MOSCOW, Aug 17 Zenit Petersburg and Spartak Moscow will play in group B in the Russian Football Cup, the draw takes place on Wednesday. In group A, Krasnodar, Lokomotiv Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Khimki will play, in group B — Zenit, Samara «Wings of the Soviets», Spartak, Fakel Voronezh, in group C — Dynamo Moscow, Akhmat Grozny, Rostov, Orenburg, in group D — Sochi, CSKA, Ural Yekaterinburg, Torpedo Moscow .Earlier, the bureau of the executive committee of the RFU approved a new format for holding the Cup of Russia. Teams go to the final in two ways. Teams from the Russian Premier League will play in the RPL path, teams from the First League, Second League and amateur clubs will play in the «regions path». In the final of the Russian Cup, which is scheduled for June 2023, the winners of the RPL path and the regions path will meet. At the group stage, the RPL clubs will play each other in two rounds, in total, each club will play six matches. Teams that take the first two places in their groups will advance to the playoffs of the RPL path; those who took third place — in the playoffs of the path of the regions. The matches of the first round of the group stage of the «RPL path» will be held on August 30 and 31.
