Malcom is sixth player with four-goal game in RPL

Zenit forward Malcom scored four goals for his team in RPL Matchday 25 fixture against Krylia Sovetov, which St. Petersburg won 5-1.

Top scorer of the season equalized from penalty in the first half, and after the break he scored another three goals from the play.

It’s sixth time, when player scores four times in single game. Malcom joined jo (CSKA vs Shinnik in 2006), Vagner Love (FC Moscow vs CSKA in 2008), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar vs FC Ural in 2016), Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit vs SKA-Khabarovsk in 2018) and Artem Dzyuba (FC Tambov vs Zenit in 2021). Malcom is third Brazilian in the list after Jo and Vagner, also he is third Zenit player here after Erokhin and Dzyuba.

Malcom is leading RPL top scorers list with 22 goals in 25 matches this season.