Meet the Montenegrin Roy Hodgson

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This title race lark is effectively over in Russia, but now the teams at the bottom have decided it might be a good idea if they start winning matches too, weâÂÂve got one humdinger of a relegation battle on our hands.

Any two of about seven could go down, which is quite impressive in a 16-club competition.

If Dinamo gaffer Miodrag 'Count' BoûoviàisnâÂÂt careful, people are going to start calling him the 'Montenegrin Roy Hodgson'.

Count club-hopper has famously taken unfashionable sides like Amkar to fourth (2008) and last year finished sixth with FC Moskva, but his tenure at Dinamo since taking over in April hasnâÂÂt exactly been a roaring success, and there were rumours circulating last week that he could be out on his ear.

In spite of some expensive acquisitions, the Muscovites are ninth.

But Boûoviàgot the rub of the green in Perm when two of the clubâÂÂs big signings, Andrei Voronin and Kevin Kuranyi, combined to score a massively offside goal in the last minute of injury time to claim all three points.

Amkar are in trouble at the bottom and have lodged an official complaint about the GermanâÂÂs header.

ThereâÂÂs always one team that embarks on an incredible run in any relegation battle to haul themselves out of trouble.

In Russia itâÂÂs Krylia Sovetov Samara (thatâÂÂs a very Soviet-sounding 'Wings of the Soviets' to you), who were dead and buried a month ago, but have now won three of the last four games.

Terek Grozny 1-0 Tom Tomsk

Shamil AsildarovâÂÂs penalty was the difference here after Brian May lookalike Hector Bracamonte took a tumble in the box.

Sibir Novosibirsk 2-2 Rubin Kazan

Pep Guardiola should probably start getting chummy with Sibir boss Igor Kriushenko if he wants to get one over Rubin in Camp Nou this December.

Barcelona face Gurban BerdiyewâÂÂs team in the Champions League group stages, but havenâÂÂt beaten them in three attempts. TheyâÂÂve also only scored twice against Rubin, something relegation-threatened Sibir managed in 90 minutes yesterday.

Igor 'IâÂÂm really, really good and linked with every top club in every single transfer window' Akinfeev was out injured (bruised thigh, the wimp), so Sergei Chepchugov, voted best goalkeeper in the First Division with Sibir last season (they couldâÂÂve done with him this year) was given the chance to impress.

CSKA are third, two points behind Rubin who've played two games more; Rostov are sixth.

Form guide for the last four games: lost, lost, lost, lost. And zilch in the 'goals for' column as well.

Anzhi were probably delighted Welliton was out injured, given his current scoring record of 16 in 17 matches, but that didnâÂÂt stop them clocking up another defeat in Dagestan.

Aleksandr Sheshukov scored the only goal of the game, which seemed to have more 'excitement' off the pitch than on it.

Some of the visiting fans were pelted with stones, fighting kicked off between rival supporters and there was one of those controversial banners on display (this one translates as 'death to Hitler, and to his grandchildren too').

Anzhi are in that clutch of sides at the bottom, Spartak remain fourth.

Good olâ game, this.

Zenit are unbeaten domestically this season and this fixture was a potential banana skin for Luciano SpallettiâÂÂs side, who are steamrollering their way to the title.

They established a Russian record of 21 games unbeaten on Sunday, which means Zenit are now six points clear of Rubin, who theyâÂÂve played two games less than.

The visitors went 2-0 up thanks to a double from the in-form Alexander Kerzhakov after 22 minutes but Spartak pulled one back just before the break through Jovan Golic.
Roman Shirokov restored Zenit's two-goal cushion after the break, before SpartakâÂÂs Viktor Vasin reduced the arrears in the last minute
The home side remain in the hunt for a (deserved) Europa League spot.

Ukrainian footballers havenâÂÂt fared all that well in England in recent years, but someone really should take a punt on Oleksandr Aliyev.

The Extra Terrestrials have picked up a worrying habit of losing games of late â five of the last seven, to be precise â and are now only two points above the relegation zone.