The meeting, held in St. Petersburg at the Gazprom Arena, ended with a score of 2: 1 in favor of the home team.

Zenit won two goals from Serdar Azmun, who scored in the 19th and 69th minutes with the assists of Artem Dziuba and Vyacheslav Karavaev.

CSKA responded with a goal by Nikola Vlasic, who distinguished himself in the 26th minute with the transfer of Igor Diveev.

In the fourth round, Zenit will host Tambov at home, and CSKA Moscow will host Rubin Kazan.

Earlier it was reported that Dynamo defeated Rostov in the third round of the RPL.