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Over the weekend, the Russian Premier League played matches of the 27th round. With three games left until the end of the championship, "CSKA" found themselves in the best position in the fight for the champions title after taking advantage of "Lokomotiv's" stumble and overtaking them by two points, while "Zenit" practically lost their hopes of bragging with gold medals after an unexpected failure. Defending champions Moscow's "Lokomotiv" played away against one of the league's underdogs, Vladikavkaz's "Alania" club, and ended the third consecutive match with a draw. It was the sixth game in a row in the championship in which "the Railwaymen" failed to win, and during these matches, last year's champions were only able to score one goal. "CSKA" has not been scoring many goals lately, but D. Sember's team does enough to achieve victory - this time the "army men" defeated Perm's "Amkar" team away thanks to D. Carvalho's only goal, among whom after a long break and for the first time this season, a Lithuanian defender A. Jankauskas played. Reducing the gap from "Lokomotiv" to two points is Moscow's "Spartak" in third place with I. Dedura, who won the city derby at home with a minimal advantage against "Torpedo". A. Starkov's proteges scored a winning goal in the 70th minute in fierce match, through M. Kalinichenko. This important victory for the "Spartak" club means that in the last round, in the case of a victory against "Lokomotiv" they have a real chance to take second place and get a ticket to the Champions League tournament. Sankt Peterburg's "Zenit" no longer has a chance to catch up with the leaders, after losing to the "Moskva" club on the opponent's field and thus even complicating their position for the fourth place. R. Rebezha and D. Kirichenko stood out in the ranks of the capital's club in the first and second halves. The latter, after this goal, surpassed the Portuguese Derlei in the list of snipers and with 14 goals is now the most productive in the league. Only a point less than "Zenit" has Kazan's "Rubin" team, who won at home against Samara's "Krylya Sovetov" team. The hosts took the lead after a quick V. Bayramov's goal, midway through the first half D. Vasiljevas added another precise shot, and B. Adamu's goal after the break didn't help the guests avoid defeat, pushing them to the fourteenth place. The expensively assembled Moscow "Dinamo" team experienced humiliation on their home field, unexpectedly losing 0-1 to the league's former newcomer Grozny's "Terek". The team's attacking leader R. Adamov scored in the 75th minute. The Moscow region "Saturn" with R. Dziukshas jumped to the tenth position after winning a victory with a single goal by W. Parks against Yaroslavl's "Shinnik", while "Rostov" defeated the "Tom" club by a score of 2-0 and can already almost rejoice in their survival in the league, as they have gained an eight-point advantage against the two underdogs. In the next round, "CSKA" will face an easy match at home against "Rostov", "Lokomotiv" will play against the also not very motivated "Saturn", "Spartak" will meet "Shinnik" away, and in the most interesting match in the fight for the fourth place "Zenit" will play against "Rubin". Table of standings Statistics of the 27th round 1 - 0 70` [1 - 0] Maxim Kalinichenko I. Dedura ("Spartak") played the whole match, M. Samusiovas ("Torpedo") was not registered for the match. 2 - 1 3` [1 - 0] Vladimir Bayramov 22` [2 - 0] Dmitriy Vasilev 51` [2 - 1] Baba Adamu O. Buitkus ("Rubin") and N. Barasa ("Krylja") were not registered for the match. 0 - 1 40` [0 - 1] Daniel Carvalho A. Jankauskas ("Amkar") and D. Semberas ("CSKA") played the entire match. 0 - 1 78` [0 - 1] Roman Adamov Z. Karcemarskas ("Dinamo") did not appear on the field. 0 - 0 D. Zutautas ("Alania") was not registered for the match. 2 - 0 30` [1 - 0] Maksim Buznikin 55` [2 - 0] Omar Perez A. Skerla ("Tom") played until the 18th minute, A. Gedgaudas ("Tom") did not appear on the field. 2 - 0 21` [1 - 0] Radu Rebezha 72` [2 - 0] Dmitriy Kirichenko R. Poskus ("Zenit") played from the 77th minute. 1 - 0 21` [1 - 0] Winston Parks R. Dziukshas ("Saturn") played the entire match
