Referee appointment made for the Krylia Sovetov v Zenit match

31-year-old Rafael Shafeev has been appointed for a Zenit game for the third time in his career. 
Referee appointment made for the Krylia Sovetov v Zenit match
He will be assisted by Andrey Obrazko and Varantso Petrosyan. VAR will be operated by Sergey Ivanov and Sergey Tsyganok.  

In the previous two Zenit games refereed by Rafael Shafeev the team from St. Petersburg won once and the other match ended with a draw. The last game was on 17 September 2023 when Zenit beat Rubin 3-0 in Kazan. 

The match against Krylia Sovetov will take place in Samara on Saturday 30 March and will kick off at 2pm St. Petersburg time.