FC Krasnodar recovered from an early setback to beat Spartak Moscow 2-1 in the Premier Liga. Spartak struck first, but Krasnodar turned the match around with two quick goals inside the opening ten minutes and then held on.
Manfred Ugalde put Spartak ahead after two minutes, assisted by Marquinhos Costa. Lucas Olaza equalised for Krasnodar on five minutes from Douglas Augusto's pass, and João Batxi completed the comeback on ten minutes, with Nikita Krivtsov providing the assist. The match was then booked four times: Aleksandr Chernikov, Ilya Vakhaniya, Gedson Fernandes and Jubal all went into the referee's notebook.
Spartak controlled possession with 62% of the ball and created three big chances, but Krasnodar still carried the greater attacking threat, registering 16 shots to Spartak's 11. The visitors converted two of their four shots on target, while Spartak managed just three efforts on target in a match where Krasnodar had only one big chance of their own.
