OREANDA-NEWS Lokomotiv Moscow beat Rostov 3-1 at home in the match of the fifth round of the group stage of the "path of the Russian Premier League" Fonbet - the Russian Football Cup. The meeting was held at the Russian Railways Arena in the presence of 7,175 spectators.

Timur Suleymanov (34th minute), Anton Miranchuk (39) and Maxim Glushenkov (59) scored goals for the winners. Maxim Osipenko scored for the guests (89). At the 7th minute Miranchuk did not score a penalty, the shot was deflected by the goalkeeper of Rostov Nikita Medvedev.

Suleymanov scored his debut goal for the main team of Lokomotiv, he also gave a pre-goal pass in the episode with Miranchuk's goal. The 23-year-old striker is a trainee of railway workers. Since 2020, he has played for Pari Nizhny Novgorod, on September 14, the press service of the Nizhny Novgorod team announced the transfer of Suleymanov to Lokomotiv on loan until the end of the season with the right to buy out.

Lokomotiv and Rostov play in Group B together with Ural Yekaterinburg and Rubin Kazan. Earlier on Tuesday, the match between these teams ended with a 2-0 home victory for Ural.


After five rounds, the leader of the group is Lokomotiv, who scored 10 points, followed by Ural, Rostov (8 points each) and Rubin (4 points). Rubin lost the chances of reaching the playoffs of the "path of the RPL" and "path of the regions". To get into the playoffs of the "path of the RPL" teams need to take first or second place, to enter the playoffs of the "path of the regions" - the third. In the final sixth round, Lokomotiv will host Rubin on November 1, Rostov will play Ural at home the next day.