MOSCOW, October 24 (RIA Novosti) - Spartak...

The perennial 1990s champions have 52 points, two ahead of Rubin, with the title holders visiting Rostov on Sunday.

League top scorer Welliton broke the deadlock in just the ninth minute with his 18th goal of the season, and added his 19th with a header with two minutes to play. In between, Sergei Parshivlyuk struck from distance.

The match was policed by 1,500 officers and Interior Ministry troops, with 61 arrests made, mostly of Spartak fans for drunken behavior and lighting flares.

Khimki have just 10 points and no wins since July, and their relegation had long looked unavoidable, but it has been sealed with four games remaining.

In Saturday"s late game, Lokomotiv Moscow hosted another Moscow Region side, Saturn, but failed to bounce back from last week"s 3-0 defeat by Spartak, needing a late Dmitry Sychev goal to grab a draw.

Saturn were ahead twice, first through an Andrei Karyaka penalty, canceled out by Tomislav Dujmovic"s goal, and then

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