SL Benfica come up against a Portuguese coach and three former players as they bid to get past FC Zenit and reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals again.
Match background
Zenit
• Defeat on matchday six at KAA Gent prevented the Russian champions from becoming only the sixth club to achieve the feat of winning all six UEFA Champions League group stage fixtures.
• Nevertheless André Villas-Boas’s side, who are seeking a first ever appearance in the quarter-finals, finished five points ahead of Group H runners-up Gent, also winning 3-2 at Valencia CF and 2-0 at Olympique Lyonnais.
• They have won on each of their last three visits to Portugal – 2-0 at Benfica and 1-0 at Porto in the 2013/14 group stage with an Aleksandr Kerzhakov goal.
• They also won 4-1 at FC Paços de Ferreira in that season’s play-offs first leg (8-3 on aggregate).
