Liontips“Magnitka” – “Bars”: forecast for the VHL match
On December 7, Magnitka will host Kazan Bars at its arena in Magnitogorsk. The hosts are on a series of two home victories in a row and are not going to give up and lose today. Kazan also looks good, but it will be tough in Magnitogorsk. How will the match end and what bets should you play? The answer is in our forecast
Match announcement
Magnitka Magnitogorsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Magnitka was founded in 2024 and is a minor club of Magnitogorsk Metallurg, which plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. The club played its first match in its history on August 2, in which it fought in a friendly match with the KHL club Minsk Dynamo. The match ended with a victory for Magnitogorsk with a score of 10:4. This season, the team plays in the VHL championship. Ravil Gustamov has been appointed head coach, who and his team look worthy in matches with a more experienced team and intends to fight for a spot in the playoffs. The team is playing great in its first season, and has won two games in a row. In these matches, the team beat Neftyanik on home ice (4:1), scoring in equal numbers, in the minority, the majority and into an empty net. In the previous match, Magnitogorsk left no chance for Chelny (6:3), scoring four goals in the first period. The club has an excellent selection of young players and is currently in 25th place in the tournament table with 30 points, lagging behind the TOP-16 by eight points, which will be very difficult to win back.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club has scored 2.5 goals per game since the start of the season
- The team has won in the first period in three games in a row
Bars Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
The Kazan club can count the last game period as a success. The team shows meaningful hockey, fights at the proper level and has won four victories in seven past matches. However, in the last confrontation, the Kazan team was unable to hit the opponent goal. Alexander Stepanov team played in Verkhnyaya Pyshma against Gornyak-UGMK, suffered a crushing defeat 0:5 in the end. The Kazan team missed one puck in the first period and two in the remaining two 20-minute periods. The team beat Chelmet (3:2) in Chelyabinsk the previous game, losing after the second half (0:2). Since the beginning of the championship, Bars has won 14 victories and scored 83 pucks, with 16 defeats and 92 goals conceded. After 30 games played, the team is in 20th place in the tournament table with 34 points and is only four points behind its TOP-16 rivals, which can easily be won back if you do not make ridiculous mistakes, especially in matches with weaker opponents.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club concedes three goals per game
- The team has not lost in regulation time in seven of the last 10 games
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 3 of the last 5 meetings, the home team scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period.
1.75Bet 2nd period: victory of Magnitogorsk
In 3 of the 5 recent matches, the home team won in the second period
2.55Tip and bets
The hosts are the favorites in this match. Magnitka has won two previous home games and today the team intends to take advantage of the opponent bad mood. The team from Magnitogorsk has a more powerful lineup, and we can assume that this will be the decisive factor in the match.
Forecast: victory of Magnitka with odds of 2.15
Bet on total
This pair is expected to play under the dictation of the hosts with a large number of scoring opportunities. The opponents have been throwing in a lot of pucks since the beginning of the season, and we believe that the goal extravaganza will take place, as in three of the five past matches of the team from Kazan.
Forecast - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 2.15
Bet on individual total
"Magnitka" scored 19 goals in the last five games and today intends to show a confident game in attack. We can assume that the hosts will score more than two goals.
Forecast - individual total of "Magnitka" more than 2.5 goals for 1.80
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