18ª Rodada - 30, 31/07 e 01/08

30/07

Tom Tomsk 0 x 1 Terek - Stadion Trud, Tomsk
(Asildarov 51')

Rubin Kazan 0 x 3 Anzhi - Tsentralnyi, Kazan
(Gadzhiev 51', Prudnikov 66' e Boussoufa 90')

Spartak Moscou 1 x 1 Kuban - Luzhniki, Moscou
(Welliton 52'; Lacina Traoré 37')

31/07

Zenit 1 x 0 Spartak Nalchik - Petrovsky, St. Petersburg
(Fayzulin 23')

Dynamo Moscou 2 x 0 Volga - Arena Khimki, Khimki
(Semshov 59' e Samedov 90')

Krasnodar 1 x 1 CSKA Moscou - Stadion Kuban, Krasnodar
(Mikheev 60'; Keisuke Honda 7')

Rostov 0 x 3 Lokomotiv - Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don
(Loskov 8', Sychev 56' e Tarasov 81')

01/08

Krylya Sovetov 1 x 1 Amkar - Stadion Metallurg, Samara
(Koroman 10'; Mikhalev 82')

Classificação:
CSKA 41, Zenit 36, Dynamo 35, Rubin 30, Anzhi 30, Lokomotiv 28, Spartak 28, Kuban 25, Krasnodar 23, Terek 22, Amkar 20, Tomsk 19, Volga 16, Nalchik 13, Rostov 13 e Krylya 12