Zenit St Petersburg vs Lazio UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Zenit St Petersburg and Lazio are set to face in European competition for the first time.
Zenit St Petersburg have won just one of their four UEFA Champions League matches against Italian opponents (D1 L2), a 1-0 away win at AC Milan in December 2012.
Lazio have never lost against a Russian side in major UEFA European competition (W1 D3), winning one and drawing one against Rotor Volgograd in the UEFA Cup in 1997, and two draws against Lokomotiv Moscow in the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1999.
Zenit St Petersburg are looking to avoid losing four consecutive games in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history.
Having made an unbeaten start to the European campaign (W1 D1), Lazio will be looking to go three consecutive games without defeat in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since March 2001 (W1 D2).
Following their defeat to Club Brugge on MD1, Zenit St Petersburg will face the prospect of losing consecutive home games in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League for the very first time.
Lazio are looking for their first away win in the UEFA Champions League since September 2003 (2-0 v Besiktas), having failed to win any of their previous six away games in the competition (D2 L4).
Artem Dzyuba has scored in two of his previous four home games for Zenit St Petersburg in the UEFA Champions League (two goals) – versus Benfica and Lyon in the competition last season.
JoaquÃn Correa could become the first Lazio player to score in conscecutive UEFA Champions League appearances since December 2007, when Goran Pandev netted in back-to-back outings against Olympiakos and Real Madrid.
Zenit St Petersburg’s Sebastián Driussi is still looking for his first goal or assist in the UEFA Champions League, despite attempting 16 shots and creating eight chances in his seven appearances in the competition.
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