| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Krasnodar | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | FK Baltika Kaliningrad | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 8 | FC Akhmat Grozny | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | FK Akron Tolyatti | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Dinamo Moscow | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Rostov | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 5 |
| 13 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -13 | 3 |
| 14 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -12 | 6 |
| 15 | FC Orenburg | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 16 | PFC Sochi | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -12 | 4 |