Toros - Sokol: betting tip for the VHL match
On January 16, Toros will host Sokol from Krasnoyarsk in Neftekamsk. The opponents have the opportunity to show a great game in today confrontation, but Toros intends to rehabilitate themselves before their fans for the past home defeat. The guests look weaker, but they are capable of putting up resistance. How will the match end and what bets in the match will play? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Toros Neftekamsk

Current form
This season, Toros' game is not going well at all, and they have not been able to get close to the top 16 yet. Evgeny Fedorov charges lack skill in the final stages, and they also need to restore order in defense - 127 goals have been conceded. In the last home match, the team lost to Novokuznetsk Metallurg. The match was held under the dictation of the club from Novokuznetsk, and the Neftekamsk team fought with the opponent on equal terms in the first two periods. However, in the third 20 minutes, they conceded three goals and suffered a 1:5 defeat in the end. The team beat Barnaul Dynamo-Altai (2:1) in the previous game, where they were able to realize the scoring chances created, and the developed game plan was executed 100%. The club occupies 24th place in the tournament table, but intends to fight for a place in the playoffs, although, most likely, in this championship they will be left without knockout matches. The team earned 42 points, won 20 games with 21 losses, and is eight points behind the TOP-16, which will be very difficult to win back.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the team concedes three goals per game.
- The club has not lost to its opponent in two home matches in a row

Sokol Krasnoyarsk

Current form
The current VHL championship is going badly for the Krasnoyarsk club, and the team will most likely be left without knockout matches and will not make a sensation by getting into the playoff zone at the very end of the championship for the second year in a row. Let us recall that last season it was Sokol that closed the TOP-16 at the very last moment. The birds look weak, the defense is a complete mess, and in the final stage the game is not going at all. In the 41 last games, the club won a devil dozen victories, and in the last three matches in a row it has lost. Sokol played the last match on the opponent ice and suffered a defeat from Izhstal (2:3 SO), which was the 28th defeat for the team this season. Also, the Krasnoyarsk team lost the previous match with a score of 1:5 to Perm Molot, not putting up any resistance to the opponent in any of the periods. At this stage, the team is in a modest 30th place in the tournament table and has 34 points to its credit, ahead of the last Unison by only four points, but the top 16 in this championship is not reached.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the team concedes three goals per game
- The team has lost its last five away matches
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 2 of the last 3 meetings, the visitors scored more than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.95Bet 3rd period: Toros victory
In 2 of the 3 recent matches, Neftekamsk won in the third period
2.13Tip and bets
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the home team. Games with their opponents are going well, and in the last match on home ice Toros beat their opponent from Krasnoyarsk. Neftekamsk will go out on the ice motivated only for victory after the home loss to Metallurg, they will use their experience and confidently win.
Prediction - Toros win with odds of 1.85
Bet on total
The home team prefers an attacking style of play, and the last three head-to-head matches in the VHL out of four opponents were distinguished by their high scoring. In these games, at least five goals were scored, and we believe that a goal-scoring extravaganza will take place.
Betting Tip - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 1.92
Bet on individual total
Sokol has problems with goals scored. In the last three matches the team has scored only five goals, and we expect that today the visitors will score no more than two goals.
Betting Tip - Sokol individual total is less than two goals for 2.20