The reason was announced for the goalkeeper of the Blue-White-SkyBlues to miss being entered into the match sheet for the match against Terek.

Andre Villas-Boas told at the post-match press-conference that Malfeev got injured at the training session and will miss four weeks.

The goalkeeper plays for Zenit since 1999 and is the second top player with regards to the number of matches for the team, the number one here is Anatoly Davydov, who is 14 games ahead of Malafeev.