Sochi - CSKA Moscow: betting tip (cf 1.78) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Having started 2026 with two home wins in a row, the Leopards then hit the brakes, and in the next 17 rounds they were lucky only three times, they were able to beat St. Petersburg SKA, Shanghai Dragons and Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik. According to the results of the 56 games, Sochi's point baggage is only 40 points, this is the last place in the West, and this is clearly not the result with which one can qualify for the relegation Games. The time to summarize the season has not yet come, Sochi will have to play 12 more matches before the end of the regular season – eight at home and four away – and professional athletes should strive to show their best qualities in any situation.

In the last three matches, the Southerners gave battle to Lokomotiv at home, losing only in overtime (1:2, OT), then lost away to Avtomobilist (1:4) and failed to hit the gates of Dynamo Moscow (0:4). Attention is drawn to the team's uncertain play in the final part of the match, when the outcome of the game is often decided: in the 19th games of January-February in the third periods, Sochi hockey players scored six goals and conceded 24. The overall balance of goals scored and conceded since the beginning of the season is also disappointing: 115-199.

Disqualifications and injuries

Dmitry Kagarlitsky, Vasily Machulin, Ilya Nikolaev, Alexey Shchetilin and Denis Vengrzhanovsky will miss the upcoming meeting due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

• Sochi wins 48.2% of face-offs on average.
• According to statistics, the Leopards perform 23 power moves per match.

Current form

Having made a powerful breakthrough of eight consecutive victories in January and February, the Army team created a point margin and are about to solve the task of reaching the playoff stage of the Gagarin Cup. The beginning of 2026 turned out well for the team – the first 16 games brought 23 points, scored 33 goals, conceded 25. An unexpected misfire in the away match on February 17 against Lada (1:2), which interrupted an eight-match winning streak, did not become fatal and did not affect the prospects of the team. The game on February 21 in St. Petersburg against SKA also did not go according to the scenario of the Muscovites: having scored a goal in each period, the hosts confidently won (3:0). For CSKA, this game was the first in 2026 without scoring goals.

Among the top scorers in the army club this season are forwards Prokhor Poltapov (15 goals, 19 assists, 34 points), Nikolay Kovalenko (12 goals, 14 assists, 26 points), Pavel Guryanov (12 goals, 12 assists, 24 points). Goalkeeper Dmitry Gamzin did not miss in 32 matches in five games and achieved the following game indicators: the percentage of reflected shots 93.5, the coefficient of impenetrability 1.65.

CSKA and Sochi have already played two matches this season and won one home victory each: in September, Sochi won (2:0), in February, the Army team took revenge (3:1). Interestingly, in the KHL championship of the 2024/2025 season, three out of four matches in the series with CSKA went to Sochi hockey players.

Disqualifications and injuries

Denis Guryanov, Danila Moiseev and Vladislav Provolnev will not come with the team to Sochi.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, CSKA wins 52.5% of face-offs
• Muscovites perform an average of 15 power moves per game.