Referee appointment made for Zenit v CSKA Moscow

40-year-old Mikhail Vilkov from Nizhny Novgorod will take charge of a Zenit match for the 33rd time in a career.
He will be assisted by Aleksey Lunev from Novosibirsk and Adlan Khatuev from Grozny. The fourth official will be Rostov's Sergei Ivanov and VAR will be in use.

Vilkov's previous 32 Zenit matches have seen Zenit get 23 wins, 7 draws just two defeats. His last game was our 1-0 away defeat to Lokomotiv Moscow in September 2019.

The match with CSKA Moscow will be held at the Gazprom Arena on Saturday 2 November at 19:00 St. Petersburg time. Tickets are available at tickets.fc-zenit.ru