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Metallurg host red-hot CSKA in KHL heavyweight clash

A rolling CSKA visit Magnitogorsk, where history has rarely gone Moscow's way.

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Metallurg MagnitogorskWLWMetallurg Magnitogorsk: W-L-W in the last 3 games.
CSKA MoscowWWWCSKA Moscow: W-W-W in the last 3 games.
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 3-4 Metallurg MagnitogorskSibir Novosibirsk 5-2 Metallurg MagnitogorskNeftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2-3 Metallurg MagnitogorskTraktor Chelyabinsk 2-3 CSKA MoscowCSKA Moscow 5-1 Traktor ChelyabinskSKA St. Petersburg 1-3 CSKA Moscow

Arena Metallurg stages one of the KHL's marquee matchups on November 3, with in-form teams heading in opposite directions on momentum. CSKA Moscow arrive having won three straight, capped by a 2-3 road win at Traktor Chelyabinsk on November 1 and a 5-1 home rout of the same opponent. Metallurg Magnitogorsk answered their 5-2 loss in Novosibirsk with back-to-back wins, the latest a 4-3 escape at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

Head to head

  • 2025-10-03CSKA Moscow 1-3 Metallurg MagnitogorskW
  • 2025-09-21Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5-4 CSKA MoscowW
  • 2025-03-12Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4-2 CSKA MoscowW
  • 2024-10-03CSKA Moscow 0-7 Metallurg MagnitogorskW
  • 2023-12-05Metallurg Magnitogorsk 0-3 CSKA MoscowL
  • 2023-09-05CSKA Moscow 2-4 Metallurg MagnitogorskW
Last 6 meetings: Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5W, 0D, CSKA Moscow 1W.

History leans heavily toward the home side. GUIDE-STAT: Last 6 meetings: Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5W, 0D, CSKA Moscow 1W. That includes a 3-1 win in Moscow last October and that wild 5-4 shootout-era style thriller in Magnitogorsk in September 2025. CSKA's only recent answer was a 3-0 home win in December 2023.

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  • Metallurg enter on a W-L-W run, with their most recent game a 4-3 road win at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.
  • CSKA ride a perfect W-W-W streak, including 5-1 and 3-2 wins over Traktor Chelyabinsk and a 3-1 win at SKA St. Petersburg.
  • Recent meetings have been tight — 4 of the last 6 were decided by two goals or fewer.

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