Sochi, featuring Azerbaijan national team player Ramil Sheydayev, beat Tekstilshchik 3-1 away in the 15th round of the Russian First League.
Home player Aleksandr Pomalyuk opened the scoring in the eighth minute. Sochi went ahead with goals from Mikhail Ignatov in the 13th and 63rd minutes. Zakhar Fyodorov converted a penalty in the 67th minute to set the final score. Pomalyuk, meanwhile, missed a penalty in the second half.
Sheydayev, who started on the bench, replaced Fyodorov in the 75th minute.
This was Sochi’s fourth come-from-behind victory of the current season. The team moved to 32 points and sits second in the standings.