CSKA vs Lada Prediction 27 November 2025
🔊 CSKA Moscow are set to host Togliatti's Lada on their home ice in a KHL regular-season clash. The home team's slump has worsened over time, and they've already slipped out of the playoff spots in the Western Conference. Meanwhile, the visitors remain on the fringes of the main battles and are gradually losing even the slightest hope of making it to the Gagarin Cup playoffs.
Head-to-Head
The rivals have already faced off this season at the same venue. Back then, CSKA decisively routed their opponents with a 7-2 victory. Despite the lopsided scoreline, the hosts had to come from behind after conceding two goals. Forwards Nikolai Kovalenko and Dmitry Buchelnikov made a crucial contribution to their team's success, each netting a hat-trick.
Head-to-head statistics CSKA - Lada
CSKA Moscow Team Overview
Igor Nikitin's squad have suffered four defeats in their last five matches, understandably dropping out of the playoff spots in the Western Conference. The team appears to be playing without emotion, despite only being halfway through the regular season. The renowned coach's system demands precise, rehearsed actions on the ice, which can be challenging to adapt to. The main issue for the hosts is their relatively poor scoring ability. They've managed just 76 goals, which makes it difficult to compete on equal terms with the conference's frontrunners.
Match Results: CSKA Moscow
Lada Team Overview
The club from the Samara region has firmly settled at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, but recently they've been showing signs of life. In November, they managed to secure five wins out of nine matches. While not a lot, for a league underdog, this is quite impressive. The local management hasn't been idle either, signing former Kunlun player, Slovak Tomas Jurco. He will certainly add versatility to their offensive zone, which is crucial for the team right now. They've only managed to score 62 goals, the lowest tally in the conference.
Match Results: Lada
🏒 Projected Lineups
CSKA: Samonov - Okhotyuk, Nesterov - Sprong, Karnaukhov, Kovalenko
Lada: Bocharov - Cotton, Semin - Mikhailov, Savchuk, Belousov
🥅 Goalies
CSKA's goaltender Alexander Samonov is yet to make a significant impact at his new club. Since his move from Salavat Yulaev, the netminder has appeared in three games but hasn't been impressive. He stops an average of just 84.2% of shots and has a goals-against average of 3.46.
Lada's Ivan Bocharov continues to maintain an elite standard. The former Lokomotiv player saves an average of 92.6% of shots and avoids major lapses. It's remarkable to see such stats from a team that sits well outside the top eight.
Editorial Prediction
Surprisingly, we have two teams here with rather modest scoring records. Few expected this from the hosts, while the visitors have been grappling with similar issues for years now. In fact, in 8 of CSKA's last 9 home games, no more than five goals were scored. Igor Nikitin's squad is clearly in a crisis, primarily a mental one, and it seems unlikely they will break this trend. Our bet is on total goals under 5.5.No comments
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