FC Sochi 1-1 FC Krasnodar
Saturday 26 September, Fisht Olympic Stadium

Goals: Sochi - Christian Noboa (pen 5); Krasnodar - Sergey Petrov (59)
Man of the Match: Soslan Dzhanaev (Sochi)
Sent off: Sochi - Kirill Zaika (55), Vladimir Fedotov (56)

Krasnodar were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Sochi after falling behind to Christian Noboa’s seventh goal of the season. Moments after Kirill Zaika was sent off for a stamp - an incident which also led to manager Vladimir Fedotov receiving a red card - Sergey Petrov showed resilience and poise to divert the ball past Soslan Dzhanaev for the equaliser.

Sochi remain fourth on 16 points, while Krasnodar are fifth on 15 points.

Next RPL fixtures: FC Sochi vs FC Rostov (Sunday 4 October); Dynamo Moscow vs FC Krasnodar (Sunday 4 October)