MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - Spartak Moscow scored five goals without reply against West Siberia's Tom Tomsk to move within four points of leaders Rubin in the Russian Premier League.

After Rubin's shock 2-1 home defeat to Urals club Amkar on Friday, Spartak knew that victory on Sunday would breathe life back into a title race that only last weekend seemed devoid of intrigue.

Five goals from five different players - three in the first half from Martin Jiranek, Pavel Yakovlev and Egor Filipenko and two in the second from Eldar Nizamutdinov and Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, back in Moscow after spells at Arsenal and Birmingham City - gave Spartak a 5-0 win.

Spartak's Brazilian forward Alex, recently called up to the national side by coach Dunga, was instrumental in the win.

"Everything is in our hands now," he told Sovetski Sport. "If we continue to win we are sure to get a chance to catch up with Rubin. And win the title!"

Zenit St. Petersburg defeated CSKA Moscow 2-0 on Saturday to move into third place. The match was marred by fighting between Zenit fans that broke out after a section of the home crowd began chanting "Bystrov - pig!" at Russian international Vladimir Bystrov, who recently rejoined the club after four years at Spartak.

"I was told after the game with CSKA how several fans had been hurt defending me," Bystrov told Sovetski Sport. "I was shocked - I had never imagined that such a thing could happen at Petrovsky Stadium."

Lokomotiv Moscow's three-game winning run was ended in the Chechen capital of Grozny with a 2-1 defeat to Terek. The club remain in fifth place.

At the bottom of the table, Moscow Region club Khimki are all but down after a 3-0 defeat to FC Moscow in the capital. With two wins all season and thirteen points from safety, Khimki can surely begin planning for life in the Russian First Division. They look likely to be joined by one from Kuban, Spartak Nalchik or Tom Tomsk.

Results September 25-27

Kuban 0-0 Krilya Sovetov

Spartak Moscow 5-0 Tom Tomsk

Zenit St. Petersburg 2-0 CSKA Moscow

Rubin 1-2 Amkar

Terek Grozny 2-1 Lokomotiv Moscow

Spartak Nalchik 1-0 Rostov

Dynamo Moscow 1-0 Saturn

FC Moscow 3-0 Khimki

Russian Premier League table (23 games)

Rubin 47

Spartak Moscow 43

Zenit St. Petersburg 40

CSKA Moscow 39

Lokomotiv Moscow 38

FC Moskva 37

Dynamo Moscow 34

Saturn 32

Terek 30

Krylya Sovetov 29

Rostov 27

Amkar 27

Tom Tomsk 25

Spartak Nalchik 23

Kuban 23

Khimki 10