Zenit beat Akhmat in the match of the 27th round of the Russian Premier League

Zenit St. Petersburg's players beat Akhmat Grozny in the home match of the 27th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL). The match, which took place in St. Petersburg on April 26, ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the home team.

Alexander Sobolev opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Three minutes later, Luis Enrique doubled the advantage of the St. Petersburg team.

In the middle of the first half, the guests had to be replaced. In the 23rd minute, Akhmat goalkeeper Vadim Ulyanov left the field due to injury. Instead, 19-year-old Yahya Magomedov joined the game, for whom this exit was his debut in the RPL.

Thus, Zenit extended the series of winless matches in the national championship to seven games, in which the team won five and drew twice. The club from St. Petersburg scored 59 points and retained second place in the standings. The gap from the leading Krasnodar is one point. Akhmat is on the ninth line with 32 points.

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The day before, Orenburg defeated Rostov with a score of 1:0. The ball was scored by the club's striker Gideon Guzina in the 85th minute. After this match, Orenburg scored 26 points and moved up to 11th place in the standings. Rostov remained in 10th place.