Lada - Avangard. Forecast and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Lada left the top eight in the East and currently occupies the ninth line in the conference table. The Togliatti team earned only 31 points in 33 starts and is gradually falling behind the leaders. The hosts have three games in hand, but Neftekhimik, which is in eighth place, has five points more than the Samara club. After a good end to the autumn, Pavel Zubov team suffered a crushing defeat to Metallurg on their home ice (0:4), and two days later they could not cope with the onslaught of Torpedo in Nizhny Novgorod (2:3). In the first period, the Nizhny Novgorod team scored three goals and Mikhail Fisenko team was only able to reduce the gap in the third 20-minute period.

The hosts have lost their reliability and have conceded seven goals in the previous two games. Now they will play even worse, because they had to give their main goalkeeper to Moscow Dynamo for monetary compensation. Aleksandr Trushkov will take the place of Vladislav Pod'yapolsky and will now be the first goalkeeper for Lada. The goalkeeper has played seven games this season and has blocked 92.05% of shots.

The Filiny score little and are only surpassed by Barys in this indicator. The Togliatti team scores only 2.06 goals per match on average, and the best scorer of the club from the Samara region is Nikita Popugaev, who scored only 13 points (9+4) according to the goal+pass system.

Disqualifications and injuries

Vladislav Chervonenko and Nikita Popugaev will not be able to help their team in the game against Avangard.

Interesting trends for betting

• Lada takes 27 shots on goal per game

The hosts don't shoot much, trying to concede as few goals as possible, so their attacking performance is quite modest.

• Togliatti earns 7.33 penalty minutes per match on average

The "Owls" are often sent off, but neutralize 82.7% of their opponents' attempts to convert the extra man.

Current form

Avangard is gradually gaining momentum and has already secured a good position among the eight best teams in the East. The club from Omsk Oblast has 36 points after 35 games. After the change of coach to Guy Boucher and the dismissal of Sergei Zvyagin, the visitors' results have become much better. The Hawks have won four games in a row and have seriously improved their position in the conference table. After victories over Sochi (6:0) and Avtomobilist (4:2) at home, Damir Sharipzyanov team took points in Novosibirsk (5:3) and Nizhnekamsk (4:3, OT). The Omsk team was down two goals at the start of the second period, but turned the tide of the game and achieved success in overtime.

The Siberians have improved in terms of realizing their chances and have scored 18 goals in the previous four matches. Damir Sharipzyanova is the guest team leader in terms of points (4+22). He is two points ahead of Reed Boucher, who finishes the Omsk club attacks more often than others (14+10).

In the previous five games, Avangard has conceded 12 times, which is not a very weak result. The Hawks recently signed Nikita Serebryakov, who has fit in well with the new team. The goalie has blocked 92.12% of shots in his possession, but has not yet had a single shutout.

Disqualifications and injuries

Sergey Boykov, Alex Grant and Daniil Stepanov will not come to Tolyatti.

Interesting trends for betting

• Avangard shoots 27 times per game on average

The visitors are not very active in attack and do not make many shots at the opponents' goal.

• Omsk wins 50.5% of faceoffs

Siberian centers have won more than half of their faceoffs this season.