Intro:

League leaders Zenit St Petersburg gave their title hopes a boost on Sunday (22nd March) with a 1-0 win away at Dinamo Moscow in the Russian Premier League.

Script:

With four wins in their last five games, Zenit started as strong favourites against Europa League chasing Dynamo Moscow.

But it was the hosts Dynamo who looked the better side in the opening exchanges of the match - Cherno Samba almost heading in from an early corner.

Instead it was Zenit who took the lead.

A moment of real quality from Dani - his pass finding Igor Smolnikov, and the defender finished like a striker to make it 1-0 Zenit.

Mathieu Valbuena did his best to haul Dynamo level - his shot beat the dive of Yuri Lodygin, but brushed wide of the post

It was the closest Dynamo would come as Zenit held out for a valuable victory and take another small step towards the title.