Avtomobilist - SKA: betting tip for the KHL match

Russian Federation

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Russian Federation

KHL

20 March 07:00 UTC

SKA St. Petersburg

Russian Federation

An extremely interesting match will take place in Yekaterinburg on March 20. The motorist will receive guests from St. Petersburg on his ice. Both teams have not lost their motivation for the rest of the season and are trying to improve their position in the conference tables. The Urals are fighting for third place in the East, and Roman Rotenberg's team does not want to play against Dynamo Moscow in the first round of the playoffs. The Army team confidently beat their opponent on home ice. Will they be able to take away two points from the Sverdlovsk region? Read our betting tip for the confrontation

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg vs SKA St. Petersburg Prediction and Betting Tips (20.03.2025)

Command Analysis

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Russian Federation

Current form

Avtomobilist was fighting for victory in the Eastern Conference not so long ago, but now the team from the Sverdlovsk region is only on the fourth line in the table. The Ural team has earned 85 points in 66 starts and will not be able to rise higher, but Ak Bars and Avangard can beat them. Nikolay Zavarukhin's team really want to start the playoffs with matches on their own court, and for this they need to win. After defeating Torpedo (2:1) and Sochi (6:3), the machinists were defeated by Salavat Yulaev (1:4).

The hosts have been unable to improve their offensive game and have scored very little since the end of February. The car differs 2.61 times during the current regular season, but in the last ten games the Urals scored only 19 times, with six goals against Sochi. Stefan Da Costa remains the club's top scorer, but he is currently in poor shape. The Frenchman scored 56 points (14+42) and could be eliminated from the top ten of the league's most productive players in the very near future. Recently, Yekaterinburg residents also lost Anatoly Golyshev, who was injured.

Disqualifications and injuries

Anatoly Golyshev, Jesse Blacker and Curtis Volk will not play against SKA.

Interesting betting trends

Machinists win 48% of face-offs
The hosts receive an average of 7.53 minutes of penalty time.

SKA St. Petersburg

Russian Federation

Current form

SKA does not enjoy stable play throughout the regular season and alternates powerful stretches with failures. Alexander Nikishin's team is only in seventh place in the West, with a modest 79 points after 66 starts. The team led by Roman Rotenberg is unlikely to be able to rise above the sixth line and will fight with Severstal for the right to play in the first round of the playoffs against the club occupying the third position. The Army team had a good run at the start of spring and beat Metallurg (4:2), Dinamo Minsk (3:1) and Sochi (2:0) at home. The departure began for the red-blues with a defeat in Chelyabinsk (2:4).

Petersburgers are one of two clubs in the conference that have conceded more than 200 goals in the regular season. Recently, the guests have added a little in terms of reliability and were not so bad on their side of the ice. SKA has conceded only 12 times in the last seven games and can expect a lot if they are as good in the playoffs. Egor Zavragin looks like he will be the first goalkeeper of the team in the final part of the tournament. The young goalkeeper deflected 91.10% of attacks on his possessions and made three shutouts in 35 starts.

Disqualifications and injuries

Evgeny Kuznetsov will not come with the team to Yekaterinburg on Thursday.

Interesting betting trends

SKA throws 34 times per game on average
Petersburgers earn 7.29 minutes of penalty time per match.

Trends

Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks

In six of the last eight matches with the participation of the "machinists", the first period was not productive.

1.75

Bet 2nd period: Uralians will score

Avto scored in the second period in five out of nine matches.

1.60

Tip and bets

1.8SKA with a head start (0)

Avtomobilist really wants to reach the playoffs from fourth place in the East, but it will be incredibly difficult for the hosts to withstand the competition. Now their captain is injured, without whom the team from Yekaterinburg will be even less likely to differ. SKA has improved in terms of reliability and was quite good at the beginning of spring. Roman Rotenberg's players really do not want to play against Dynamo Moscow, for this they need to bypass Severstal. The match in St. Petersburg ended with a confident victory for the army team. We think they will be better this time. We offer a bet on winning the second one with a zero handicap.

Our prediction is that SKA will win with an Asian handicap (0) in 1.80

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1.75The motorist's weight is less than 2.5 washers

Betting on an individual total

Avtomobilist plays very poorly in attack for a long period of time, and most recently the hosts also lost Anatoly Golyshev, who does a lot of work in a foreign zone. SKA has improved in terms of reliability and missed quite a bit in early spring. We believe that the defense of the guests will withstand and will not miss more than two goals.

The betting tip is that the Motorist's individual total is less than 2.5 washers per 1.75

Bet on the total

The meeting between the rivals in St. Petersburg was productive, but now we don't expect bright hockey. The duel is very important for each side and the price of a mistake can be very expensive. In our opinion, the teams will act carefully and the match will be closed. We do not believe in the abundance of abandoned pucks. Let's bet on a total of fewer goals.

Betting Tip - total less than five goals in 1.92

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