LiontipsMetallurg Magnitogorsk - Salavat Yulaev. Betting Tip and bets on the KHL match
Command Analysis
Current form
Metallurg currently ranks 11th in the East and has only four points. The team has shown very weak results at the start of the season due to the fact that it is forced to play with a suboptimal lineup and suffers from injuries to key players. Let us recall that the Foxes completely failed their away series of matches and lost to Neftekhimik (2:3), Ak Bars (0:2) and Severstal (2:5). Fortunately, upon returning to their home arena, they still took revenge on the Nizhnekamsk team and won a tough fight with a score of 1:0 in a shootout.
In that match, Daniil Vovchenko and Danila Yurov appeared on the ice, but the forwards were unable to score, although each of them spent more than 17 minutes on the ice. However, this victory was very important for Magnitogorsk in psychological terms, because they had a huge burden on their shoulders. Andrei Razin, the head coach of the club, also noted that after the return of the main forwards to the team, "the potential of the team has changed."
Disqualifications and injuries
Minulin and Zernov will not participate in the upcoming fight due to injury
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the Foxes score no more than two goals per match
Magnitogorsk still has big problems with converting chances and usually fails to open up the opponent's defense three times
- Metallurg has a 4:9 record in goals scored/missed in the second period
With the far benches, the Foxes play rather weakly and constantly fail in defense, which is why they have poor statistics in the second period.
Current form
Salavat Yulaev is one of the leaders of the Eastern Conference and currently occupies third place in the table. The team currently has only one defeat. Let us recall that it played poorly in the match with Traktor (1:6), but after that it dealt with Avangard (4:2) and made a stunning comeback on the road against Lokomotiv, winning with a score of 3:2 in overtime. In the match with the Yaroslavl team, the Ufa team made great use of the numerical advantage and scored two goals in the 5x4 format.
Overall, Viktor Kozlov's team demonstrates decent performance and usually scores at least three goals. The team's top scorers are Josh Livo and Alexander Sharov, who earned eight and six points on the goal+pass system, respectively. Overall, this year Salavat has everything it needs to fight for the first position in the East, especially considering that many clubs are still in poor shape.
Disqualifications and injuries
Gleb Kuzmin will not take part in this match due to injury
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, Salavat scores at least three goals per match
Ufa play well in attack and have no injuries among key forwards, so they score quite a lot
- Salavat averages 20 power moves per game
The "Greens" act quite harshly towards their opponents and often take the puck away using forceful moves.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In the three previous matches between the clubs, the first period was productive
2.00Bet 3rd period: Ufa will score
In three out of four matches, the visitors scored in the third period
1.57Tip and bets
In our opinion, Salavat should earn two points in this match. Ufa showed great performance before this match and looked strong against many opponents. In addition, they should have been very energized by the strong-willed victory over Lokomotiv in the last match. Metallurg is still far from optimal form, even considering that Vovchenko and Yurov returned to the team. Ufa shows a strong game in attack and in this aspect they are superior to their counterpart so far. Based on this, we suggest betting on the success of the guests with a handicap.
Betting Tip - Salavat victory with a handicap (0) for 2.00
Bet on individual total
In none of the last five matches has Metallurg scored more than two goals. In the two previous matches, Salavat managed with two or fewer goals conceded. Incidentally, in three of the five face-to-face matches against the Foxes, the visitors also conceded no more than two times. It is quite possible that in the upcoming confrontation, the Greens will show an extremely reliable game in defense.
We bet on Metallurg's individual total under 2.5 goals with odds of 1.95
Total Bet
Most of the matches involving Metallurg were played with a minimum number of goals. Incidentally, the clubs met twice during pre-season training at friendly tournaments, and then the matches also ended with fewer than six goals scored. Moreover, Magnitogorsk still plays rather mediocre in attack and scores little.
We take the total under 5.5 pucks with a coefficient of 1.72
