Ari and Claesson doubles boost Krasnodar into top half

FC Krasnodar 5-0 Rotor Volgograd
Saturday 5 December, Krasnodar Stadium

Goals: Krasnodar - Ari (14, pen 41), Suleymanov (43), Claesson (85, pen 90)
Sent off: Rotor - Ponce (30)
Man of the Match: Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov (Krasnodar)

Krasnodar had little trouble seeing off bottom-of-the-table Rotor thanks to Ari’s first goals in over eight months. The Brazilian-born striker scored twice before half time, including once from the penalty spot, with Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov netting the third just before the break. Viktor Claesson came off the bench to add two more in the last five minutes.

Krasnodar go eighth on 24 points, while Rotor stay bottom of the table on eight points.

Next RPL fixtures: Saturday 12 December - Rotor Volgograd vs FC Ufa; Sunday 13 December - FC Krasnodar vs Lokomotiv Moscow