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"Ak Bars" - "Lada": forecast for the KHL match
In Kazan on January 3, Ak Bars will play against guests from Tolyatti. Anvar Gatiyatullin charges finished the calendar year in third place in the conference, but they can improve their position and join the fight for leadership in the East. Lada does not intend to give up and is ready to continue trying to return to the playoff zone. In September, the teams played an extremely productive match in the Samara region. What will this match be like? Read our forecast
Command Analysis
Ak Bars Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
Ak Bars is in third place in the conference table and continues to fight for leadership in the East. The club from the Republic of Tatarstan has scored 50 points in 38 games and can rise to second place in the very near future. Anvar Gatiyatullin charges alternated victories and defeats in the second half of December. The Bars won a beautiful comeback victory in Moscow over Dynamo (6:5), but were unable to beat the Zubrs in Minsk (1:5). Returning home, Dmitry Yashkin team crushed Traktor, approaching the Chelyabinsk team positions in the table (4:0). The hosts led twice in the game against Severstal, but were unable to end the calendar year with a victory (2:3).
Kazan did not always act confidently in the front and scored only 14 accurate shots in the last five matches, twice scoring only once against Minsk Dynamo. Artem Galimov regained the lead in the list of the club top scorers (17+15), but Alexander Barabanov is only one point behind (13+18).
Amir Miftakhov has displaced Timur Bilyalov and is now the Cats' number one goalie. This season, the goalie has one of the best shot-stopping percentages - 94.94%. He has played 20 games and has not let in a single goal four times.
Disqualifications and injuries
Mitch Miller and Egor Babenko will not be able to play in the upcoming match due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Ak Bars gets 6.68 minutes of penalty time
Kazan players are usually sent off at least three times per match
- Ak Bars has 45:30 in goals scored and conceded in the third period
Kazan players play powerfully in the final twenty minutes and often score goals in it
Lada Togliatti
Russian FederationCurrent form
Lada does not intend to give up and continues to fight for a place in the playoffs. Currently, the team from Tolyatti is in tenth place in the conference table with 35 points after 37 games. Mikhail Fisenko team is two points behind Sibir, which holds the last slot in the playoff zone in the East. The Filiny had a very bright end to last year, but lost four of the previous six games. After losing to Sochi at home (3:4), the team led by Pavel Zubov lost in a shootout in Omsk (6:7), but a day later they were stronger than Avtomobilist in Yekaterinburg (3:2, B). The guests showed character and finished off the Urals team in a shootout.
Aleksandr Trushkov became Lada main goalkeeper after Vladislav Pod'yapolkiy left. The goalkeeper has played only 11 games this season and has blocked 90.81% of shots into his possession. Lately, the Togliatti defense has been like a sieve and has missed 19 goals in the last five games.
The Samara team made great use of their chances in the second half of December and scored 15 accurate shots in the last four games. The Filiny team scored at least three goals in three games out of four, and three attackers share the role of the guests' top scorer. Dmitry Kugryshev, Arkhip Nekolenko and Nikita Mikhailov have scored 15 points each in this regular season.
Disqualifications and injuries
Vladislav Chervonenko and Nikita Popugaev will not help their partners in Kazan.
Interesting trends for betting
- Lada has a 37:20 ratio of goals scored and goals conceded in the second period
The Togliatti team plays powerfully in the second twenty minutes and often scores goals in it.
- Lada averages 33 shots on target
The team is one of the most "shooting" in the league at the moment
Trends
Bet 2nd period: total over 1.5 goals
In the last four matches involving Lada, at least two goals were scored in the second period
1.80Bet 3rd period: Ak Bars will score
Kazan scored in the third period in four previous games
1.40Tip and bets
Ak Bars cannot stop, because the team from Kazan is very close to the positions of Traktor and Salavat Yulaev and may well become the conference leader in the near future. Anvar Gatiyatullin charges always play very well on home ice and score a large number of points at Tatneft Arena. Lada played the last matches of the year effectively, but the visitors have seriously slowed down in terms of reliability, although they converted their chances well. We think that the Bars will win the second meeting between the teams.
Prediction - Ak Bars win for 1.63
Bet on individual total
Ak Bars is always good in attack in Kazan and should not have big problems in the game against Togliatti. Lada has missed a lot since Vladislav Pod'yapolsky left, and Aleksandr Trushkov has not yet helped his partners to the extent necessary. In September, the "cats" scored four goals against the "owls". We think that now they will be enough for at least three accurate shots.
We bet on Ak Bars individual total over 2.5 goals with odds of 1.55
Total Bet
The meeting between the teams at the end of September was bright and gave the stands seven goals scored, although it started with only one goal in the first period. Now Lada has seriously weakened in defense, but it creates scoring chances well. We believe that the hockey players will be able to score at least five goals between them. Let play a bet on the total over.
We take the total over 4.5 goals for 1.73
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