The summer break is over and the action in the Russian Premier League resumed last week with Rubin Kazan getting two wins to go top of the RPL table.
Elsewhere there were good wins for Zenit and Spartak Moscow. While an assassins bullet almost killed the father of a Lokomtive player. Read on as the action in Russia’s Premier league continues.
Top & Bottom
European Places (Top two qualify for Champions’ League Group, third qualifies for the Champions League second qualifying round. Fourth- and fifth-placed teams qualify for the newly named UEFA Europa League)
Rubin Kazan 27pts, Spartak Moscow 23pts, FC Moscow 23pts, Zenit St. Petersburg 22pts, CSKA Moscow 19pts; Kryliya Sovetov (Samara) 20pts, Dinamo Moscow 20pts,
Relegation Places (The bottom two teams are relegated to the First Division)
Spartak Nalchick 9pts; FC Khimki 7pts.
Top Scorers
Wellington (Spartak Moscow) 8 goals, A. Kerzakhov(Dinamo) Sergey Kornilenko (Tom Tomsk) Pancu (FC Moscow) 6 goals.
Monday 6 July
FC Khimki 2-3 Rubin Kazan
Bottom placed Khimki took the lead as early as the ninth minute through a Maksim Zinoviev goal against current champions Rubin.
The home side spirits where dashed by a hatrick by 24 year old Russian striker Alexander Bukharov who scored on 21, 56 and 63 minutes to make the score 3-1.
Ivan Cvetkovic (87) pulled one back for the home side but it was too late.
Form Guide- Last Five Games
FC Khimki - DDLLL
Points: 4 Position: 16th
Points: 24 Position: 1st
Friday 10 July
FC Khimki 1-0 Saturn Moscow
Finally Khimki can celebrate as the beat the Aliens of Saturn Moscow to register their first win of the season, midfielder Yuri Kirillov the hero getting the winner in the 50th minute.
After two wins in a row you could say the Aliens came down to earth with that loss.
Form Guide- Last Five Games
FC Khimki - DLLLW
Points: 7 Position: 16th
The Aliens – DDWWL
Points: 13 Position: 12th
Saturday 11 July
Amkar Perm 3-1 Dinamo Moscow
A surprise result for Amkar who are slowly but surely climbing up the table with 7 points gained from their last 9.
Goals to Nikolai Zhilyaev (5), Dmitri Belorukov (11) and Vitali Grishin (23) gave Amker a three goal lead early on. A consolation goal to Dinamo defender Denis Kolodin in the 67th minute gave the score some respectability for the blue and whites.
Form Guide- Last Five Games
Dynamo Moscow –LDWWD
Points: 20 Position: 7th
Amkar Perm – DLLWW
Points: 14 Position: 12th
Kryliya Sovetov 1- 2 Rubin Kazan
With accusations of match fixing surrounding Kryliya Sovetov and their matchday 12 game against Terek Grozny, the team located on the sea side town of Samara seems to have been affected by the recent controversy.
After challenging for top spot Krylia Sovetov have lost ground and are now 6th after losing to Rubin Kazan who have picked up two wins in the past week to move to top spot.
Veteran Rubin midfielder and Captain Sergei Semak put Rubin ahead after 21 minutes. The tall Czech bean pole striker Jan Koller equalised for the home team showing some great individual skill, taking one touch to handle a long ball and another to score past Rubin’s keeper Sergey Ryzhikov.
That was Bukharov’s fourth goal of the week after getting a hat trick against Khimki a few days earlier.
Form Guide- Last Five Games
Kryliya Sovetov (Samara) - WWDLL
Points: 20 Position: 4th
Rubin Kazan - DWLWW
Points: 25 Position: !st
Terek Grozny 1 - 1 CSKA Moscow
Terek Grozny who was also involved in a recent match fixing scandal was held to a draw at home by CSKA who have lost some power in recent weeks.
Tall Czech striker Tomas Necid opened the scoring for the Army Men of CSKA, the 19 year old netting on 68 minutes. Only two minutes later Romanian international striker Pancu got his 6th goal of the season and equaliser for the team from Chechnya.
Terek Grozny - LWDWD
Points: 16 Position: 10th
Points: 19 Position: 2nd
Rostov-Na –Donu 0- 1Spartak Moscow
Spartak scored an impressive away win over Rostov. Brazilian Wellinton climbed up the goal scoring table with his eighth goal of the season so far.
Spartak Moscow now moves up to outright 2nd with that win.
Rostov-Na -Donu - DLDWL
Points: 18, Position: 8th
Spartak Moscow – DWLWW
Points: 23 Position: 2nd
Croatian international Ivica Krizanac scored a great defenders goal as Zenit beat the Citizens of Moscow 1-0 at the Petrovski Stadium.
After being first at the end of Matchday 12 the Citizens are now equal 2nd with Spartak Moscow four points behind Rubin Kazan.
Zenit climb from 7th to 4th after that win.
Form Guide- Last Five Games:
Zenit St Petersburg-LLWDW
Points: 22 Position 4th
FC Moscow – DWDWL
Points: 23, Position: 1st
Lokomotiv Moscow 0 - 0 FK Tom' Tomsk
The Railway boys could only manage a goalless draw at home to Tom Tomsk.
Form Guide- Last Five Games:
Lokomotiv Moscow – WLWLD
Points: 17 Position: 9th
Tom Tomsk- DDLLD
Points: 13 Position: 13th
FC Kuban Krasnodar 2-2 Spartak Nalchik
An exciting 2-2 draw between the Kubantsy and Spartak Nalchik saw goals at the end of each half categorise this game.
First Artur Tlisov put the Canaries ahead on 44 minutes then a minute later Nalchick defender Brazilian Leandro equalised 1-1 at the break.
Tall Mali striker Dramane Traore then put the Kubansty ahead before Belarus Striker Artem Kontsevoy hushed the Kubansty victory songs by scoring right at the death, 2-2 the end score.
Form Guide- Last Five Games:
FC Kuban Krasnodar - DLWLD
Points: 13, Position: 11th
Spartak Nalchik –LDDLD
Points: 8 Position: 15th
RPL Top Performer:
Rubin Kazan’s in form striker Alexander Bukharov’s fourth goal of the week helped the champions beat Krylia Sovetov 2-1. The striker got a hat trick against Khimki a few days earlier and gave the champions top spot on the RPL ladder.
Peter Odemwingie senior, the father of Nigeria international and Lokomotiv Striker, Peter Odemwingie, had a close brush with death on Tuesday the 7th of July when the car he was driving in was shot at by people suspected to be hired assassins.
According to the Business Day newspaper, Odemwingie senior was on his way home in Benin City, southern Nigeria, when his car was fired at repeatedly.
Reports in the paper said that Odemwingie escaped unhurt as police appeared at the scene of the incident almost immediately.
RPL Hot Spot
Rubin Kazan winning two games in a week to climb to top spot and four points ahead of the pack on the RPL ladder.
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