The 2020/21 RPL season starts with two matches on 8 August, while the last games before the international break will be held on 30 August.

All kickoffs are denoted in Central European Time (CET).

Matchday 1

Saturday 8 August

15:00 FC Khimki vs CSKA Moscow
17:30 FC Tambov vs FC Rostov

Sunday 9 August

16:00 FC Ufa vs FC Krasnodar
18:00 Arsenal Tula vs Akhmat Grozny
19:00 Spartak Moscow vs FC Sochi

Monday 10 August

16:00 Ural Ekaterinburg vs Dynamo Moscow

Tuesday 11 August

17:00 Rotor Volgograd vs Zenit St. Petersburg
19:00 Rubin Kazan vs Lokomotiv Moscow

Matchday 2

Friday 14 August

17:00 Arsenal Tula vs FC Ufa
18:00 FC Sochi vs FC Khimki
19:00 Spartak Moscow vs Akhmat Grozny

Saturday 15 August

14:30 Rubin Kazan vs Ural Ekaterinburg
14:30 Dynamo Moscow vs Rotor Volgograd
17:00 CSKA Moscow vs FC Tambov
18:00 Lokomotiv Moscow vs FC Krasnodar
19:00 FC Rostov vs Zenit St. Petersburg

Matchday 3

Tuesday 18 August

17:00 FC Sochi vs Rubin Kazan
18:00 FC Tambov vs FC Khimki
19:00 FC Krasnodar vs Arsenal Tula

Wednesday 19 August

15:00 FC Ufa vs Spartak Moscow
15:00 Ural Ekaterinburg vs Lokomotiv Moscow
17:00 Akhmat Grozny vs Rotor Volgograd
18:00 Dynamo Moscow vs FC Rostov
19:00 Zenit St. Petersburg vs CSKA Moscow

Matchday 4

Saturday 22 August

13:00 Ural Ekaterinburg vs FC Krasnodar
15:00 FC Khimki vs Akhmat Grozny
16:30 Arsenal Tula vs Dynamo Moscow
17:00 Zenit St. Petersburg vs FC Tambov
19:00 CSKA Moscow vs Rubin Kazan
19:00 Rotor Volgograd vs FC Sochi

Sunday 23 August

15:30 FC Ufa vs FC Rostov
18:00 Spartak Moscow vs Lokomotiv Moscow

Matchday 5

Tuesday 25 August

17:30 FC Tambov vs FC Sochi
19:30 Arsenal Tula vs FC Khimki

Wednesday 26 August

17:30 Rubin Kazan vs FC Ufa
17:30 Rotor Volgograd vs Spartak Moscow
17:30 Lokomotiv Moscow vs Ahmat Grozny
19:30 FC Rostov vs Ural Ekaterinburg
19:30 FC Krasnodar vs CSKA Moscow
19:45 Dynamo Moscow vs Zenit St. Petersburg

Matchday 6

Saturday 29 August

14:30 Rubin Kazan vs FC Tambov
17:00 Spartak Moscow vs Arsenal Tula
19:00 FC Khimki vs Rotor Volgograd

Sunday 30 August

13:00 FC Ufa vs Dynamo Moscow
15:00 Lokomotiv Moscow vs Zenit St. Petersburg
17:00 Akhmat Grozny vs CSKA Moscow
19:00 FC Sochi vs Ural Ekaterinburg
19:00 Krasnodar vs FC Rostov