He will be assisted by Maxim Gavrilin from Vladimir and Adlan Khatuev from Grozny. The fourth official will be Anton Anopa from Blagoveshchensk. VAR will be officiated by Igor Panin and Alexei Lunev.

Sergei Karasev has overseen 37 Zenit matches previously, in those games we've won 23, drawn nine, and lost five. Our last match with Karasev was the 3-1 win over Spartak Moscow at the Gazprom Arena in December. 

The match with Rubin will take place in Kazan on 8 March at 4.30pm St. Petersburg time.