SKA - Lokomotiv: betting tip (cf 2.00) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

The club from the northern capital ranks seventh in the Western Conference with 69 points and recently qualified for the one-eighth playoff stage. Now the team is faced with the task of finishing the regular season as well as possible and pushing rivals in the fight to get into the top four.

Since the beginning of February, the Army team has been active and has won seven out of nine matches. However, in the home game against Dynamo Moscow on February 26, they failed to continue their successful streak. Having ended the first period in a draw – Nikita Dishkovsky scored a goal from Dynamo's Ansel Galimov, who ran away alone to Vladislav Podyapolsky's goal – the Army team later could not insist on their game arguments and, having conceded in the second period from Jordan Weale, Kirill Adamchuk and Artyom Sergeev, they lost not only in the match (1:4), but also in the standings, passing the blue and white ahead of themselves. For the places from fourth to eighth in the West, we should now expect a tense struggle between Spartak, SKA, Dynamo Moscow, CSKA and Torpedo.

Disqualifications and injuries

Nikita Zaitsev, Igor Larionov and Trevor Murphy will not play in the next match.

Interesting betting trends

• SKA makes an average of 29 shots on target
• According to statistics, the team performs 12 power moves per match.

Current form

The Yaroslavl club, the first in the West to pave the way to the playoffs, quite comfortably settled at the head of the conference with 85 points after 60 matches, five points ahead of the pursuing Minsk and Cherepovets. Having generally excellent results in 2026 – 29 points in 18 games – the Railwaymen lost only once in the last 12 matches, losing to Dinamo Minsk (2:4).

Yaroslavtsy are taking the current series of four consecutive victories to St. Petersburg, during which they prevailed at home over the Dynamo teams of Minsk (5:4, B) and Moscow (3:1). In the February 24 meeting with the Muscovites, the Lokomotiv striker was greatly assisted by defenders Rushan Rafikov and Daniil Misyul, who scored a goal each with long-range shots. The final goal was scored by Maxim Shalunov, who hit the empty goal of Dynamo, who went on the final assault with a score of 1:2. It was a good team victory," Bob Hartley, Yaroslavl's head coach, said with satisfaction at the post-match press conference, adding separately that Martin Gernat would join the team in St. Petersburg.

Disqualifications and injuries

All the leaders of Yaroslavl will play in St. Petersburg.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, the locomotive conducts 24 power techniques.
• Railwaymen win 57.1% of face-offs on average.