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In the "Premier" League of Russia, after playing 21 round matches, the leader position was taken by St. Petersburg's "Zenit", surpassing the team of Samara "Krylja Sovetov".
Roberto Poska's team's winning streak was interrupted by Moscow's "Spartak" club, who won at home with a score of 3-1. Zenit took advantage of this by defeating the underdog "Dynamo" and moving up to first place.
Champions League participant "CSKA" needed a last-minute goal to secure a victory against "Saturn", and with 40 points, the "army men" overtook the Samara club.
Moscow's "Lokomotiv" found themselves in fourth place after unexpectedly losing on the road to Krasnodar's "Kuban". The misfortune continued for "Torpedo", this time losing to the "Shinnik" team.
The remaining three round matches ended in a draw with different results - "Rotor", "Moscow", "Rostov", "Alania", "Amkar", and "Rubin" clubs each earned a point.
Standings after 21 rounds
Round 21 statistics
3 - 1
10' [0 - 1] Jose Ivanildu de Sousa
18' [1 - 1] Roman Pavlyuchenko
27' [2 - 1] Alexander Samedov
45' [3 - 1] Nikita Bazhenov
(Robertas Poskus played the entire match)
0 - 1
89' Dmitriy Kirichenko
90' Adrian Bastia and Jambulat Bazaev ("Saturn"), Vasiliy Berezutskiy, Yuri Zhirkov ("CSKA") sent off the field
(Deividas Šemberas played the entire match)
2 - 1
16' [1 - 0] Ricardo Baiano
62' [2 - 0] Ricardo Baiano
67' [2 - 1] Dmitri Khokhlov
(Deividas Česnauskis was not registered for the match)
1 - 1
62' [1 - 0] Spartak Gogniev
64' [1 - 1] Hector Brakamonte
(Rolandas Džiaukštas played the entire match)
3 - 1
23' [1 - 0] Sergey Shtanyuk
30' [1 - 1] Igor Lebedenko
81' [2 - 1] Anton Khazov
90' [3 - 1] Alexandr Kulchiy
(Mantas Samusiovas played until the 35th minute)
0 - 0
(Nerijus Barasa played the entire match)
2 - 2
67' [1 - 0] Konstantin Paramanov
81' [1 - 1] Sillah Ebrima
84' [1 - 2] Andrey Fedorov
90' [2 - 2] Konstantin Paramanov
(Algis Jankauskas did not appear on the field)
0 - 2
2' [0 - 1] Alexandr Kerzhakov
20' [0 - 2] Alexandr Kerzhakov
79' Daniel Kiritse sent off the field, 90' Lukas Gartig (both from "Zenit")
