KAMAZ vs Tekstilshchik

Kamaz extended their miserable start to the season, falling 0-1 at home to Tekstilshchik in a rearranged First League clash between two of the division's bottom sides. A tight, goalless first half gave little indication of drama, but the visitors made their patience count after the break in front of their own crowd in Naberezhnye Chelny. The decisive moment came in the 75th minute, when Artem Krutovskikh fired home the only goal of the game, picking up a yellow card in the same passage of play. Both managers shuffled their lineups heavily as the game wore on, with Kamaz making changes at the interval and again past the hour mark, while Tekstilshchik matched them substitution for substitution trying to protect their lead. For Kamaz, still without a win through the opening rounds, the defeat leaves them anchored at the bottom of the table and deep in crisis. Tekstilshchik, by contrast, banked a rare away win to ease their own relegation worries and climb off the foot of the standings.