He will be assisted by his compatriots Roi Hasan and Idan Yarkoni, with Eitan Shmuelevitz as the fourth official. The Video Assistant Referee will be João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro from Portugal and the Assistant Video Assistant Referee will be Roi Reinshreiber from Israel.

We've had two matches previously with referees from Israel and won them both. Orel Grinfeld has refereed Russian teams four times and these have resulted in one win and three defeats for the RPL sides.

The match with RB Leipzig will be held on Tuesday 5 November at the Gazprom Arena and will begin at 20:55 St. Petersburg time. Tickets for the game remain on sale at tickets.fc-zenit.ru.