Rotor Volgograd 1-0 FC Ufa
Saturday 12 December, Volgograd Arena

Goal: Rotor - Mullin (78)
Sent off: Ufa - Grigory Morozov (73)
Man of the Match: Timur Zhamaletdinov (Ufa)

Kamil Mullin’s second-half winner secured Rotor’s second win of the season against 10-man Ufa, but Aleksandr Khatsevich’s side remain bottom of the table. Mullin headed home his third goal of the campaign from Sergey Makarov’s pinpoint cross with 12 minutes remaining after Grigory Morozov had been sent off for a second bookable offence. Ufa had twice hit the post.

Rotor close the gap to Tambov to one point, but remain bottom of the table on 11 points, whereas Ufa stay 14th on 13 points.

Next RPL fixtures: Wednesday 16 December - Rotor Volgograd vs Arsenal Tula; Thursday 17 December - FC Krasnodar vs FC Ufa