Intro:

Defending Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg made it three wins out of three for this campaign with a comfortable 3-0 home win over Terek Grozny on Saturday (August 1st).

Script:

Defending champions Zenit went into their match against Terek Grozny looking for a third consecutive win in the new Russian Premier League campaign.

And that looked likely, after Brazilian striker Hulk latching on to a poor back pass and setting up Igor Smolnikov after just six minutes.

More poor defending gave Oleg Shatov the chance to double Zenit's lead. He did, and they were 2-0 up with 10 minutes played.

And in the second half, the home side's dominance continued.

Shatov nearly had a second two minutes from time, only to be denied by the woodwork.

However, a minute later Zenit did get a deserved third - Shatov this time the provider as second half substitute Danny finished off an incisive move for 3 nil to extend Zenit's unbeaten league campaign to three from 3.