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Sixteen teams in the Russian Premier League completed the first round of matches in the 15th round over the weekend. In the standings, the defending champions "Lokomotiv" from Moscow continue to lead confidently, although "CSKA" with D.Šemberas is not far behind in lost points having played four matches less. In the capital derby, "Lokomotiv" faced the "Spartak" club - the first half of the match ended in a draw, in the beginning of the second half, "the railwaymen" were brought forward by D.Syčiovas, D.Bilyaledinov doubled the score in the 79th minute, and even after three minutes, F.Cavenaghi's goal did not have a significant impact on the match. "Lokomotiv" continues to remain unbeaten, while "Spartak" dropped to fifth place. Lithuanian R.Poškus debuted in the St. Petersburg "Zenit" team, playing until the 72nd minute and helping his new club to win with a minimum lead against "Rostov" and stay in the fight for second place, which is also being sought after by Kazan's "Rubin" with O.Buitkus, who beat Yaroslavl's "Shinnik" at home with a two-goal difference. "CSKA" from Moscow dropped to fourth place, unable to break the resistance of one of the outsiders, "Alania" from Vladikavkaz, and played a draw away. Sixth position is held by "Moskva", losing to the Moscow region's "Saturn" team, while Moscow's "Dinamo" with debutants Maniche and Costinha rose up - this time, thanks to three goals by Derlei, they defeated crisis-stricken Samara's "Krylja Sovetov". The absolute outsider "Terek" from Grozny had to admit defeat to "Tom" from Tomsk this time, and only in the duel between Moscow's "Torpedo" and Perm's "Amkar" there were no goals scored. The next round of matches will take place next weekend. Table of the tournament Statistics of the 15th round 1 - 2 48' [0 - 1] Dmitry Sychev 79' [0 - 2] Dinar Bilyaledinov 82' [1 - 2] Fernando Cavenaghi I.Dedura ("Spartak") played until the 75th minute 0 - 0 A.Jankauskas ("Amkar") and M.Samusiovas ("Torpedo") were not registered for the match 1 - 1 52' [1 - 0] Vitaliy Daraselia 56' [1 - 1] Vagner Love 87' Kristian Tudor ("Alania") sent off D.Žutautas ("Alania") and D.Šemberas ("CSKA") played the entire match, N.Barasa ("Alania") from the 62nd minute 0 - 1 41' [0 - 1] Pavel Mares R.Poškus ("Zenit") played until the 72nd minute 0 - 1 71' [0 - 1] Valeriy Esipov R.Džiaukštas ("Moskva") was registered for the match but did not appear on the field 2 - 0 64' [1 - 0] Vladimir Bayramov 84' [2 - 0] Ansar Ayupov (pen.) O.Buitkus ("Rubin") played until the 46th minute 0 - 1 67' [0 - 1] Aleksey Medvedev 3 - 1 58' [1 - 0] Derlei 78' [2 - 0] Derlei (pen.) 82' [3 - 0] Derlei 90' [3 - 1] Vitaliy Buliga 65' Alexandr Tochilin ("Dinamo"), 71' Sergey Vinogradov ("Krylja") sent off Ž.Karčemarskas ("Dinamo") was registered for the match but did not appear on the field
