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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 0-2) Stadion Petrovskiy - St Petersburg Thursday 23 February 2017 FC Zenit 19.00CET (21.00 local time) RSC Anderlecht Round of 32, Second leg Last updated 28/02/2017 13:24CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 18 Legend 19 1 FC Zenit - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/02/2017 R32 RSC Anderlecht - FC Zenit 2-0 Brussels Acheampong 5, 31 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/2012 GS RSC Anderlecht - FC Zenit 1-0 Brussels Mbokani 17 24/10/2012 GS FC Zenit - RSC Anderlecht 1-0 St Petersburg A. Kerzhakov 72 (P) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ionov 12, Bukharov 01/12/2010 GS FC Zenit - RSC Anderlecht 3-1 St Petersburg 65, Huszti 88; Kanu 87 Juhász 66; A. 16/09/2010 GS RSC Anderlecht - FC Zenit 1-3 Brussels Kerzhakov 8, 33, 44 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zenit 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 7 5 RSC Anderlecht 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 3 5 7 FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Depoitre 18, Milicevic 09/12/2015 GS KAA Gent - FC Zenit 2-1 Ghent 78; Dzyuba 65 Dzyuba 35, Shatov 29/09/2015 GS FC Zenit - KAA Gent 2-1 St Petersburg 67; Matton 56 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Rondón 30, Hulk 54 26/08/2014 PO FC Zenit - R. Standard de Liège St Petersburg agg: 4-0 (P), 58 20/08/2014 PO R. Standard de Liège - FC Zenit 0-1 Liege Shatov 16 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Onyewu 35; 04/10/2007 R1 R. Standard de Liège - FC Zenit Liege agg: 1-4 Pogrebnyak 79 Arshavin 36, 65, Kim 20/09/2007 R1 FC Zenit - R. Standard de Liège 3-0 St Petersburg Dong-Jin 84 2 FC Zenit - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 5-0 Brylle Larsen 20, 38, 30/09/1987 R1 Club Brugge KV - FC Zenit Bruges agg: 5-2 57, 72, Ceulemans 44 Chukhlov 8, 16/09/1987 R1 FC Zenit - Club Brugge KV 2-0 St Petersburg Zheludkov 69 RSC Anderlecht - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 Noboa 28, Azmoun 03/08/2016 QR3 RSC Anderlecht - FC Rostov Brussels agg: 2-4 47 Ezatolahi 16, Poloz 26/07/2016 QR3 FC Rostov - RSC Anderlecht 2-2 Rostov-on-Don 60 (P); Hanni 3, Tielemans 52 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kozlov 47, Yusupov FC Dinamo Moskva - RSC 3-1 26/02/2015 R32 Khimki 64, Kuranyi 90+5; A. Anderlecht agg: 3-1 Mitrović 29 RSC Anderlecht - FC Dinamo 19/02/2015 R32 0-0 Brussels Moskva UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kljestan 33, Fernando Canesin 39, RSC Anderlecht - FC Lokomotiv Wasilewski 57, 14/12/2011 GS 5-3 Brussels Moskva Suárez 61, Gillet 78; Ignatyev 21, Sychev 69 (P), 89 FC Lokomotiv Moskva - RSC Suárez 11, Mbokani 29/09/2011 GS 0-2 Moscow Anderlecht 71 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ilić 2; Izmailov 13, RSC Anderlecht - FC Lokomotiv Sennikov 28, 24/10/2001 GS1 1-5 Brussels Moskva Pimenov 58, Buznikin 63, 69 FC Lokomotiv Moskva - RSC Maminov 18; Hendrikx 11/09/2001 GS1 1-1 Moscow Anderlecht 15 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RSC Anderlecht - FC Alania 4-0 Johnson 29, De Bilde 24/09/1996 R1 Brussels Vladikavkaz agg: 5-2 38, Zetterberg 62, 68 FC Alania Vladikavkaz - RSC Yanovski 21, Shelia 10/09/1996 R1 2-1 Vladikavkaz Anderlecht 49; Pagaev 4 (og) 3 FC Zenit - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Spartak Moskva - RSC 1-0 21/03/1984 QF Tbilisi Rodionov 88 Anderlecht agg: 3-4 Brylle Larsen 28 (P), 43, 85 (P), RSC Anderlecht - FC Spartak 07/03/1984 QF 4-2 Brussels Vercauteren 78; Moskva Rodionov 18, Gladilin 81 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zenit 6 6 0 0 7 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 13 8 1 4 20 14 RSC Anderlecht 9 5 1 3 8 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 17 6 3 8 26 28 4 FC Zenit - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg Match background All may not be lost for Zenit in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 despite their first-leg reversal at Anderlecht. All six previous Belgian visitors to St Petersburg have been beaten, although the Brussels team have been sound travellers so far this season. • Frank Acheampong's unanswered first-half brace secured the initiative for Anderlecht in this tie, and moved the two sides closer together in their overall head-to-head. