Ural Ekaterinburg 0-1 Lokomotiv Moscow
Wednesday 22 July, Ekaterinburg Arena

Goal: Lokomotiv - Anton Miranchuk (45’)
Man of the Match: Anton Kochenkov (Lokomotiv)

Sent off: Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv, 90’)

Anton Miranchuk’s cool finish on the stroke of half time sealed a simple 1-0 win for Champions League-bound Lokomotiv Moscow away to beaten Russian Cup semi-finalists Ural Ekaterinburg. The goalscorer was sent off in added time, but it made no difference to the result.

In first-half added time Aleksey Miranchuk skipped past three challenges before releasing Dmitry Rybchinsky into a pocket of space outside the area. He fed Anton Miranchuk to his left, who drilled a low finish past Yaroslav Godzyur.

Ural Ekaterinburg finish the season in 11th place after losing the Russian Cup semi-final at home to FC Khimki at the weekend, while Lokomotiv had already been guaranteed 2nd, and with it group-stage Champions League football before kickoff.

Ural Ekaterinburg: Godzyur, Magomadov, Gerasimov, Emelyanov (Haroyan 83’), Kalinin, Augustinyak, Boumal, Egorychev (Pogrebnyak 79’), Bicfalvi, El Kabir (Bavin 38’), Panyukov (Efremov 79’)

Lokomotiv Moscow: Kochenkov, Zhivoglyadov, Murilo (Zhemaletdinov 67’), Kverkvelia, Rybus, Barinov, Magkeev, Rybchinsky (Kulikov 67’), An. Miranchuk, Al. Miranchuk (Cherniy 90’), Suleymanov (Farfan 56’)