Lokomotiv - SKA: betting tip (cf 1.75) and bets on the KHL match on December 2, 2025)

Current form

Lokomotiv lost its former form and Bob Hartley's team dropped to third place in the conference due to poor results during November. The railwaymen scored 43 points in 33 matches and are just two points ahead of Torpedo, which played one less match than the hosts. Dynamo Moscow is also on the tail, so the Volga Region can drop to fifth place in the West. The steam Locomotives have won only two of their previous seven matches, and now they are not showing a strong offensive game and cannot score for seven periods. Before the start of the new calendar month, Alexander Yelesin's squad lost to Dynamo Moscow (0:1) and failed to cope with Severstal's defense in Cherepovets (0:2).

Already in the fifth minute of the match in the Vologda region, Loko found himself in the role of catching up, and at the start of the second leg of the confrontation, the Cherepovets doubled their advantage. Despite all the attempts of the then guests to recoup, all 32 shots from Yaroslavl did not become a big problem for Alexander Samoilov, who scored the second shutout in three matches.

Alexander Radulov retains the role of Lokomotiv's top scorer. The veteran scored 33 points (15+18) this season.

Disqualifications and injuries

Only Andrey Sergeev will not be able to play in the upcoming match due to injury.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, Lokomotiv gets 8.88 minutes of penalty time per match.
• Yaroslavl players make an average of 32 shots on target.

Current form

SKA got off to a terrible start in the regular season and couldn't get over it for a long time, but the situation is gradually improving. The team led by Igor Larionov managed to gain a foothold in the playoff zone and is in eighth place, while the guests have a great opportunity to get close to the leaders of the chasing group of conference leaders. The Army team has scored 32 points in 29 meetings and is just one point behind the Shanghai Dragons with two games left. The Red-Blues performed well in November and lost only three matches in the last month of autumn. They were stronger than CSKA (4:1) and Severstal (6:4) on the road, but failed to score points in Kazan (2:5).

The meeting in the Republic of Tatarstan did not start according to the scenario of the guests, who missed already in the fourth minute of the match. Brendan Leipsic restored equality on the scoreboard at the start of the second leg of the match, but SKA could not even maintain parity in the score until the end of the second period. In the final third of the match, the Petersburgers conceded two more times, and the goal of the same Brendan Leipsic did not affect anything.

Marat Khairullin remains the top scorer among the guests. The forward scored 22 goals (5+17) in the regular season.

Disqualifications and injuries

Nikita Zaitsev and Matvey Korotky will not participate in the match.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, SKA gets 8.72 minutes of penalty time per match.
• Petersburgers, according to statistics, make 31 shots on target