He will be assisted by Muscovites Dmitry Cheltsov and Andrey Bolotenkov with Ivan Sidenkov from St. Petersburg as the fourth official. VAR will be operated by Igor Panin and Alexei Stipidi.

Kukuyan previous seven matches with Zenit have seen us score four wins, one draw and suffer two defeats. His last match was the 1-1 away draw to Spartak Moscow in October 2020.

The Russian Super Cup takes place between champions Zenit and Russian Cup winners Lokomotiv on 17 July at the Kaliningrad Stadium.