SKA will host Torpedo on its ice in the next match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. Our sports portal evaluates the teams' chances of success.
SKA
The club from St. Petersburg is confidently leading in the Western Conference table. Apparently, SKA will win the regular season and get the advantage of its ice at each stage of the playoffs. On January 27, Roman Rotenberg's team unsuccessfully played an away match with Lokomotiv - a 0:1 defeat. With this loss, SKA interrupted a series of three victories. Earlier, the army team coped with Severstal (2:1 B), Torpedo (6:2) and CSKA (3:1). In total, this season SKA played 57 matches in the "regular season" and scored 90 points. The gap from the nearest pursuer is 14 points.
"Torpedo" NN
The Nizhny Novgorod club is on the fourth line in the Western Conference table. This season, Torpedo played 56 games in the regular season and scored 76 points. Now Igor Larionov's team has a series of three victories. Earlier, she beat CSKA (3:1), Spartak (4:0) and Dinamo Minsk (3:2 B). In the match with the "bison" in the main time, Gleb Ivanov and Maxim Letunov scored accurate shots. At the same time, the guests already lost by the 9th minute with a difference of two goals, but then turned the tide of the meeting.
Statistics and figures:
- Bookmakers consider SKA the favorite of the match.
- In the last face-to-face meetings, SKA won 28 victories, Torpedo - 14.
- The previous game ended with a score of 6:2 in favor of SKA.
Forecast
I will bet on the victory of the army. I think Torpedo will do everything in its power, but it will not cope with the opponent on the road.