Zenit St. Petersburg 3-2 Krasnodar
Saturday August 7, Gazprom Arena, St. Petersburg

Goals: Zenit - Azmoun 9’, 35’, Erokhin 44’ ; Krasnodar - Cordoba 24’, Spajic 76'

Man of the Match: Sardar Azmoun (Zenit)

Zenit St. Petersburg managed to get one over Krasnodar once again thanks to a flurry of first half goals. Sardar Azmoun kept up his hot streak, starting the game off with a goal in the ninth minute. Armenian midfielder Eduard Spertsyan equalised through a free kick soon after but this was disallowed. 

New star signing Cordoba did make it 1-1, but Zenit scored twice in quick succession and rounded the victory for themselves. Krasnodar got a goal back late on, but it wasn't enough to make a difference.

Next RPL fixtures: Sunday August 15 - Lokomotiv vs Zenit; Krasnodar vs Arsenal Tula