Avangard Omsk vs CSKA Prediction 5 November 2026
🔊 Six points from four away games look like a decent return for HK Avangard Omsk. But they head home on the back of two straight defeats, having lost to Lada and Sochi - teams they could have beaten. Now they face a much tougher opponent. CSKA Moscow have responded to two defeats with four consecutive wins, scoring seven goals against Metallurg in their latest outing. The trip to Omsk carries extra significance for CSKA: it was HK Avangard Omsk who knocked them out of the Gagarin Cup last spring.
The Army Men had a tough time in the spring.
📊 Last season, CSKA Moscow faced HK Avangard Omsk seven times and won just once. The Omsk side took both regular-season games before winning their second-round playoff series 4-1. The “Hawks” also outscored CSKA Moscow 16-9 overall. One detail stands out, though: HK Avangard Omsk scored no more than two goals in either regular-season meeting. With the team now struggling to convert their chances, that is worth keeping in mind.
Head-to-head statistics Avangard Omsk - CSKA
HK Avangard Omsk are struggling to score.
HK Avangard Omsk have scored fewer goals than any other team in the Eastern Conference. Over their last six games, they have averaged just two goals in regulation. It is not always for lack of chances: Avangard take plenty of shots and spend long stretches on the attack, but the puck stubbornly refuses to go in. Injuries to Paquette, Prokhorkin and Leuka have made matters worse, while Yakupov remains a doubt. Guy Boucher is searching for answers after two defeats to teams near the bottom of the standings.
It was a familiar story in Sochi. Avangard outshot their opponents 44-30 but failed to score until the third period. An early misplaced pass allowed Dmitry Kagarlitsky to open the scoring, and Avangard did not respond until the 45th minute, when Andrew Poturalski converted a power play after a pass from Joshua Leivo. Leivo then had chances of his own, but Alexei Shchetilin kept the visitors from taking the lead. In overtime, a penalty against Semyon Chistyakov led to Denis Vengryzhanovsky’s winner in a 2-1 defeat.
Match Results: Avangard Omsk
CSKA Moscow did not dwell on it for long.
Two straight defeats did not knock CSKA Moscow off course. Igor Nikitin’s side responded with four wins, scoring an average of 4.5 goals per game over that stretch despite an expected goals figure of just 2.64. They have been clinical with their chances without neglecting their defensive duties, conceding an average of 1.75 goals across those four games. CSKA Moscow now lead the Western Conference and remain its highest-scoring team.
CSKA Moscow had to fight back in Magnitogorsk. Metallurg scored twice in 18 seconds early in the second period, but Maxim Sorkin quickly cut the deficit. The teams were level at 3-3 by the intermission, and from then on only CSKA Moscow scored. Denis Guryanov completed his brace to put the visitors ahead for the first time, before Nikolai Kovalenko, Marat Khairullin and Sorkin added to the tally to seal a 7-3 win. It was a special game for Khairullin, who reached 350 career KHL points.
Match Results: CSKA Moscow
Match result prediction
CSKA Moscow have avoided defeat in regulation in 16 of their last 18 KHL games and have 10 away wins this season. HK Avangard Omsk have gone unbeaten in 12 of the last 13 head-to-head meetings, so a draw after regulation remains a possibility. Our pick is CSKA Moscow to avoid defeat in regulation (X2) at odds of 1.42.
*Odds are approximate and may vary between bookmakers.
⭐️ Editor’s prediction
HK Avangard Omsk are creating chances and putting plenty of shots on goal, but the goals are not coming. They registered 44 shots on target against Sochi yet scored just once. Across their last two games, against Lada and Sochi, the Omsk side have managed only three goals. CSKA Moscow, meanwhile, have won four straight and conceded an average of 1.75 goals per game over that stretch. The head-to-head record points the same way: HK Avangard Omsk never scored more than twice against CSKA Moscow in last season’s regular campaign. My pick is HK Avangard Omsk under 2.5 team goals.
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