On 14 February, three RPL teams were involved in friendly matches in UAE and Turkey.

Zenit St. Petersburg 8-0 Dubai City

Two-game matchday for RPL leaders started with facing Dubai City, competitors of UAE First Division. Five of eight Zenit goals were scored by Ivan Sergeev, he ended first half with hat-trick and added two more goals in the second. Zelimkhan Bakaev, Andrey Mostovoy and 19-year-old Akim Belokhonov also marked with goals.

Zenit St. Petersburg 1-1 Ural Ekaterinburg

In the evening Zenit met Ural for the second time during winter camps, and teams again ended tied. This time Ural scored first with long shot from Fanil Sungatulin in the second minute of second half, but Mateo Cassierra got an equalizer later.

Fakel Voronezh 2-1 FC Kaisar

Behind the closed doors Fakel held a match against Kaisar from Kazakhstan Premier League. Voronezh was trailing 0-1 after the first half, but Evgeny Markov scored twice in the second and brought the win. Now the striker, signed by club in November, has five goals at winter camps.

Next teams’ friendlies: Friday 17 February – Zenit vs Sepahan; Saturday 18 November – Ural vs Ararat-Armenia, Fakel vs Sochi