LiontipsKunlun - Admiral. Betting Tip and bets on the KHL match
Command Analysis
Current form
Kunlun has seriously renewed its roster in the off-season and this has already borne fruit. Together with the new head coach Mikhail Kravets, the Beijing team sensationally beat Moscow Dynamo in the Russian capital. For the visitors, this victory was historic; previously, the "star " had never beaten the "white-blues " away in regular time.
Shuai Fu's team tried to score from the first seconds of the game against the "Dynamics " , but eventually conceded eight seconds before the first break. "Red Star " continued to be eliminated in the second third of the match, but Colin Campbell equalized the score, running into the attack while short-handed. Even before the end of the second period, the visitors took the lead, the once promising Nail Yakubov scored his first goal for the new team. The Chinese club played well in defense in the third period of the match, and Zhang Fu finished off the opponent with a goal into an empty net.
Interesting trends for betting
- Jeremy Smith stopped 30 of 31 shots on goal to star in the first game of the season
The Chinese goalie was impenetrable, making 30 saves and saving 96.8 percent of the shots.
- The visitors were often sent off themselves and were never able to take advantage of their opponents' fouls.
"Red Star " never scored a single goal in the majority, but punished the opponent with a puck in a 4-on-5 situation.
Estimated composition
Smith, Volkov, Chelios, Clendening, McCoshen, Merkley, Wood, Lefebvre, Fu D., Campbell, Fu S., Wilkie, Chartier, Yurcho, Yakupov, Graovac, Halbgevaks, Yelynyuk, Lockhart, Wong
Current form
"Sailors " start the new season with three games in central Russia. In the first match, Leonid Tambiev's team once again scored points away from home against Balashikha's "Vityaz " (3:2).
"Admiral " put more pressure on the opponent's goal and in the 16th minute Daniil Gutik scored the first goal for the Far Easterners. The visitors did not plan to lose momentum and in the second period Libor Sulak and Jack Rodwald made the score 3:0 in favor of the team from Vladivostok. The team from the easternmost city of Russia slowed down and immediately missed a return goal. Despite the fact that in the second period the "heroes " reduced the gap to a minimum, in the third period the stands did not see any goals scored.
Interesting trends for betting
- Admiral had 33 shots in the season opener and won by shots in each of the three periods.
Leonid Tambiev's team constantly put pressure on Dmitry Shikin's goal and made 9.09% of their shots.
- The Mariners won the faceoff 36-25
The Far Easterners showed great performance on the point and won 59.02% of faceoffs in Balashikha.
Estimated composition
Demchenko, Konovalov, Ruchkin, Solyannikov, Shulak, Grman, Nurgaliev, Metalnikov, Gutik, Shen, Starkov, Zavgorodniy, Rodvald, Fiore, Shmelev, Shestakov, Petukhov, Muranov, Anohovsky
Trends
Bet 2nd period: total under 1.5 goals
In three of the previous five matches, the teams did not score more than one goal in the second period
1.88Bet 2nd period: Kunlun win with Asian handicap (0)
Kunlun have won in the second period in four of the last five matches between the teams .
1.75Tip and bets
Together with the new head coach , Kunlun plays quite briskly, despite the fact that the Chinese still have problems playing defense. Admiral showed itself well in Balashikha, but still, in terms of the recruitment of players, the hosts look preferable. Red Star plays well at home against the Far Easterners and has lost only one match to them since 2019. We believe that it would be most appropriate to take the victory of Mikhail Kravets' team, insuring themselves with a zero handicap.
Our prediction is a victory for Kunlun with an Asian handicap (0) for 1.75
Bet on total
The matches between these teams have not been very productive in recent years. Only once in the last five head-to-head matches were at least five goals scored. Both teams played low-scoring games at the start of the season. We don't expect more than five accurate hits here.
Betting Tip - total under 5 goals for 1.68
Bet on the outcome of the second period
Kunlun plays well in the second periods. The Chinese won the match against Dynamo thanks to strong hockey in the second 20 minutes. Historically , Red Star always manages to play well in the second period against the Sailors. Admiral, although it scored two goals against Vityaz , failed and almost lost the entire lead in the range from the 30th to the 40th minute.
Betting Tip - Kunlun win in the second period with Asian handicap (0) for 1.75
