On Sunday, four matches of the 26th round were played in the Russian championship. Two teams playing at home secured victories, while two matches ended in draws with a 1-1 scoreline.
In the victory of "Torpedo" against "Dynamo", Lithuanian national team defender Mantas Samusiovas contributed by scoring in the 84th minute to put his team ahead. After this victory, "Torpedo" solidified their fifth position, as the sixth-placed "Shinnik" played to a draw with "Spartak".
The players of "Saturn" secured a resounding victory, showing no mercy to the "Alania" team on their home turf and scoring five goals while conceding only one. In other matches, the bottom-ranked teams "Rotor" and "Kuban" shared a point.
League table
Sunday's results:
3 - 1
11' [1 - 0] Sergey Osipov
30' [1 - 1] Alexandr Tochilin
84' [2 - 1] Mantas Samusiovas
86' [3 - 1] Konstantin Zyryanov
M.Samusiovas ("Torpedo") played the full match, Ž.Karčemarskas ("Dynamo") did not appear on the field
1 - 1
23' [1 - 0] Emir Spakhic
38' [1 - 1] Roman Pavlyuchenko
I.Dedura ("Spartak") played the full match
5 - 1
34' [1 - 0] Peter Bistrov
40' [2 - 0] Fereira Jan
63' [2 - 1] Vladimir Koritko
70' [3 - 1] Andrey Kanchelskis
84' [4 - 1] Andrey Kanchelskis
90' [5 - 1] Antonio Barijho
N.Barasa ("Alania") played the full match
1 - 1
66' [0 - 1] Denis Popov
84' [1 - 1] Vladimir Radkevich