Referee appointment made for the Zenit v Fakel match

36-year-old Artem Chistyakov has been appointed for a Zenit game for the sixth time in his career. 
Referee appointment made for the Zenit v Fakel match
He will be assisted by Andrey Obrazko and Rustam Mukhtarov. The fourth official will be Artur Fedorov. VAR will be operated by Pavel Shadykhanov and Maksim Kovalev. 

In the previous five Zenit games refereed by Artem Chistyakov the team from St. Petersburg won four times and lost once. The last match was on 1 April when Zenit beat Ural 2-0 at the Gazprom Arena.

The match against Fakel will take place at the Gazprom Arena on Saturday 3 June and will kick off at 5pm St. Petersburg time.