FC Sochi 4-2 FC Rostov 
Sunday 4 October, Fisht Olympic Stadium

Goals: Sochi - Nikita Burmistrov (19), Artur Yusupov (66), Anton Zabolotny (78, 84); Rostov - Aleksey Ionov (62), Dmitry Poloz (74) 

Sent off: Rostov - Mathias Normann (63) 

Man of the Match: Anton Zabolotny (Sochi) 

Artur Yusupov scored for Sochi against former side Rostov to cap a frenetic five-minute spell that also saw Mathias Normann sent off a minute after assisting Aleksey Ionov's equaliser. 

Nikita Burmistrov had given the hosts a first-half lead before Rostov twice pulled level, through Ionov and Dmitry Poloz, leaving Anton Zabaolotny to execute a double coup de grace in the last 12 minutes. 

Sochi move up to fourth place on 19 points, while Rostov slip down to sixth, still on 17 points. 

Next RPL fixtures (17/18 October): Zenit St. Petersburg vs FC Sochi; FC Rostov vs Akhmat Grozny