The meeting took place in St. Petersburg at the Gazprom Arena stadium and ended with a score of 3: 1.
In the first half, Andrei Mostovoy and Artyom Dzyuba scored in the blue-white-blue at the 25th and 31st minutes.
After the break, the guests won back one goal through the efforts of Yuri Kovalev (61st), and at the end of the game, Alexander Erokhin (86th) set the final score.
Thus, Sergei Semak's wards scored 16 points and topped the standings.
Arsenal are in 14th position with five points.
Earlier it was reported that CSKA beat Spartak (3: 1) and inflicted the first defeat of the season for the team of Domenico Tedesco.