LiontipsSKA - Severstal: betting tip (cf 1.68) and bets on the KHL match
Command Analysis
Current form
The team's tournament path this season resembles a swing. Successful matches alternate with unexplained failures. In the second half of January, the Army suffered seven defeats in a row, including from direct competitors in the fight for a place in the playoffs - Torpedo, CSKA, twice from Spartak. Then the team from St. Petersburg came to its senses and has now gained good shape, having an active series of five matches, in the last of which Ufa's Salavat Yulaev was defeated 4-0, and the attack leaders Sergey Plotnikov, Marat Khairullin, Nikolai Goldobin again did not leave the field without scoring points. This success allowed Igor Larionov's team to significantly break away from the Shanghai Dragons, who were following in the table, but losing a lot of points, and feel relatively comfortable in the top eight, while having good chances to rise a few steps higher with a successful game and misfires.
The history of relations between SKA and Severstal has 56 meetings, and the army team has a very significant advantage – 46 victories against 10 from Cherepovets. Sergey Plotnikov currently has 249 goals scored in KHL games. Only one accurate shot separates an experienced forward from reaching the milestone of 250 goals.
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 47.3% of face-offs per game
Current form
The residents of Cherepovets are having a generally good season in the year of the 70th anniversary of the club's founding. Severstal is in second place in the Western Conference and, with a victory over Neftekhimik, secured the right to participate in the play-off matches of the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup. In 16 matches played in 2026, the Steelers scored 19 points with a 53-55 goal difference. With the match against SKA, Andrey Kozyrev's team begins a four-match trip along the St. Petersburg – Chelyabinsk – Astana – Magnitogorsk route, which will be a good test of Severstal's claims to a high place in the standings.
Not so long ago, striker Kirill Pilipenko left the team, moving to the Vanguard, and Adam Lishka is competing for the Slovak national team at the Winter Olympics in Italy in February. This could weaken Severstal's attacking potential as one of the most productive teams in the West. The task of the coaching staff is to find personnel solutions to preserve offensive power. Currently, Ruslan Abrosimov is Severstal's most productive player. He has 46 points in 55 games (22 goals scored and 24 assists). Forwards Alexander Skorenov and Adam Lishka, who scored 16 goals each, are among the team's best snipers this season.
Disqualifications and injuries
Nikolai Chebykin will not help his team in St. Petersburg.
Interesting betting trends
- According to statistics, residents of Cherepovets carry out six power techniques per match.
- The Steelers average 30 shots on target per game.
Trends
Bet period 3: total more than 1.5 goals
In the last four games with SKA, the third period turned out to be productive.
1.60The 3rd periodbet: the victory of the hosts
SKA has won the third period in the last four matches
2.40Tip and bets
SKA scored a great move and won five matches in a row, almost without conceding a goal. Igor Larionov's team has returned to the fight for the highest positions in the West and it really needs a victory over one of its competitors. Severstal is not having a great time in February and has so far won only two victories over not the strongest rivals. Most recently, the Army team scored two points in Cherepovets. We think that Sergey Plotnikov's squad will be stronger than the steelworkers again.
Prediction - SKA wins with Asian handicap (0) in 1.68
Betting on an individual total
SKA has improved in terms of reliability and has not conceded more than one goal per game for four consecutive matches. The Steelers are having problems attacking at this stage of the season, and the visitors have lost their leader Adam Lishka, who now represents the colors of the Slovak national team in Italy. We believe that the Lynxes will not be able to score more than two goals on Wednesday.
We take Severstal's individualtotal of less than 2.5 goals for 1.80
