Daler Kuzyaev, Leon Musaev and Danila Prokhin all initially started the game for the blue-white-sky-blues. For the latter, this was Danila’s debut in the Russian Premier Liga, aged only 19.
In the second half, Sergei Semak brought on three more Gazprom Academy graduates in Alexey Sutormin, Mikhail Kerzhakov and 18-year-old forward Daniil Shamkin. This saw the blue-white-sky-blues end the match with over half the squad local players from St. Petersburg.