On 12 February, five RPL teams played friendly matches. Four of them took place in Belek, Turkey, while Lokomotiv and Ural met in Dubai, UAE.

Dynamo Moscow 1-0 Olimpik Tahskent

The White-Blues played two matches on Sunday starting with Uzbekistan Super League team. Slavisa Jokanovic side got the win through Fedor Smolov goal from penalty spot in the final ten minutes of second half.

FC Khimki 2-3 FC Maktaaral

Another team with back-to-back games was Khimki, but they started with loss from Kazakhstan Premier League representer. Maktaaral got two-goal lead after 21 minutes of first half, and the Red-Blacks answered with Aleksandr Dolgov penalty shot before half-time. Maktaaral restored two-goal advantage, when second half started, and all Khimki did is cut it to one through new player Lev Skvortsov.

Dynamo Moscow 4-2 FC Khimki

After morning matches Dynamo and Khimki finished the day meeting head-to-head. Dynamo scored three unanswered goals in 38 minutes thanks to Dmitry Skopintsev, Daniil Fomin, and Yaroslav Gladyshev, Khimki got one after Reziuan Mirzov converted the penalty in the end of first half. In the second half Marcos Guilherme scored another shot from spot, but then Konstantin Tyukavin earned penalty and took it himself to keep win for Dynamo.

Pari NN 1-1 Shinnik Yaroslavl

Nizhny Novgorod faced Vadim Evseev and his First League side behind the closed doors. First half ended in favor of Shinnik, who were lucky with own goal, but Timur Suleymanov tied the game after break scoring the penalty. Shinnik stood unbeaten against RPL teams, as Yaroslavl firstly beat Krylia Sovetov 2-1.

Lokomotiv Moscow 2-1 Ural Ekaterinburg

RPL teams match in Dubai was significant, as Artem Dzyuba and Igor Smolnikov wore Lokomotiv shirts for the first time since signing. Both players appeared in the starting 11 and spent full first half. Eric Bicfalvi opened the score after 19 minutes of play, Lokomotiv stroke with Sergey Pinyaev in the second half: young newcomer assisted Maksim Nenakhov for equalizer and later scored the winner.

Next teams’ friendlies: Tuesday 14 February – Ural vs Zenit; Wednesday 15 February – Dynamo vs Alania, Dynamo vs CSKA, Lokomotiv vs Shanghai Shenhua; Thursday 16 February – Pari NN vs Orenburg; Friday 17 February – Khimki vs Kaisar, Khimki vs Astana