Spartak Moscow vs Avtomobilist Prediction 15 January 2025

🔊 Will Avtomobilist manage to spoil the mood of the audience at "Megasport Arena"? The starting point of the away series for the Yekaterinburg club will be the capital of Russia. Next Wednesday, Nikolay Zavarukhin's team will face Moscow Spartak. Despite not the most convincing start to 2025, the "gladiators" are considered favorites: victory for the "red-whites" - 1.78, victory for "Auto" - 4.15. Our editorial team strongly recommends reviewing the proposed prediction, which will help determine the key bet.

📊 H2H

In early December last year, the teams faced each other at "Uralets-Arena". At that time, Nikolay Zavarukhin and company failed to outplay the persistent Muscovites (4:5 after a shootout). Thus, the winning streak of the "gladiators" in head-to-head meetings with "Auto" reached 4 matches.

🔴 SPARTAK

Last Monday, the "gladiators" lost in an away match against CSKA (2:4). A completely disastrous third period by Spartak marked the final score on the scoreboard. This failure became the second in a row for the "red-whites". Now Alexei Zhamnov's team is content with 4th place in the Western Conference standings, having 57 points. It is necessary to highlight the high scoring ability of the Muscovites in the current regular season - about 3.3 goals per game (2nd result in the "West").

⚪ AVTOMOBILIST

Nikolay Zavarukhin's team managed to find the keys to victory in their recent match against Minsk Dynamo (4:3 after a shootout). Despite a number of game difficulties, the Yekaterinburg team still managed to take advantage of the support of local stands and upset Dmitry Kvartalnov's squad. Now "Auto" is in 5th position in the Eastern Conference standings. Key players for Avtomobilist are Stephane Da Costa (8+30) and Brooks Macek (16+17). Nick Ebert and Curtis Valk remain in the team's infirmary.

🔗 PROBABLE LINEUPS

Spartak: Zagidulin - Vishnevsky, Orlov - Poryadin, Morozov, Ruzicka

Avtomobilist: Galkin - Dietz, Vorobyov - Kizimov, Byvaltsev, Sharov

🥅 GOALIES

Artyom Zagidulin is certainly capable of strengthening Spartak Moscow's goalie position in the long term. After transferring from Neftekhimik, the 29-year-old goalkeeper has taken to the ice three times in the "gladiators" jersey. During this period, his average statistics have reached fantastic numbers (95.39% save percentage, GAA - 1.78, 1 shutout).

Vladimir Galkin is doing an excellent job with his primary task as a goaltender for Avtomobilist. After 25 games, the 24-year-old goalie has managed to save 92.37% of shots, and his goals-against average is 2.09.

📝 MATCH PREDICTION

Recently, the capital club has been extremely successful in head-to-head encounters with Avtomobilist - 4 consecutive victories. The factor of recent away defeats should not be overlooked: against Lokomotiv (4:5) and CSKA (2:4). Alexei Zhamnov's team is surely eager to rehabilitate themselves in front of their own fans. We recommend considering the following betting option - victory for Spartak in regulation time.