This match was the first since the resumption of the season after the winter break.
The home team opened the scoring in the 29th minute. After a cross from the wing, Rostov striker Egor Golenkov turned out to be the most agile and managed to send the ball into the Samara goal.
After the break, the teams could not score for a long time, but in the 80th minute Ivan Komarov consolidated Rostov’s 2-0 victory.
Valery Karpin’s team scored 24 points. Rostov is in tenth place in the table. Samara is sixth with 29 points.