The game, which took place in St. Petersburg on the field of the Gazprom Arena stadium, ended with a score of 2: 1 in favor of blue-white-blue.
As part of the team of Sergei Semak, the balls were scored by Malcolm (45th minute), Gustavo Mantuan (85th).
Fedor Chalov scored against CSKA (63rd, penalty).
Zenit (11 points) became the leader of the RPL.
He can be overtaken by Spartak Moscow (ten), which in the fifth round will play at home with Sochi (nine).
CSKA (ten) dropped to third place.
Earlier, Martin Rodriguez, agent of CSKA midfielder Jorge Carrascal, explained why the player did not start the match of the fifth round of the Russian Football Championship with Zenit.