Severstal showed character in the last round, and the most important points were taken by CSKA themselves, beating the capital with a score of 4:1. In fact, even now you can expect Cherepovets to play and get a good result. In the upcoming match, although their opponent is outstanding, Metallurg is now in a total crisis, and Severstal, motivated by the fight for the top 8, can safely use this moment. After all, Cherepovets has traditionally had very good matches with Magnitka, which often end with peaceful results in regular time. In fact, something like this can already be expected, because the premise of a stubborn fight is quite clear here.

Metallurg just fell into a very, very prolonged losing streak… In their last 9 meetings, they can only boast of one full win… A lot of draws are now slipping through in matches involving Metallurg, well how is it going there, but there are still more in Magnitogorsk overtime and penalty shootout defeats than victories. The steelworkers also need points, because they can do without the top four, but so far, to be honest, there is no faith and no idea when the team can start winning. The match against Severstal is probably not the best platform to break a losing streak Metallurg, because matches with this team are traditionally difficult for them. In fact, it turns out that Metallurg’s difficult current situation, plus a traditionally uncomfortable opponent, all make Metallurg’s odds of winning this match not very good.