Metallurg Magnitogorsk vs Amur Khabarovsk Prediction 25 January 2025

🔊 What are the chances of the "Tigers" against the current Gagarin Cup holder? This coming weekend, "Arena Metallurg" will witness a clash between the local team and Amur. The clubs are in different "weight categories," but in recent matches, the Khabarovsk team has shown its ability to upset the nominal favorites. The bookmakers' preliminary predictions are as follows: a victory for "Magnitka" - 1.53, a victory for the "Tigers" - 5.6.

📊 H2H

In 2025, the teams have already faced each other twice. In the match in Magnitogorsk, Andrey Razin's team achieved success with a score of 3:2, while in Khabarovsk, they suffered a setback - 2:3 in a shootout. Nevertheless, for the past 5 head-to-head matches, the "Foxes" have consistently secured points.

🦊 METALLURG

In the last game of their away series, "Magnitka" finally overcame Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik - 3:2 OT. Andrey Razin once again demonstrated his coaching flexibility by choosing an extremely aggressive style of play during the third period. It's worth noting that the "Foxes" are not shy to play second fiddle and often relinquish full control over the puck. The phenomenon of the Russian specialist lies in combining completely different styles - pragmatic hockey and impulsive attacking play.

🐯 AMUR

It seems that Viktor Kostyuchenko has managed to slightly transform Khabarovsk Amur. During their recently concluded away series, the "Tigers" achieved well-deserved victories over Ak Bars (5:4) and Metallurg (3:2 in a shootout). Now the Far Eastern team has finally left the bottom of the "East" standings, surpassing Astana Barys. However, we continue to note that Amur is the league's most conceding team - about 3.52 goals allowed per game.

📌 PROBABLE LINEUPS

Metallurg Magnitogorsk: Nabokov - Maklyukov, Press - Silantyev, Zernov, Kancerov

Amur: Jurusik - Mishchenko, Lee - Barulin, Broadhurst, Galchenyuk

🥅 GOALIES

Ilya Nabokov continues to be one of the most reliable goaltenders in the league, despite his very young age. The 21-year-old goalie has participated in 34 matches this regular season, managing to save 92.59% of shots with a goals-against average of 2.19.

Matthew Jurusik, after his transfer to Khabarovsk Amur, has already donned the "Tigers" jersey in 9 matches. During this stretch, the Canadian goaltender managed to save 91.04% of shots with a goals-against average of 3.44.

📝 MATCH PREDICTION

Magnitogorsk Metallurg is extremely confident in their home games - 31 points earned after 24 games (3rd result in the "East"). We remind you that "Magnitka" has only lost to the "Tigers" once in regulation time on home ice in their last 10 games. Based on the above, our editorial team predicts a revenge win for the "Foxes" this coming Saturday. The key bet is a clean win for Metallurg.