Spartak Moscow vs Zenit St Petersburg Highlights - August 23, 2026

Spartak Moscow meet Zenit St Petersburg at Lukoil Arena in Moscow on August 23, 2026. The fixture comes in Russian Premier League.

Spartak Moscow go into the match in position 3, on 9 points from 4 matches. They have won 3, drawn 0 and lost 1 so far.

Their goal difference stands at +4. In their last five outings they have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1.

They drew 0-0 away at Dynamo Makhachkala on May 17. They beat Rodina Moscow 3-0 at home on Jul 25.

They won 2-1 away at Akhmat Grozny on Aug 2. They lost 1-2 at home to Krasnodar on Aug 9.

On Aug 16 they took a 2-1 win at FC Baltika Kaliningrad. They have scored 8 and conceded 4 across that run.

2 of those five came at home. They shut out the opposition 2 times in that run.

They are unbeaten in their last 3.

Zenit St Petersburg sit in position 2 of the table with 9 points after 4 matches. Their season so far: won 3, drawn 0, lost 1.

That leaves a goal difference of +10. Across the last five they have won 4, drawn 0 and lost 1.

They won 1-0 away at Rostov on May 17. On Jul 25 they took a 5-0 win at Akron Tolyatti.

They won 3-0 away at Gazovik Orenburg on Aug 2. A 1-2 home defeat to Rodina Moscow came on Aug 9.

A 3-0 home win over Dinamo Moscow came on Aug 16. That run brought 13 goals for and 2 against.

Of that run, 2 were played at home. The defence held firm 4 times across those games.

That makes it 3 without defeat.

Manfred Ugalde has scored 2 times for Spartak Moscow this season. Marquinhos tops the Spartak Moscow assist chart with 2.

Zenit St Petersburg have leaned on Maksim Glushenkov, who has found the net 5 times. For assists Zenit St Petersburg look to Pedro Henrique, on 2.

Both sides go into the match level on points. Confirmed lineups follow closer to kick-off.