Zenit v Spartak Moscow takes a record TV audience share

The biggest game of the Russian season so far set a record for TV viewers in 2018.
According to Match TV, the channel took a 12.9% share of the TV audience of its target audience share, men aged 14-59 and scored a rating 3.1% higher than the season's previous best RPL game. 

The share of its target audience share in St. Petersburg was 30.4% and in Moscow it was 15.9%.  

The total TV audience for the match was 3 749 090 viewers, which exceeds last year's viewership of 3,566,000.

The match at Stadium St. Petersburg had the highest Zenit attendance in 34 years with 61,467 fans at the game.