Referee appointment made for Zenit v Akhmat

37-year-old Alexei Matyunin from Moscow will take charge of Zenit for the 12th time in his career.
He will be assisted by Dmitry Safyan from Moscow and Nikolai Bogach from Lyubertsy, the fourth official will be Ivan Sidenkov. 

Matyunin has seen take six win, two draws and three defeats while reffing and his last game in charge was our 2-0 away win in Sochi in July. 

The match with Akhmat will be held at the Gazprom Arena on Saturday 17 August at 7pm