SKA-1946 secured a 2-0 victory over Avto in a club friendly on 19 August 2026. The match took place in the early hours of the morning, starting at 07:00 local time. It was a straightforward result for the visiting side, who came away with all three points.
SKA-1946 have had a mixed run of recent results. They lost 5-1 to Irbis on 18 August, then bounced back with a 3-1 win over Reaktor two days later. Their form has been unpredictable — a 3-4 defeat to Chaika followed by a 3-1 victory against Sputnik Almetyevsk. They opened this window with a 3-4 loss to SKA-Academy.
Avto's recent matches tell a different story entirely. They started with a 3-0 win over Krasnaya Armiya on 6 August, then added a 2-1 victory against Irbis. A 7-1 thrashing of Sputnik Almetyevsk followed, but then came two heavy defeats — 2-3 to Reaktor and 2-5 to Chaika. They dug in against Irbis previously but were left flat-footed in these two losses.
And here's the thing — friendlies like these rarely reveal much about a team's true character. The scoreline suggests SKA-1946 were sharper in front of goal, but neither side showed anything definitive. By then, both teams had already played five matches in this preparation window.
The result puts SKA-1946 one step ahead in this particular fixture. Avto will need to look at those two defeats — the 2-3 and 2-5 results — and work out where things went wrong. The friendly is over, but the preparation continues.