RPL Week 1 results: Spartak pull win through Khlusevich goals, Zenit start title defense beating Pari NN

All results of first matchday in 2023/24 RPL season.

Friday 21 July

Dynamo Moscow 1-3 FC Krasnodar
VTB Arena, Moscow

Goals: Dynamo – Smolov (61); Krasnodar – Cordoba (27), Chernikov (35), Batxi (53)
Man of the Match: Jhon Cordoba (Krasnodar)

Saturday 22 July

Ural Ekaterinburg 2-1 CSKA Moscow
Ekaterinburg Arena

Goals: Ural – Ayupov (21), Miskic (pen 54); CSKA – Zabolotny (62)
Man of the Match: Timur Ayupov (Ural)

FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod 0-2 Zenit St. Petersburg
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

Goals: Zenit – Cassierra (57, 83)
Sent off: Pari NN – Aleksandrov (48)
Man of the Match: Zelimkhan Bakaev (Zenit)

Lokomotiv Moscow 2-2 Rubin Kazan
RZD Arena, Moscow

Goals: Lokomotiv – Tiknizyan (23), Isidor (87); Rubin – Daku (3), Fameyeh (58)
Man of the Match: Mirlind Daku (Rubin)

Akhmat Grozny 1-2 Krylia Sovetov Samara
Akhmat Arena, Grozny

Goals: Akhmat – Agalarov (pen 90+5); Krylia – Garre (13), Babkin (85)
Man of the Match: Benjamin Garre (Krylia Sovetov)

Sunday 23 July

Spartak Moscow 3-2 FC Orenburg
Otkrytie Bank Arena, Moscow

Goals: Spartak – Moses (45), Khlusevich (76, 90+1); Orenburg – Vorobyev (51), Florentin (67)
Man of the Match: Daniil Khlusevich (Spartak)

FC Rostov 2-1 Fakel Voronezh
Rostov Arena

Goals: Rostov – Osipenko (39), Tugarev (56); Fakel – Markov (17)
Man of the Match: Maksim Osipenko (Rostov)

FC Sochi 2-0 Baltika Kaliningrad
Fisht Central Stadium, Sochi

Goals: Sochi – Kramaric (6), Drkusic (83)
Man of the Match: Vanja Drkusic (Sochi)

RPL Matchday 2: Saturday 29 July – Krylia Sovetov vs Dynamo, Ural vs Pari NN, Rostov vs Zenit; Sunday 30 July – Rubin vs Orenburg, Fakel vs Lokomotiv, Krasnodar vs Sochi, Akhmat vs CSKA; Monday 31 July – Spartak vs Baltika