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Over the weekend, the 26th round matches took place in the Russian "Premier" league. With three matches left towards the gold medals, defending champions "CSKA" are getting closer to retaining their title as they defeated "Zenit", who are in fourth place. However, chasers "Spartak" and "Lokomotiv" also won their matches and are trying to catch up. Newcomers "Luch-Energia", "Spartak Nalchik", and "Krylja Sovetov" achieved victories at home, while "Moskva" and "Dinamo" clubs won their matches away, with "Dinamo" now having good chances to avoid relegation.
26th round statistics
"Luch-Energia" 3 - 1 "Amkar"
32' [1 - 0] Aleksey Ivanov
45' [2 - 0] Beslan Adjindjal (11m.)
65' [2 - 1] Andrey Kobenko
75' [3 - 1] Aleksey Ivanov
Aleksey Ivanov ("Luch-Energia") at the 40th minute, Ivan Cherenchikov ("Amkar") at the 45th minute sent off
"Torpedo" 0 - 2 "Moskva"
55' [0 - 1] Dmitriy Kirichenko
69' [0 - 2] Pyotr Bystrov
"Krylja Sovetov" 1 - 0 "Rostov"
82' [1 - 0] Makhach Gadzhiev
"Spartak" 3 - 1 "Tom"
34' [1 - 0] Mozart
36' [1 - 1] Valeriy Klimov
43' [2 - 1] Roman Pavlyuchenko (11m.)
88' [3 - 1] Aleksandr Pavlenko
A.Skerla ("Tom") played the full match, I.Dedura ("Spartak") remained on the bench
"CSKA" 1 - 0 "Zenit"
58' [1 - 0] Daniel Carvalho (11m.)
D.Šemberas ("CSKA") played the full match
"Rubin" 0 - 1 "Dinamo"
15' [0 - 1] Derlei
Ž.Karčemarskas ("Dinamo") played the full match, R.Poškus ("Dinamo") was not registered for the match
"Spartak Nalchik" 2 - 0 "Saturn"
70' [1 - 0] Sergey Serdyukov
90' [2 - 0] Andrey Poroshin
Miodar Dzhydovic ("Spartak Nalchik") at the 60th minute, Edgaras Česnauskis ("Saturn") at the 81st minute sent off
R.Džiaukštas ("Saturn") remained on the bench
"Lokomotiv" 1 - 0 "Shinnik"
23' [1 - 0] Dmitriy Loskov (11m.)
League table
