The meeting, which took place in Moscow at the Otkritie Arena, ended with a score of 1: 1.
For Zenit in the 65th minute, Alexander Erokhin scored with a pass from Artyom Dziuba.
Spartak responded with a goal by Ezequiel Ponce, who hit the visitors' goal in the 86th minute with a pass from Alex Kral.
Zenit with 21 points remained the leader in the RPL standings.
Spartak, who also scored 21 points, is in second place due to the worst ratio of goals scored and conceded.
RT conducted an online text broadcast of the match.