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Winless Ak Bars host confident Torpedo with history stacked against them

Three straight losses meet two wins in three: Ak Bars welcome Torpedo in a KHL rivalry Torpedo have owned of late.

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Tatneft ArenaKazan
KICK-OFF16:00MON09/11
Ak Bars Kazan
Ak Bars Kazan
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Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

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Ak Bars KazanLLLAk Bars Kazan: L-L-L in the last 3 — winless.
Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodWWLTorpedo Nizhny Novgorod: W-W-L in the last 3 games.
Traktor Chelyabinsk 5-3 Ak Bars KazanSibir Novosibirsk 3-1 Ak Bars KazanAk Bars Kazan 3-4 SKA St. PetersburgTorpedo Nizhny Novgorod 4-3 Dynamo MoscowTorpedo Nizhny Novgorod 3-1 Spartak MoscowAvtomobilist Yekaterinburg 3-2 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Ak Bars Kazan have lost three straight and now face the team that keeps beating them. On Monday night at Tatneft Arena, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod arrive with two wins from their last three, while the hosts search for answers after defeats to SKA St. Petersburg, Sibir Novosibirsk and Traktor Chelyabinsk this month.

Head to head

  • 2026-10-21Ak Bars Kazan 1-2 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodL
  • 2026-09-14Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 3-2 Ak Bars KazanL
  • 2026-02-21Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 3-2 Ak Bars KazanL
  • 2026-02-12Ak Bars Kazan 4-3 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodW
  • 2025-02-11Ak Bars Kazan 1-5 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodL
  • 2024-09-07Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 2-3 Ak Bars KazanW
  • 2023-09-28Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 2-1 Ak Bars KazanL
  • 2023-09-16Ak Bars Kazan 4-3 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodW
Last 8 meetings: Ak Bars Kazan 3W, 0D, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 5W.

The trend is uncomfortable for Ak Bars: Torpedo have won the last three meetings, each by a single goal, including October's 2-1 result in Kazan, and seven of the last eight were decided by two goals or fewer. Ak Bars' most recent win in the series came in February, a 4-3 home result.

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  • Ak Bars seeking any response after an L-L-L run — 0 points in the last 3, capped by the 5-3 loss at Traktor Chelyabinsk.
  • Torpedo's touch in tight finishes, fresh off a 4-3 win over Dynamo Moscow and a 3-1 success against Spartak Moscow.
  • The close-margin pattern: 7 of the last 8 meetings decided by two goals or fewer, including October's 2-1 Torpedo win in Kazan.

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