He will be assisted by Vladislav Nazarov from Nevinnomyssk and Konstantin Shalamberidze from Moscow, the fourth official will be Sergei Lapochkin and the first time in a season, VAR will be in action at the Gazprom Arena.

Alexey Eskov has overseen 31 Zenit matches previously and under him, we've had 22 wins, 7 drawers and suffered two defeats. 

The match with Krasnodar will take place on Saturday 3August at the Gazprom Arena and will begin at 9:30 pm St. Petersburg time.