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for a sixth time, Zenit having had the better of their first five encounters (W3 L2) though Anderlecht did reduce the arrears in the first leg. • Luciano Spalletti's Zenit dispatched Ariel Jacobs' Anderlect 3-1 home and away in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage. • The teams for their Brussels encounter on 16 September 2010 – in which Aleksandr Kerzhakov hit a hat-trick for the visitors – were: Zenit: Malafeev, Križanac, Fernando Meira, Lombaerts*, Bukharov (Kanunnikov 65), Danny*, Shirokov, Rosina (Huszti 73), Zyryanov, Luković (Hubočan 80), Ionov. Anderlecht: Proto, Mazuch, Lecjaks, Polák, Kanu, Legear (Suárez 46), Lukaku (De Sutter 77), Mareček (Badibanga 68), Kljestan, Juhász, Gillet. • Kerzhakov scored again in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League group stage as Spalletti's Zenit overcame John van den Brom's Anderlecht 1-0 at home though they lost by the same scoreline in Brussels. • The line-ups for that game on 6 November 2012 were: Zenit: Malafeev, Anyukov*, Criscito*, Lombaerts*, Kerzhakov*, Hubočan, Shirokov (Bruno Alves 76), Fayzulin (Bystrov 58), Semak (Zyryanov 67), Witsel, Hulk. Anderlecht: Proto, Deschacht*, Biglia, Kanu, Jovanović, Nuytinck*, Kouyaté, De Sutter, Praet (Yakovenko 73), Wasilewski (Molins 83), Gillet. * registered to play for the club in this season's competition • Zenit's 13 fixtures against Belgian clubs have ended W8 D1 L4. They have won all six home games against Belgian opponents. • Anderlecht's 17 matches against Russian sides have ended W6 D3 L8 (W1 D2 L5 away). Form guide • Zenit have won all three European home fixtures this season, conceding just once in the process while scoring nine times. • Zenit have never lost at home in the UEFA Europa League, winning 12 and drawing one (v Sevilla) of their 13 matches group stage to final. They also drew 1-1 against Nacional in a 2009/10 play-off. • Anderlecht are unbeaten in four UEFA Europa League away fixtures this term (W2 D2). • Zenit reached the UEFA Champions League round of 16 last year. • Since lifting the UEFA Cup in 1983 – and losing the 1984 final – Anderlecht have not made it beyond the last eight of the competition. Links and trivia • The journey from Brussels to St Petersburg is around 1,900km. • After drawing a blank at Anderlecht on 16 February, Zenit's six-goal forward Giuliano has been overtaken as this season's UEFA Europa League top scorer by both Athletic Club striker Aritz Aduriz (on seven goals) and Roma's Edin Džeko (eight). Giuliano has also laid on four assists, giving him a hand in ten Zenit goals. • Zenit boast Belgian talent in centre-back Nicolas Lombaerts, who started out with Club Brugge before moving to Russia in 2007 after three years with Gent. Anderlecht's Olivier Deschacht, Youri Tielemans and Leander Dendoncker have played alongside Lombaerts for Belgium. • Zenit's other Belgian star, midfielder Axel Witsel, moved to Chinese side Tianjin Quanjian at the beginning of January. • Anderlecht (1983) and Zenit (2008) are among seven former UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League winners in the round of 32, along with Tottenham Hotspur (1972, 1984), Borussia Mönchengladbach (1975 & 1979), Ajax (1992), Schalke (1997) and Shakhtar Donetsk (2009). 5 FC Zenit - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 23 February 2017 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg The coaches • Mircea Lucescu arrived at Zenit last summer, the Romanian ending a 12-year stay with Shakhtar in which he picked up eight Ukrainian titles and the 2008/09 UEFA Cup. He previously collected Turkish championships with Beşiktaş and Galatasaray. • Lucescu is the most experienced coach in the 2016/17 competition; this will be his 223rd UEFA club competition fixture. • Capped once by Switzerland, René Weiler is in his first season as Anderlecht coach having spent his first two years of coaching abroad with Nürnberg in Germany from 2014–16.