The new KHL season schedule is full of exciting matches. The Moscow derby will be held on September 5. Spartak will host CSKA at the Megasport Arena. The game starts at 19:30 Moscow time.
Bookmaker odds for the KHL match Spartak – CSKA on September 5, 2024
Bookmakers give the military team a slight advantage. You can bet on Spartak’s victory in regular time with a rate of 2.60. CSKA’s chances were estimated at 2.45. The probability of a draw has a coefficient of 4.10.
According to experts, the meeting will be productive. You can bet on a total of over 4.5 goals for 1.50, and a total of under 4.5 goals is valued at 2.50. Bets on “both teams will score more than 1.5 goals” are accepted at odds of 1.63.
Analysis and prediction for the KHL match Spartak – CSKA (05/09/2024)
Football or hockey – there is no difference. Interest in the Moscow derby, and even between Spartak and CSKA, is always huge. Fans will be able to watch this match in the KHL on September 5.
The red-white and red-blue team fell victim to the Gagarin Cup finalists last season. Spartak lost to Metallurg in the quarter-finals, and CSKA lost to Lokomotiv in the round of 16. But, of course, the “gladiators” received popular love. The way they conducted the regular season was admirable.
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The bar of expectations from Alexei Zhamnov’s players is too high. Under no circumstances should you let him down. Especially much is expected from Spartak’s star trio – Goldobin, Morozov and Poryadin. They made a lot of noise last season. There are no preconditions that it will get any worse.
The main problem for the red-and-whites, of course, was the defense. They decided to strengthen it by signing Andrei Mironov from Dynamo Moscow. In addition, he was named team captain. Adam Ruzicka seems like a good addition in attack. The Slovak played in the NHL. His experience will be useful.
The most important thing is that Spartak kept its leaders and coach. At the Moscow Cup, Alexei Zhamnov’s team successfully passed the group stage, defeating Dynamo Moscow (4-3 B) and Avtomobilist (4-3 B), but in the final they lost to CSKA (3-4 B), eventually finishing in second place. Not bad either, and there is a reason to take revenge on the army team.
The Red-Blues decided to start the season with a new coach. This position was taken by Ilya Vorobyov. It is a bit scary how many great hockey players CSKA lost over the summer. Andrey Svetlakov, Sergey Plotnikov, Mikhail Grigorenko and Ivan Fedotov left. The goalkeeper returned to the NHL.
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But this could not have happened without acquisitions. Ivan Drozdov, who shone with Salavat Yulaev last season, became a CSKA player. This is a good boost. Yes, in pre-season it is not so noticeable yet, but give the forward time. Denis Guryanov will try to restart his career after the NHL. For a moment, a participant in the Stanley Cup final.
Defender Nikita Okhotyuk also decided to start from scratch after his failures and returned to Russia. Fedotov was sent to the NHL and Ivan Prosvetov was taken from there. He didn’t manage to establish himself in the NHL, but what a year it was. By the way, he was the one who played goalie in the last game of the Major Cup in Moscow for Spartak.
As we recall, the army team won the pre-season tournament. In addition to the final with the red-and-whites, they defeated Torpedo (3:1) and Vityaz (3:2 B). But there was another friendly match between CSKA and Spartak. It was won by the Gladiators (4:3 B). As a result, we have two head-to-head clashes before the start of this season, which ended in a draw, and each of the teams scored three goals.
We suggest taking a risk and betting that each team will score over 2.5 goals at 3.30. This result makes a lot of sense. Firstly, these are the results of head-to-head matches, secondly, the clubs are just starting the season and tend to make mistakes, thirdly, on both sides there are great players and there is no reliable defense line already built.
Tender: both will score more than 2.5 goals in 3.30.
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