Siberia - SKA. Forecast and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Sibir is in ninth place in the Eastern Conference and has 22 points. The team had a great start to the season and pleased fans with their results for a long period of time. The club was in the top three in the East and was only getting better, but now it is in poor shape. The Novosibirsk team faced a series of five defeats, after which they dealt with Magnitogorsk Metallurg (4:3) in a tough fight, making an incredible comeback in the third period, but lost to Salavat Yulaev on their home court with a score of 2:3 in a shootout, although they had every chance of a favorable outcome. In the previous meeting, Vadim Epanchintsev team was no longer able to cope with the onslaught of the Foxes (1:4) and were losing by three goals by the middle of the match.

The Snowmen are terrible on offense and have only made ten accurate shots in their last five games. The hosts' top scorer is still Trevor Murphy, who has 21 points (4+17). At the same time, the Canadian defenseman has only earned one point in his last six starts. The Snowmen captain and leading scorer Sergei Shirokov is not capable of winning games on his own.

Denis Kostin became the club main goalie amid the weak play of Anton Krasotkin. The 29-year-old goalie of Sibir reflected 91.61% of shots on his goal, but made one shutout in 12 games. For now, the second number is young Vladimir Tabachnikov, who has never stepped on the ice in the KHL and is trying his hand at Kurgan Zauralye.

Disqualifications and injuries

Egor Martynov will not take part in the upcoming fight due to injury.

Interesting trends for betting

• On average, Sibir takes 26 shots on target per match

Novosibirsk residents spend a lot of time in their own zone and act as second number

• According to statistics, the "snowmen" receive 6.52 minutes of penalty time

"Sibir" has pretty good discipline and is rarely sent off more than three times

Current form

SKA was one of the best teams in October and won seven games in a row, but now the Army Men are in very bad shape. Alexander Nikishin team has fallen to third place in the conference, with 32 points after 26 games played. After an unpleasant defeat at the end of last month from Lokomotiv (2:3), the Army Men have scored only one point. Roman Rotenberg charges looked poor in Ufa (2:4) and Mytishchi (1:2, OT), lost at home to Sochi (2:5), and in the last match they lost to Omsk (1:2). The visitors looked poor in attack in the match against Avangard and were able to beat Pavel Khomchenko only once.

The Army Club has failed to capitalize on a huge number of opportunities in early November and has scored only eight goals in its last five starts. During this period, SKA has never scored more than twice, and the team top scorers are silent. Arseniy Gritsyuk is seventh on the list of the league top scorers with 22 points (8+14) in the goal+pass system. For four games in a row, the young forward has been unable to help his teammates score.

Egor Zavragin has firmly established himself as the Army Men number one. The goalie lets in 2.53 goals per 60 minutes and reflects 91.46% of shots on goal. The goalie has only made one shutout in 11 games, but the visiting coaching staff continues to trust him.

Disqualifications and injuries

Artem Zemchenok was injured in early September and is still undergoing treatment.

Interesting trends for betting

• On average, SKA takes 34 shots on goal

The "army men" spend most of their time on the attack and make life difficult for the opposing goalkeeper

• The Red-Blues receive 8.23 minutes of penalty time

Under Roman Rotenberg, the team does not always play with discipline and often breaks the rules in simple situations