Referee appointment made for RB Leipzig v Zenit

38-year-old Turkish referee Ali Palabıyık will take charge of Wednesday night's Champions League match.
He will be assisted by fellow Turks Mustafa Eyisoy and Serkan Olguncan, with the Fourth official being Halis Özkahya.

VAR will be run by Massimiliano Irrati from Italy and Mete Kalkavan from Turkey.

Ali Palabıyık has overseen Zenit once before, back in August 2017 when we had a 1-0 home defeat against Bnei Yehuda while on way to qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. 

The match will be held on 23 October at the RB Arena in Leipzig and will kicks-off at 19:55 St. Petersburg time.