Avtomobilist vs Amur Khabarovsk Prediction 2 October 2026
🔊 Both teams head into this head-to-head clash riding identical streaks-each with back-to-back wins. Avtomobilist, after a tough start to the season, have bounced back with victories over Spartak and Lada. Meanwhile, Amur wrapped up their home stand by defeating Neftekhimik before hitting the road. Just a single point separates these sides in the standings. For Yekaterinburg, this fixture extends their home stretch, while Khabarovsk are set for their first away game following five consecutive outings on their own ice.
Home ice proved decisive
📊 Last season, these teams faced off four times, splitting the wins evenly-two apiece. Interestingly, the home side came out on top in every encounter. In one of their home games, Amur completely shut out their opponents in a 3-0 victory. The average total across those four matchups landed at exactly five goals. This rivalry rarely drags into overtime either: in nine of their last ten head-to-head meetings, the winner was decided in regulation.
Head-to-head statistics Avtomobilist - Amur Khabarovsk
Wins are back, but the problems remain
After ten games, Avtomobilist have managed just four wins, although two of those victories have come in their most recent outings. First, the Yekaterinburg side wrapped up a lengthy road trip with a 4-2 win over Spartak, then returned home to dispatch Lada 3-1. There’s been a noticeable improvement on special teams as well: Avtomobilist have now gone four consecutive games without conceding a power-play goal, and in their last two fixtures, they’ve only taken one penalty apiece.
Against Lada, Avtomobilist came out flying. Jesse Blacker opened the scoring with his very first shot of the game, and by the 12th minute, Maksim Tarasov had doubled their lead. From there, the game took a different turn. In the second period, the hosts managed just three shots on target compared to eight from their opponents, and after the final whistle, Alexei Kudashov singled out turnovers and poor puck decisions as areas of concern. Lada pulled one back in the third period, but it was Yaroslav Busygin’s empty-netter that sealed the 3-1 result.
Match Results: Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Wins don’t come easy.
Amur dropped their opening three games of the season but bounced back to win four of the next six. The Khabarovsk side looked particularly solid in their last two outings, conceding just a single goal across both fixtures. However, their offensive output remains modest: the Tigers have found the net only 15 times in nine games. Another concern is their power play, which has now gone four straight contests without a goal.
Their most recent home game was a tightly contested affair. Neftekhimik registered 23 shots on target, but Maksim Dorozhko turned away every attempt. Amur finally broke the deadlock in the 44th minute, with Kirill Pilipenko scoring off assists from Ilya Abramov and Daniil Akmaldinov to make it 1-0. That lone goal proved enough to secure a third win in their five-game homestand, allowing them to head out on the road with back-to-back victories under their belt.
Match Results: Amur Khabarovsk
⚡️ Key Players
Alexander Sharov continues to lead Avtomobilist in scoring, tallying 10 points in as many games. He has registered one goal and nine assists. Maksim Denezhkin and Anatoly Golyshev have both contributed seven points apiece, each with three goals and four assists to their names.
For Amur, Kirill Pilipenko stands out as the top performer with five points (3+2) across nine outings. Notably, he netted the game-winner against Neftekhimik. Artem Shvarev has posted four points (3+1) in eight games, while Oleg Li has matched that total with one goal and three assists over nine appearances.
🥅 Goaltenders
Evgeny Alikin has featured in eight games for Avtomobilist, recording four wins. The netminder boasts a .9171 save percentage and a 2.294 goals-against average. Vladimir Galkin has taken the ice three times but is still searching for his first win, with a .9111 save percentage and a 3.179 goals-against average.
Maksim Dorozhko has made a much brighter start to the campaign for Amur. Across eight games, he has earned four victories, posted a stellar .953 save percentage, and holds a 1.37 goals-against average, including two shutouts. One of those clean sheets came in his most recent outing against Neftekhimik, where Dorozhko turned aside all 23 shots faced.
⭐️ Editor’s Prediction
Amur haven’t exactly been an offensive powerhouse this season, netting just 15 goals in nine games. However, their head-to-head history with Avtomobilist tells a different story: Amur have scored at least two goals in 10 of their last 11 meetings. Avtomobilist, for their part, continue to look shaky at the back, conceding an average of 2.9 goals per game. The Tigers have also found some form, winning four of their last six and coming into this road trip on a two-game win streak. To keep their run going in this fixture, they won’t need a scoring explosion-just two goals should do the trick. My pick: Amur over 1.5 team total goals.
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