SKA - Salavat Yulaev: betting tip (cf 1.85) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Igor Larionov's team is not very stable in the tournament. The beginning of 2026 was frankly not a success for the Army team – a series of seven defeats in a row, an anti–record in the club's history, almost cast doubt on getting into the top eight. To the credit of the army team, in February the team came out of a knockdown and scored a series of four away wins, including over the higher-ranked Minsk and Severstal. The match against Salavat Yulaev opens a long home series – the team will play the next 7 games in its arena.

Leonid Tambiev, who had been the head of the Vladivostok Admiral for several years before, recently joined the SKA coaching staff. The club's management and fans have the right to hope that his rich experience as a player and coach will help balance the team's game at the final stage of the regular season. Currently, SKA shares the eighth place in the Western Conference standings with Spartak with 62 points and is 15 points ahead of the Shanghai Dragons in the fight for a place in the playoffs. In the previous match, the Army team brought two points from Astana, confidently beating Barys with a score of 5:0.

Disqualifications and injuries

Nikita Zaitsev, Igor Larionov and Trevor Murphy are in the owners' infirmary.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, SKA makes 29 shots on target
• The Army team wins 47.2% of face-offs per game

Current form

Ufa started the year with a bang, losing only twice in 13 matches and winning eleven. Such a powerful sprint made it possible to overcome the setbacks of the beginning of the season, and now Salavat, with 60 points, has firmly established itself in the cup eight of the Eastern Conference. Today, the team looks quite capable of challenging a Motorist in a dispute for fourth place. Ufa currently has a six-match winning streak, which they are, of course, ready to continue. Alexander Zharovsky, who opened last season with Ufa, is productive, and the three foreign players Jack Rodwald, Sheldon Rempal and Devin Brosseau are showing good form. They all top the list of the team's top scorers.

In the previous match, Salavat hosted Magnitogorsk Metallurg at home and managed to win a strong-willed victory over the season leader in a series of free throws (4:3, B). Sheldon Rempall and Devin Brosseau scored three points each (two goals and one assist each, with Rempall scoring the winning shootout), two Evgeny Kuznetsov scored assists, and Alexander Zharovsky scored one. In the first game of the season against SKA in November, Ufa prevailed with a score of 2:1.

Disqualifications and injuries

All the Ufa leaders will play in St. Petersburg.

Interesting betting trends

• Ufa players, according to statistics, carry out17 power techniques per match
• Yulaev's team makes an average of 27 shots on target per game.