Toros Neftekamsk saw off Bars 6-1 in a club friendly on Wednesday, 13 August, at their home ground. The result gave the hosts a comfortable victory and extended a run of mixed fortunes for both sides.
Bars arrived with poor memories. They had lost 1-3 to Олимпия on 5 August, and before that suffered three heavy defeats to ХК Югра Ханты-Мансийск — 0-4, 0-3, and 1-4 — in late March. Against a Toros side that had themselves lost 2-3 to Ижевск just days earlier, the outcome was perhaps inevitable.
The hosts worked the channels and had the game won inside twenty minutes, according to the final tally. Toros Neftekamsk pulled ahead early and never looked back, while Bars found no answer to the pressure.
For the visitors, this friendly offered little in the way of redemption. They had the game won inside twenty minutes against Toros, much as they had been dismantled against their regular opponents earlier in the season. By then, the pattern was clear enough.
Toros Neftekamsk's recent results tell a different story. They had beaten Орск 6-2 on 16 March before losing narrow encounters to Горняк and Челмет Челябинск. The 6-1 scoreline against Bars was perhaps the most decisive result they had produced in months.
The friendly concluded with the hosts in control of the tie, though there was nothing at stake beyond practice. Both sides will take from this what they can — Toros with confidence, Bars with more work to do.