Referee appointment made for #ZenitLoko

41-year-old Sergey Karasev from Moscow will take charge of Sunday’s title decider. This will be the 39th Zenit match of his career.

Referee appointment made for #ZenitLoko

He will be assisted by Igor Demeshko and Maxim Gavrilin. The fourth official will be Evgeny Kukulyak and VAR will be overseen by Evgeny Turbin and Alexei Lunev.

Karasev's previous 38 games with Zenit have seen us score 23 wins, earn nine draws and suffer six defeats.

The match with Lokomotiv Moscow will take place at the Gazprom Arena on Sunday 2 May at 7pm St. Petersburg time.