba didn’t score 1 penalty (52′) for ​Zenit.

The match was played at the Eleda Stadion (Malmö) stadium in Malmö on Tuesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Andris Treimanis with the collaboration of Haralds Gudermanis and Aleksejs Spasjoņņikovs. The 4th official was Aleksandrs Golubevs. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.1 degrees Celsius or 46.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Zenit had a superior ball possession 55% while Malmö FF was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zenit was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Zenit to win the match​.

Malmö FF shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Zenit shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Malmö FF received 4 yellow cards (N. Moisander, A. Ahmedhodzic, J. Dahlin and S. Rieks). On the other side, Zenit received 3 yellow cards (D. Chistyakov, Wendel and Claudinho).

Also, Zenit didn’t finish the match with 11 players after D. Chistyakov (Zenit) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (86′).

Standings

After this match, Malmö FF will have 1 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Zenit will have 4 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Champions League, Malmö FF will play away with Juventus on the 8th of December with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Juventus (0 draws).

Zenit will host Chelsea on the 8th of December with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Chelsea (0 draws).

Malmö FF – Formation

Malmö FF started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Johan Dahlin (6.2), Eric Larsson (5.8), Anel Ahmedhodžić (6.9), Franz Brorsson (7.3), Niklas Moisander (6.8), Søren Rieks (7.3), Sergio Peña (6.4), Oscar Lewicki (6.8), Bonke Innocent (6.4), Veljko Birmančević (7.1) and Antonio Čolak (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Lasse Nielsen, Malik Abubakari, Adi Nalić, Martin Olsson (6.2), Markus Björkqvist, Peter Gwargis, Sebastian Nanasi, Erdal Rakip (6.1), Noah Eile, Ismael Diawara and Melker Ellborg.

Substitutions

Malmö FF made 2 changes: V. Birmancevic for M. Olsson (69′) and S. Pena for E. Rakip (78′).

Best player: Franz Brorsson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Malmö FF was Franz Brorsson.

His rating is (7.3) with 25 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Zenit – Formation

Zenit started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Sergei Semak played with: Mikhail Kerzhakov (6.2), Dejan Lovren (6.8), Dmitri Chistyakov (6.3), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (7.8), Vyacheslav Karavaev (7.3), Wílmar Barrios (6.9), Wendel (7.6), Douglas Santos (7.8), Malcom (6.8), Claudinho (7.1) and Artem Dzyuba (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Daler Kuzyaev, Danil Krugovoy, Daniil Kuznetsov, Kirill Kravtsov, Magomed Ozdoev, David Byazrov, Danila Khotulev, Daniil Odoevski, Andrey Mostovoy (6.5), Aleksei Sutormin and Aleksandr Erokhin (6.7).

Substitutions

Zenit made 3 changes: Claudinho for A. Mostovoy (46′), D. Lovren for A. Erokhin (46′) and Malcom for D. Krugovoy (90′).

Best player: Yaroslav Rakitskiy​

The most impressive player for Zenit was Yaroslav Rakitskiy.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 65 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Champions League.​

• Malmö FF – Zenit – 1-1
• Chelsea – Juventus – 4-0
• Lille – Salzburg – 1-0
• Sevilla – VfL Wolfsburg – 2-0
• Young Boys – Atalanta – 3-3
• Villarreal – Manchester United – 0-2
• FC Barcelona – Benfica – 0-0
• Dynamo Kyiv – FC Bayern München – 1-2