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Metallurg host Salavat Yulaev with form, history and a 7-1 memory stacked high

Metallurg's W-W-W machine hosts an L-W-L Ufa side in a rivalry that is usually far tighter than that 7-1 suggests.

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Metallurg MagnitogorskWWWMetallurg Magnitogorsk: W-W-W in the last 3 games.
Salavat Yulaev UfaLWLSalavat Yulaev Ufa: L-W-L in the last 3 games.
Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4-2 Avtomobilist YekaterinburgDinamo Minsk 1-3 Metallurg MagnitogorskTorpedo Nizhny Novgorod 2-3 Metallurg MagnitogorskAdmiral Vladivostok 2-0 Salavat Yulaev UfaAmur Khabarovsk 3-4 Salavat Yulaev UfaSalavat Yulaev Ufa 2-4 Sibir Novosibirsk

A heavyweight KHL rivalry returns to Arena Metallurg on 21 October with Metallurg Magnitogorsk riding a perfect three-game run — 4-2 over Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, 3-1 in Minsk and 3-2 at Torpedo. Salavat Yulaev Ufa travel the other way: L-W-L, blanked 2-0 in Vladivostok last time out after a one-goal escape at Amur Khabarovsk.

Head to head

  • 2026-10-09Metallurg Magnitogorsk 7-1 Salavat Yulaev UfaW
  • 2026-09-23Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3-4 Metallurg MagnitogorskW
  • 2026-03-11Salavat Yulaev Ufa 1-2 Metallurg MagnitogorskW
  • 2026-02-13Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4-3 Metallurg MagnitogorskL
  • 2025-10-16Metallurg Magnitogorsk 6-4 Salavat Yulaev UfaW
  • 2025-09-08Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2-3 Salavat Yulaev UfaL
  • 2025-02-03Salavat Yulaev Ufa 6-4 Metallurg MagnitogorskL
  • 2024-12-20Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4-2 Salavat Yulaev UfaW
Last 8 meetings: Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5W, 0D, Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3W.

History leans Metallurg's way. GUIDE-STAT: Last 8 meetings: Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5W, 0D, Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3W. The latest was the loudest — a 7-1 rout in Magnitogorsk on 9 October, twelve days before this rematch. Yet closeness defines the fixture: seven of the last eight were decided by two goals or fewer, and Ufa still claimed three wins in that span.

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  • Whether Metallurg's momentum carries over from the 4-2 win over Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg into another statement at Arena Metallurg.
  • How Salavat Yulaev answer the 2-0 shutout in Vladivostok — a second defeat in three games.
  • The margin — seven of the last eight meetings were settled by two goals or fewer, with only the recent 7-1 bucking the trend.

The setup is stark: a home side at full gallop against a rival still searching for traction.

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