Zenit forward Artem Dzyuba overtook Wagner Love in the number of hat-tricks in RPL 
trick in the Russian Premier League (RPL) match against Nizhny Novgorod and set a record. This was reported by the Lenta.ru correspondent.
Dziuba scored three goals in a home match against Nizhny Novgorod. Thus, he scored the fifth hat-trick in the RPL, which becomes a new league record. Prior to that, Alexander Kerzhakov, Dmitry Kirichenko, Wagner Love, Solomon Rondon and Oleg Garin had four hat-tricks each. Dziuba scored four hat-tricks out of five, playing for Zenit.
Dziuba also came second in the scorers' dispute in the current RPL draw. After the match with Nizhny Novgorod, he scored ten goals.
Dzyuba's hat-trick helped Zenit defeat Nizhny Novgorod. The blues, whites and blues won 5-1.