Nizhny Novgorod climbed to second place in the West and even managed to organize a small reserve in terms of tournament points ahead of their pursuers. Torpedo is now showing another excellent segment, the team has already won 4 times in a row, and in this series they even beat teams such as CSKA and SKA. Right now, there are clearly no teams in the league that could scare the Torpedo. Here, in fact, the upcoming meeting with Salavat for Nizhny Novgorod will certainly look on duty. In October, there was a full meeting of these teams in Ufa, and then everything ended with a 1-1 score in the main time of the match. Here, in principle, even now there can be a fierce battle, but the hosts can easily be closer to victory.

Salavat does not inspire much confidence in its tread throughout the season. The team is playing very unevenly, and their frankly not very high 6th position speaks for itself. Now Ufa are on a three-fight winning streak, but only one win came in regular time and two more came after extra time. In the upcoming fight, frankly, there is no reason to say that Ufa is the favorite. Nizhny Novgorod’s results are now many times better and more stable, but Salavat simply has a bigger name in the championship. So you can agree here with the bookmakers who still give the site owners the status of favorite here.