Rotor Volgograd saw off Yenisey 4-0 in the First League's Regular Season round 11 on 13 September 2026. The hosts moved clear of their visitors in the table, leaving Yenisey in 10th place with 13 points after 11 games. Rotor sat in ninth with 14 points and a goal difference that improved by four.
Abu-Said Eldarushev opened the scoring at the 14th minute, and Nikolay Pokidyshev doubled the lead before the interval at 26 minutes. Artem Simonyan added a third shortly after the break, and Aleksandr Khubulov sealed the result in the 84th minute. By then Yenisey had already lost Aleksandr Lomakin to a red card in the 77th minute, which meant they played the second half a man up and were overrun.
And here's the thing — the statistics tell a story that goes beyond the scoreline. Yenisey enjoyed 54 per cent of possession but registered zero shots on target, while Rotor managed six with 46 per cent. A penalty miss at the 54th minute for the hosts did not derail their momentum, and five yellow cards compared to three showed the visitors struggled to contain the home side's rhythm.
Several substitutions reshaped both sides. Yenisey brought on Nikita Shershov, Andrey Mazurin, Luka Ratković, Egor Ivanov, Aleksandr Nadolskiy, Abu-Said Eldarushev, Irakliy Manelov and Ilya Rodionov in an attempt to find freshness, but the game had already slipped. Rotor's changes included Mikhail Umnikov and Artem Simonyan, who had scored.
Our forecast called for a home win at 48 per cent confidence, and the result confirms that assessment. Rotor bounced back from a run of defeats, while Yenisey's inconsistency continued after a draw against Дружба in their previous outing.
The gap between the two sides widened to one point, with Rotor's goal difference now sitting at plus four. Yenisey's campaign looks increasingly fragile, and the red card only compounded their difficulties in a match where chances went begging on the away side.