In a match of the 21st tour of SOGAZ-Russian Football Championship Zenit hosted Mordovia in Saint-Petersburg and won 1:0.
At the 11th minute Zenit was forced to substitute an injured goalkeeper Yury Zhevnov with Egor Baburin. Mordovia went down to ten men after Vladimir Bojovic was sent off at the 62nd minute. Hulk scored a goal for the hosts at the 55th minute.