Goals from Karavaev (16), Erokhin (24) and Santos (93) with a lone reply from Zaika (57) mean the three points remain in St. Petersburg and Zenit retain their position on top of the Russian Premier Liga, with 24 points after 11 matches.

The Zenit starting XI

Kerzhakov, Santos, Lovren, Rakitskiy, Karavaev, Krugovoy (45), Barrios (69), Erokhin (66), Kuzyaev, Driussi (78), Azmoun (66).

Subs: Lunev, Vasyutin, Chistyakov, Prokhin, Zhirkov, Mostovoy (45), Shamkin, Sutormin (78), Musaev, Ozdoev (69), Wendel (66), Dzyuba (66).