Zenit St. Petersburg 1-0 CSKA Moscow 
Thursday August 26, Gazprom Arena, St. Petersburg 

Goal: Zenit - Sardar Azmoun 82'
Man of the Match: Zenit - Yaroslav Rakitsky

The unstoppable Sardar Azmoun scored a wonderfully taken goal to hand Zenit a narrow victory over rivals CSKA. Both sides had been deadlocked until the 82nd minute when Azmoun left two defenders in the dust to score the only goal of the game.

Zenit are temporarily back on top of the league, but may drop off if Dynamo win their fixture. CSKA are still struggling to find a good run of form and remain in midtable. 

Next RPL fixtures: TBD - Arsenal Tula vs CSKA Moscow; Zenit vs Akhmat Grozny