The only game on Friday that kicked off the 5th round of the Russian Championship was the match between the league debutant Krasnodar's "Kuban" and Ramenskoye's "Saturn" team, which ended in a 2-2 draw. The first goal of the match was scored by Lithuanian legionnaire Edgaras Cesnauskis.
"Kuban" 2 - 2 "Saturn" 23' [0 - 1] Edgaras Cesnauskis 50' [1 - 1] Alexander Danishevskiy 73' [2 - 1] Ricardo Lago 88' [2 - 2] Igor Lebedenko
The visitors from the Moscow region started the match more successfully and in the middle of the first half, they were led ahead by Lithuanian defender E. Cesnauskis, who scored his first goal of the season.
After the break, the result was equalized by Alexander Danishevskiy, and in the 74th minute, "Kuban" took the lead after Ricardo Lago's goal. However, with two minutes left until the end of the match, Igor Lebedenko snatched a draw for the "Saturn" team.
E. Cesnauskis played the full game and received a yellow card, while the other Lithuanian player Rolandas Dziukshtas from "Saturn" was not registered for the match.
This was already the fourth draw for "Saturn" this season - the club remains winless and occupies only the 13th position in the Premier League.