Referee appointment made for Rostov v Zenit in the Russian Cup

35-year-old Roman Galimov will take charge of a Zenit match for the ninth time in his career.
He will be assisted by Maxim Gavrilin from Vladimir and Ilya Eleferenko from Moscow. The fourth official will be Sergei Ivanov from Rostov-on-Don.

Galimov has taken charge of 8 matches with Zenit previously, in which we've won four, drawn three and lost only once.

His last game with the blue-white-sky blues was on 23 September 2018, when we demolished Lokomotiv Moscow 5-3. 

The Russian Cup last 16 clash with Rostov will be held on Thursday 1 November and will begin at 7pm St. Petersburg time.