Review of ninth RPL matchweek.

Saturday 21 September

Akron Togliatti 2-5 FC Krasnodar
Goals: Akron – Loncar (54), Khubulov (86); Krasnodar – Cordoba (27, 76), Spertsyan (29, 59), Krivtsov (89)
Man of the Match: Kevin Lenini (Krasnodar)

Zenit St. Petersburg 3-1 Fakel Voronezh
Goals: Zenit – Cassierra (52), Gondou (67), Erokhin (87); Fakel – Markov (pen 8)
Man of the Match: Gustavo Mantuan (Zenit)

Rubin Kazan 1-1 CSKA Moscow
Goals: Rubin – Teslenko (55); CSKA – Zhemaletdinov (15)
Man of the Match: Rifat Zhemaletdinov (CSKA)

Sunday 22 September

FC Khimki 0-0 FC Orenburg
Sent off: Khimki – Gogua (25)
Man of the Match: Aleksandr Filin (Khimki)

Spartak Moscow 2-2 Dynamo Moscow
Goals: Spartak – Ugalde (7), Barco (pen 23); Dynamo – Tyukavin (3, 90+4)
Sent off: Dynamo – Mauhub (74)
Man of the Match: Konstantin Tyukavin (Dynamo, 3rd MOTM award)

FC Rostov 0-0 Dynamo Makhachkala
Man of the Match: Valentin Paltsev (Dynamo)

FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod 1-3 Lokomotiv Moscow
Goals: Pari NN – Boselli (26); Lokomotiv – Vorobyev (20), Batrakov (65, 73)
Man of the Match: Aleksey Batrakov (Lokomotiv, 4th MOTM award)

Monday 23 September

Akhmat Grozny 1-1 Krylia Sovetov Samara
Goals: Akhmat – Evgenyev (OG 68); Krylia – Oroz (90+6)
Man of the Match: Felippe Cardoso (Akhmat)