Lada - Salavat Yulaev. Forecast and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Lada is in eighth place in the Eastern Conference and is fighting to secure a place in the playoff zone, but it is not doing so well. Apparently, this is why serious changes have recently taken place on the coaching bridge. Thus, Oleg Bratash left his post, and Pavel Zubov was appointed in his place. However, the club existence in the KHL is in great question, since financial problems have started again. Such a situation cannot but affect the morale of the hockey players, since it is incredibly difficult to play in such a tense environment.

Perhaps, among other things, because of this, Togliatti is currently on a series of four defeats and can’t pull themselves together. However, their opponents have been far from simple lately. Let us recall that on the road, Lada lost to CSKA (1:4) and Salavat Yulaev (1:3), and upon returning to the home court, it couldn’t cope with Magnitogorsk Metallurg (1:2 SO) and CSKA (1:4), while in all cases it couldn’t score more than one goal.

Overall, the "owls" have been showing mediocre performance throughout the season and usually rely on closed hockey, as well as a great game by Vladislav Pod'yapolkiy. Their worst performance is the second period, in which they act chaotically and have a 20:27 ratio of goals scored and goals conceded.

Disqualifications and injuries

Bikmullin, Chervonenko and Popugaev will not take part in the upcoming fight.

Interesting trends for betting

• Lada receives an average of 6.65 minutes of penalty time

Togliatti residents show good discipline and are rarely sent off more than three times per match

• According to statistics, the team allows 33 shots on its goal

Lada is often forced to act as second fiddle

Current form

Salavat Yulaev is third in the East and currently has 34 points. The team can soon lay claim to the second position in the standings, as it is literally a couple of points behind Avtomobilist. Moreover, it has been showing great results lately and has not lost in regulation time. Most recently, the Ufa team managed to put together an excellent series of three victories. They beat Torpedo (3:2 OT) on the road, and after a home victory over Lada, they dealt with Barys (4:1) with class. True, in the last meeting with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, they still lost with a score of 2:3, but again they did so outside the 60 minutes.

Let us emphasize that the "greens" have slightly restructured their game and have become more reliable in defense. On average, no more than two pucks end up in their net, even when they play away. They also manage to act disciplined in the minority, because it is no coincidence that today they are among the top eight clubs in this indicator and have 83% neutralization of the opponent majority.

The team top scorers are Chmielewski, Todd, Rempal and Livo, each of whom has earned more than 20 points in the goal + assist system. This quartet continues to terrorize the opposition defense and goalkeeper, while showing excellent execution of moments.

Disqualifications and injuries

Kuzmin will not take part in the upcoming fight due to injury

Interesting trends for betting

• Salavat has 28:20 in goals scored and conceded in the second period

Ufa players make great use of the open space and have a strong second period

• Salavat has 20.7% of the majority implementation

The Greens are converting every fifth attempt on average