Referee appointment made for the Spartak v Zenit match

40-year-old Pavel Kukuyan from Sochi has been appointed for a Zenit game for the 14th time in his career.
Referee appointment made for the Spartak v Zenit match
He will be assisted by Aleksey Stipidi and Vladislav Nazarov. The fourth official will be Anton Frolov. VAR will be operated by Vladimir Moskalyov and Aleksandr Bogdanov. 

In the previous 13 Zenit games refereed by Pavel Kukuyan the team from St. Petersburg won seven times, lost three times and three matches ended with a draw. The last match was on 13 August 2022 when Zenit won 2-1 against CSKA at the Gazprom Arena.

The match against Spartak will take place in Moscow on Sunday 4 September and will kick off at 8pm St. Petersburg time.