Zenit St. Petersburg 1-2 Rubin Kazan
Saturday 24 October, Gazprom Arena

Goals: Zenit - Erokhin (26); Rubin - Despotovic (43), Jevtic (69)

Man of the Match: Darko Jevtic (Rubin)

Darko Jevtic stunned Zenit 20 minutes from time as Rubin came from behind to beat the reigning champions in their own backyard. Aleksandr Erokhin bagged his fifth goal of the season to hand league leaders Zenit the lead, but on the stroke of half time Djordje Despotovic drew Rubin level.

Zenit remain top of the table on 24 points, while Rubin move up to ninth on 18 points. 

Next RPL fixtures: Saturday 31 October - Rubin Kazan vs Arsenal Tula; 1 November - FC Khimki vs Zenit St. Petersburg