My Lord, Krishna knew it before hand, in his mind that the heroic Satyaki would be defeated by Yupaketu (i.e., Bhurisrava).
पूर्वमेव हि कृष्णस्य मनोगतमिदं प्रभो। विजेतव्यो यथा वीरः सात्यकिः सौमदत्तिना॥