The match of the 27th round of the Russian Premier League will be held on April 26 at VTB Arena and will begin at 17:00.
Novikov will be assisted by assistant judges Alexei Lunev and Andrei Bolotenkov. Vladimir Shamara has been appointed as a reserve referee, and Sergey Lapochkin will be the match inspector. Jan Bobrovsky and Artur Fedorov will be responsible for the Video Referee Assistance System (VAR).
Previously, Novikov did not serve the official matches of the blue and whites and in the RPL he officiated only one match between Sochi and Rubin (0:1).
