Zenit v CSKA: Match referee appointed for the big game

The 32-year-old referee from Rostov-on-Don, will for the second time in his career officiate between the blue-white-sky blues and CSKA at the Petrovsky.
His linesman will be Alexei Lunev from Novosibirsk and fellow Rostovite Roman Usachev. The match inspector will be Yury Chebotarev.

Ivanov and Zenit will meet for the 11th time during which Zenit have scored 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats. 

2015 was the last time the referee took charge of a match between Zenit and the Army men at the Petrovsky and ended in a 2-1 victory for Zenit.