On Sunday, October 26, 2025, the Gazprom Arena stadium will host the match of the 13th round of the Russian Premier League between Zenit St. Petersburg and Dynamo Moscow.
When is the start and where to watch
The text broadcast of the game will be available online in our match center.
Tickets to the Dynamo 205 active support sector will be available for purchase after registration on Zenit's official ticket website using this link, using the promo code DS-26AGST. Also, tickets can be purchased 1.5 hours before the game at the ticket office of the stadium, located at the entrance group No. 12.
We recommend that you generate QR codes in advance in the mobile application "Public Services. Fan Card" for the possibility of using the QR code offline (without Internet connection) when entering the stadium or printing them on paper in advance, or using other ways to save the QR code.
You will be able to watch the live video broadcast of this game after registering on the website of our title sponsor BetBoom betting company and in its clubs that operate according to the "All Inclusive" concept (look for the nearest club on the map), as well as on Match TV. Beginning at 17:30 Moscow time.
After the match, wait on our resources for the traditional edition of "Inside" with the highlights of the game and interviews of the actors.
Team status
Dynamo on Wednesday left no chance for the Wings of the Soviets in the home cup match (4:0) and reached the RPL playoffs, where they will play Zenit again in St. Petersburg on November 5.
Ulvi Babaev became the first Dynamo player to score a hat-trick at VTB Arena, and Daniil Fomin scored for Dynamo for the first time with a direct free kick. Igor Leshchuk scored his 9th dry match in the Russian Cup and equaled Andrei Smetanin in this indicator.
Valery Karpin will have to do without Anton Miranchuk, recovering from an ankle injury, and Daniil Fomin, who received the fourth yellow card in the previous round.
About the opponent
Zenit passed the group stage of the Cup in one go and became the first team to win 6 victories in 6 matches, scoring 19 goals. Six of them came in the last match with Orenburg, which played almost the entire match in the minority. Yuri Gorshkov, Vadim Shilov, Gustavo Mantuan scored for Zenit, Gerson scored his first goal in Russia, and Alexander Erokhin made a double, entering the top 20 of the best scorers in the club's history.
In the championship, the Petersburgers are trying to catch up at the start of the tournament, when they won only one victory in five matches. However, this was followed by 5 wins and 2 draws with a total goal difference of 17:3. Six of these goals were scored by Maxim Glushenkov, who had gained form.
— According to Karpin, we understand how the teams play under his leadership: This is high pressure, good counter-pressure, they try to play long passes a lot, use the space behind the defenders. That is, quite an intense game. We understand that we are waiting for a good opponent, with whom it will be very interesting to play. And let's see how much we can show our best qualities," Sergei Semak said before the match.
Injured Mateo Cassierra and Arsen Adamov will not take part in Sunday's match, while Strahinja Erakovic returned to the general group this week.
Intersections
Dmitry Skopintsev spent one season in the Zenit youth team at the beginning of his career.
The long-term coach of the St. Petersburg team Igor Simutenkov is the last one who became the top scorer of the championship in a Dynamo T-shirt (21 goals in 1994).
Ivan Sergeev and St. Petersburg defender Yuri Gorshkov played together for Krylia Sovetov in the 2020/21 season.
Valery Karpin and Sergey Semak crossed paths as head coaches of Rostov and Zenit 13 times: the current coach of Dynamo has 8 defeats, 3 draws and 2 wins.
History of meetings
Within the framework of the national championships, the teams met 152 times: 61 victories for our team, 42 draws and 49 times the success was celebrated by Petersburgers. We are confidently leading by the goal difference – 212:162.
The top scorers in the history of the confrontation are Sergey Solovyov (14 goals), Alexander Kerzhakov (14), Vladimir Ilyin (7) and Artem Dzyuba (7).
The judges
The meeting was entrusted to Alexei Sukhoi, who will be assisted by assistant judges Igor Demeshko and Alexander Bogdanov. Andrey Fisenko and Pavel Shadykhanov will be responsible for the Video Referee Assistance System (VAR).
Last season, the 38-year-old judge from Lyubertsy worked on the winning matches of Dynamo with Rubin (4:0) and Spartak (2:0).
