MOSCOW, Aug 23 Premier League (RPL) starts with a match between Spartak Moscow and Samara Wings of the Soviets on August 30, according to the website of the Russian Football Union (RFU). The meeting in Moscow in Group B will begin at 19:00 Moscow time. In another game of the quartet, Zenit St. Petersburg will host Fakel Voronezh on August 31 (19:00). «(16:30), «Nizhny Novgorod» — «Lokomotiv» (18:30), group C «Akhmat» — «Orenburg» (20:30), «Rostov» — «Dynamo» (21:00), group D Ural — Sochi (15:00), Torpedo — CSKA (17:00). The second round of the group stage of the RPL tournament will take place on September 13-15, the third on September 28-30, the fourth — 18-20 October, the fifth — November 8–10. The group stage will end on November 18-20. At the group stage, the RPL clubs will play each other in two rounds, each club will play six matches. The teams that take the first two places in their groups will advance to the playoffs of the RPL path; those who took third place — in the playoffs of the path of the regions.
