AI SPORTSANALYTICSThree straight wins and a fresh 3-0 over Amur — Avtomobilist set the tone, but the visitors' last two weeks say otherwise.
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg host Amur Khabarovsk at UMMC Arena on October 4, and the hosts arrive rolling: three straight wins, capped by a 3-0 shutout of this very Amur side just two days earlier. Amur's response to that defeat is the central question — before the loss they had beaten Neftekhimik 1-0 and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 3-1, so the visitors are no pushovers despite the scoreline in the last meeting.
History leans heavily toward the home side, but Amur's two wins in that span — a 5-2 in January and a 3-0 in November — show they can flip this matchup on its head. With five of the last eight meetings decided by two goals or fewer, margin matters as much as outcome.
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