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Kunlun - Amur: betting tip for the KHL match
On January 7, Mytishchi will host a meeting of two KHL outsiders. Kunlun has formally returned to the fight for a place in the playoffs in the West, while Amur is trying to climb out of the last place in the East. The teams met each other at the very beginning of the season, and then the Chinese beat the tigers in Khabarovsk with some difficulty. Now the cats will try to take revenge in the Moscow region. Will Viktor Kostyuchenko's charges succeed? Let's try to figure out the betting tip for the confrontation
Command Analysis
HC Red Star Kunlun
ChinaCurrent form
Kunlun hardly has a real chance of getting into the playoffs after such a weak start to the season. Mikhail Kravets' team is only in tenth place in the West and has a modest 38 points after 41 matches. The Chinese team improved somewhat at the end of autumn and had a series of four victories, and now the hosts have the same four victories in a row. Before the break, the club from Beijing played six matches on their home court, but was able to win only against Sochi (5:3). After the break, the Dragons lost to CSKA in the capital (2:3), and after returning to the Moscow region, they beat Astana's Barys dry (2:0), and then sensationally beat Spartak (4:2) and Torpedo (4:3, OT). In the first game of 2025, Shuai Fu's team won a strong-willed victory over Vityaz, coming back twice during the meeting (3:2, OT).
The Chinese team remains the worst in the league in terms of defensive numbers. On average, the Chinese allow 3.46 goals per game, while at home this figure is even worse - 3.73 per game. Jeremy Smith remains the undisputed number one goalie of the team. The goalie has stopped 91.25% of shots and made three shutouts this season, having spent 28 games on the ice. Kyle Keiser has been on the ice quite often lately, but it is unlikely that he will be able to displace the Chinese from the main lineup, especially against the background of past games.
Tomáš Jurčo has been Kunlun's top scorer throughout the regular season. The Slovakian forward has scored 24 goals (8+16) and is 61st on the KHL's list of goal scorers. Spencer Fu has scored three points less (11+10) and is also among the league's top 100 offensive players.
Disqualifications and injuries
Semyon Sinyatkin was injured and will not play against the Tigers.
Interesting trends for betting
- According to statistics, Kunlun allows at least 34 shots on their goal
Red Star usually don't play the best defense and don't have time to block shots.
- Kunlun gets 7.63 minutes of penalty time
A team is usually sent off more than three times per match.
Amur Khabarovsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Amur is at the bottom of the Eastern Conference table, with only 23 points after 42 starts. The team from Khabarovsk has the same number of points as Barys and may overtake its competitors in the very near future. It is unlikely that Viktor Kostyuchenko's charges will really fight for the playoffs. They are 16 points behind Sibir, which is in eighth place. The visitors have won only three games since the beginning of winter. At the end of December, they sensationally won against the Snowflakes in Novosibirsk (5:1), but then lost twice to Salavat Yulaev (0:3 and 4:5, OT). After losing to the same Sibir in the Far East, Evgeny Grachev's team went on a new away tour. The Cats won in Chelyabinsk (3:2, OT), but a day later were defeated in Magnitogorsk (2:3).
Khabarovsk players weren't that bad offensively at the end of last year, and had 11 accurate shots in their previous five games. However, they often lack offensive sharpness, and Alex Galchenyuk can't decide the outcome of a match on his own in every game. The former NHL forward had 27 scoring actions (16+11) in the goal+pass system.
Problems in the goaltending line have been haunting Amur throughout the regular season. The Far Easterners have been conceding more goals than anyone else in the conference, and in the last five games the red light behind the Tigers' goal has been lit 17 times. Damir Shaimardanov got a chance to prove himself. The young goaltender has blocked 91.39% of shots and has not made a single shutout in eight games.
Disqualifications and injuries
Ivan Mishchenko will not come with the team to Mytishchi.
Interesting trends for betting
- Amur wins 50.3% of faceoffs
The visitors look good on the spot and often win in this important aspect.
- Cats throw 33 times per game on average
The guests try to throw as much as possible and this brings the desired result.
Trends
Bet 1st period: Amur will not lose
Amur has not lost to Kunlun in the first period for eight games in a row
1.42Bet 3rd period: “Amur” will score
Khabarovsk scored in the third period in three out of four games
1.52Tip and bets
Kunlun have won four games in a row, but that doesn't mean the Chinese streak will last forever. Mikhail Kravets' men had a hard time beating Vityaz and narrowly escaped defeat in Nizhny Novgorod, allowing 49 shots on their own. Amur is gradually coming to its senses. Evgeny Grachev's team has scored points in two out of four games, with the Tigers earning points in Ufa and Chelyabinsk. The Dragons had a tough win in Khabarovsk, but we think the Cats will get revenge in the Moscow region. We suggest betting on the second team to win, taking into account overtime and a shootout.
Prediction - Amur wins the match for 2.05
Bet on individual total
Kunlun is very weak in defense, especially in the Moscow region. The Dragons concede four times per game at the Mytishchi Arena and cannot withstand the pressure of their opponents. Amur can hardly be called a productive team, but the visitors have someone to score and it is not for nothing that Alex Galchenyuk is considered one of the strongest forwards in the league. We believe that the Tigers will score at least three goals.
We bet on Amur's individual total over 2.5 goals for 1.85
Total Bet
The match between the rivals at the beginning of the season was not very productive, but games in the Far East are rarely spectacular. In Mytishchi, there is often a celebration. The stars act uncertainly in defense and make a lot of mistakes. We think that the guests will take advantage of their chances, but they will also concede. Let's play a bet on the total over goals.
We take the total over 5.5 pucks with a coefficient of 1.90
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