The 41-year-old referee from Moscow will be the man in the middle for a Zenit game for the 35th time.
He will be assisted by Dmitry Cheltsov and Alexey Shiryaev, VAR will be managed by Alexey Matyunin and Evgeny Bulanov will be the fourth official.Karasev's 34 previous games have seen us win 22, draw seven and lose five.
The match with Ural will take place on Saturday 19 September at 16:30 St. Petersburg time and will be shown live on the RPL YouTube channel around the world.
