Akhmat will face Zenit in away match of the Russian Cup today, on Wednesday, the 17th of September. Kick-off at Gazprom Arena in St Petersburg is scheduled for 20:30 Moscow time.
Tonight’s match will be Akhmat’s second encounter with Zenit since Stanislav Cherchesov’s return to Akhmat. On 9 August, Akhmat faced Zenit in the Russian league and came away with a 1–0 victory.
Today’s encounter will be Cherchesov’s 16th match against Zenit. As a player, Cherchesov faced Zenit five times while representing Lokomotiv and Spartak (3 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat, goal difference: 13–4):
09.04.1988 – Zenit Leningrad vs Lokomotiv Moscow 3–2
25.08.1988 – Lokomotiv Moscow vs Zenit Leningrad 2–0
04.04.1989 – Spartak Moscow vs Zenit Leningrad 0–0
06.07.1989 – Zenit Leningrad vs Spartak Moscow 1–5
29.07.1992 – Spartak Moscow vs Zenit St. Petersburg 4–0
Cherchesov has also faced Zenit ten times as a head coach (4 wins, 2 draws, 4 defeats, goal difference: 13–11), including 3 matches as a head of Akhmat (2 wins, 1 defeat, goal difference: 3-3):
21.07.2007 – Spartak Moscow vs Zenit St. Petersburg 3–1
16.03.2008 – Zenit St. Petersburg vs Spartak Moscow 0–0
14.09.2012 – Zenit St. Petersburg vs Akhmat Grozny 0–2
31.03.2013 – Akhmat Grozny vs Zenit St. Petersburg 0–3
02.11.2013 – Zenit St. Petersburg vs Amkar Perm 1–1
29.03.2014 – Amkar Perm vs Zenit St. Petersburg 1–2
11.05.2014 – Zenit St. Petersburg vs Dynamo Moscow – : + (match ended 2–4, Zenit awarded a 0–3 defeat)
13.09.2014 – Zenit St. Petersburg vs Dynamo Moscow 3–2
22.03.2015 – Dynamo Moscow vs Zenit St. Petersburg 0–1
09.08.2025 - Akhmat Grozny vs Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0
The upcoming match will also be Cherchesov’s second against Semak as a head coach. The only time they faced each other as coaches was on 9 August 2025. Besides, In 1995, Cherchesov played one match against Semak as a player (14.10.1995 – CSKA Moscow vs Spartak Moscow 1–2 – both played the full 90 minutes).
Semak has also played in three matches against teams coached by Cherchesov:
20.10.2007 – Spartak Moscow vs FC Moscow 3–1
02.05.2008 – Rubin Kazan vs Spartak Moscow 0–3
14.09.2012 – Zenit St. Petersburg vs Akhmat Grozny 0–2 (Semak came on as a substitute in the 78th minute)
