Spartak rejoices in the Moscow derby with Dynamo
Spartak (Moscow) won the city derby with Dynamo (Moscow) from the 9th round of the Russian Premier League. The match ended successfully with a score of 1:0 for the hosts of "Otkritie Arena", who overtook their opponent in the temporary ranking. The only goal in the match came in the 7th minute, and its author was Theo Bongunda. Then he received a lead pass, took control on his chest and coolly rolled the ball past the goalkeeper's dive for 1:0. With this success, Spartak collected an asset of 16 points and came to the 4th position in the table. Dynamo slipped to 5th place with 15 points.
Otherwise, two more round robin matches were played on Saturday, with Krilya Sovetov continuing their fine form, beating Sochi 2:1, and Baltika winning 1:0 over Akhmat (Grozny). With this victory, Krilya Sovetov came out on top in the standings with 18 points, the same number as the second Krasnodar, which has a game less. For Sochi, this is the 4th loss in a row and the team is in the danger zone with 6 points in 14th place, having been overtaken by Baltika, who came 13th with 7 points. Akhmat is 10th with 11 points.