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Slumping Giants Collide: SKA Host Avtomobilist in KHL

Two winless teams meet at SKA Arena with both desperate to stop the rot.

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SKA ArenaSaint Petersburg
KICK-OFF16:30TUE20/10
SKA St. Petersburg
SKA St. Petersburg
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Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

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SKA St. PetersburgLLLSKA St. Petersburg: L-L-L in the last 3 — winless.
Avtomobilist YekaterinburgLLLAvtomobilist Yekaterinburg: L-L-L in the last 3 — winless.
Lada Togliatti 1-0 SKA St. PetersburgSeverstal Cherepovets 2-0 SKA St. PetersburgDynamo Moscow 4-3 SKA St. PetersburgMetallurg Magnitogorsk 4-2 Avtomobilist YekaterinburgAvangard Omsk 4-2 Avtomobilist YekaterinburgBarys Astana 4-1 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Something has to give at SKA Arena on October 20. SKA St. Petersburg and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg both arrive on three-game losing streaks, and both sides badly need a result to arrest the slide. The stakes are simple: one of these teams leaves Saint Petersburg still searching for a win, and the pressure only grows from there.

Head to head

  • 2025-10-13SKA St. Petersburg 2-1 Avtomobilist YekaterinburgW
  • 2025-10-08Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2-1 SKA St. PetersburgL
  • 2025-03-20Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 3-2 SKA St. PetersburgL
  • 2024-10-12SKA St. Petersburg 5-2 Avtomobilist YekaterinburgW
  • 2024-03-25SKA St. Petersburg 4-5 Avtomobilist YekaterinburgL
  • 2024-03-23Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2-5 SKA St. PetersburgW
  • 2024-03-21Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2-1 SKA St. PetersburgL
  • 2024-03-19SKA St. Petersburg 1-3 Avtomobilist YekaterinburgL
Last 8 meetings: SKA St. Petersburg 3W, 0D, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 5W.

History leans toward the visitors — Avtomobilist have taken five of the last eight meetings, including a 3-1 win on SKA ice in March 2024 — but recent form offers no comfort to either bench. SKA have been shut out in two of their last three, while Avtomobilist have conceded 12 goals across their losing run.

Watchlist
  • SKA come off a 1-0 loss to Lada Togliatti — watch whether their attack finally breaks through after being blanked twice in three games.
  • Avtomobilist arrive off a 4-2 defeat by Metallurg Magnitogorsk, their third straight loss conceding four or more.
  • 6 of the last 8 meetings decided by two goals or fewer — expect this to stay tight late.

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