Salavat Yulaev meets with Eastern leader - Avtomobilist

UFA, 27 November 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Natalia Ovcharuk/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/. On November 27, the Salavat Yulaev hockey players will host the leader of the Eastern Conference of the KHL Championship - Avtomobilist (Yekaterinburg) at the "Ufa-Arena".

The Nikolay Tsulygin’s team will try to win this hockey machine from the Sverdlovsk region in 60 minutes on home ice. "Just before Salavat Yulaev pleased its fans with a crushing victory over Dinamo (Minsk) (6:1), thereby having congratulated the home club on the 57th anniversary. So far, the Ufa club after 30 games ranks seventh in the East (39 points).

Yesterday Avtomobilist was defeated by Ak Bars (3: 4). This is the third loss of the team on the home ice and the fifth in the last six meetings. Apparently, the ice squad from Yekaterinburg is going through a crisis.

Bookmakers do not publish an unambiguous forecast for the upcoming match. HC Salavat Yulaev gained momentum, but Avtomobilist is not willing to lose the leadership of the conference.

The beginning of the match HC Salavat Yulaev – HC Avtomobilist is at 7 p.m. local time (5 p.m. Moscow time).