The meeting was held in St. Petersburg at the stadium "Gazprom Arena" and ended in favor of the hosts - 3: 1.

In the eighth minute Serdar Azmun brought the blue-white-blue ahead.

The guests equalized the score in the 22nd minute - Dejan Lovren scored an own goal.

In the 73rd minute, Zenit again took the lead thanks to the ball from Yaroslav Rakitskiy, and in stoppage time, Artyom Dzyuba put an end.

Thus, Sergei Semak's wards scored 41 points and strengthened their leadership in the Russian championship standings.

Spartak is in second position with 35 points.

Earlier, Andrei Arshavin criticized Spartak for playing in the first half of the match with Zenit.