Spartak - CSKA Moscow: betting tip (cf 1.88) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

The moment of truth is coming for the red and white. Spartak is in eighth place in the West with 77 points. If the team intends to leave it and rise higher, it needs to take maximum points in the remaining two matches and hope for Torpedo and SKA misfires in their games. The Spartak team made an attempt to do this back on March 16 in a game with a long–time principal rival and direct competitor, Dynamo Moscow. Dynamo faced similar challenges in this match, and its outcome had a serious impact on the standings, which determined the uncompromising nature of the fight. Having lost in the first period (0:1), Alexey Zhamnov's team rushed into the attack in the second period and scored three goals against the blue and white, conceding one of their own. In the final third of the match, the score was even – 3:3, and in a series of free throws, Dynamo forward Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, at a crucial moment, painted beauty, giving his shootout the features of a work of hockey art.

In March, Spartak played six matches and scored three victories over the outsiders: twice over Lada and Cupid in overtime. And I lost in the games against Avangard, Ak Bars and Dynamo (Moscow).

Disqualifications and injuries

Brandon Biro will not participate in the match due to injury.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, Spartak makes 32 shots on target per match.
• The red-whites perform an average of 16 power moves.

Current form

The Moscow Army team spent 2026 in a major key, not only prematurely removing all questions about admission to the playoffs, but also settling for the final of the regular tournament in a high fourth place in the Western Conference. Of the 25 matches played in January-March, the Army team won 17 and suffered only eight defeats. They have one of the most reliable defensive lines in the KHL, second only to Lokomotiv in strength, and young goalkeeper Dmitry Gamzin reflects on average almost 94% of shots on his own goal and has already scored eight crackers in 39 matches. The flip side of the increased attention to defense, which is the basis of Igor Nikitin's coaching approach to building a game model, is the relatively low effectiveness of the attack at the level of league outsiders.

The Army team will not rise higher in the table, but in order to secure their fourth place and reach the first round of the playoffs with matches on the home court, the Army team needs a victory or at least a draw in the regular time in the game with Spartak. In the matches of the final away series, CSKA defeated HC Sochi (2:1) and Avtomobilist (3:0), and on March 16 in Novosibirsk they lost to Siberia (2:3). The Siberians' head coach Yaroslav Luzenkov paid tribute to the opponents' form after the game: CSKA is at a very decent level, there is a lot of movement.

Disqualifications and injuries

Klim Kostin, Danila Moiseev and Vladislav Provolnev will not be able to participate in the match due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, CSKA conducts 16 power moves per match.
• On average, the army team makes 27 shots on target.