Akhmat Grozny 1-1 Zenit St. Petersburg
Saturday 11 July, Akhmat Arena

Goals: Akhmat - Ivanov (6’); Zenit - Driussi (22’)

Man of the Match: Douglas Santos (Zenit St. Petersburg)

Sent off: Zenit - Emiliano Rigoni (34')

Oleg Ivanov side-footed a firm shot to give Akhmat Grozny an early lead before Sebastian Driussi equalised in the first half from Douglas Santos’s deep cross. Emiliano Rigoni was sent off 10 minutes before half time but Zenit held on for a point.

Zenit’s reshuffled side were sucker punched early on when Felipe Vizeu pounced on a loose touch from Andrey Lunev. Ivanov was waiting to smash the Brazilian’s square ball past a flailing Lunev.

Driussi struck back by getting on the end of a deep Douglas Santos cross from the left to slide the ball in from close range on the volley. Moments later Rigoni was sent off for catching Denis Glushakov with his studs.

Akhmat Grozny are away to Spartak Moscow next on Wednesday 15 July, while Zenit St. Petersburg are to host FC Orenburg on the same day.

Akhmat Grozny: Gorodov, Nenakhov, Nizic, Semenov, Bogosavac, Ismael, Shvets, Kharin, Ivanov, Glushakov (Berisha 59’), Vizeu (Ilyin 59’)

Zenit St. Petersburg: Lunev (Kerzhakov 86’), Karavaev, Prokhin, Osorio, Santos, Kuzyaev (Shatov 66’), Ozdoev, Musaev, Driussi (Malcom 66’), Erokhin (Sutormin 46’), Rigoni