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Dynamo Moscow vs. Sochi: KHL match betting tip
Dynamo and Sochi recently played two matches in the south of Russia. On January 17, the teams will once again settle the score, but this time in the capital. The Muscovites have gained excellent form and have not lost a single match in the new year. Sergei Zubov charges are currently in the last line of the conference and are unlikely to get out of the basement of the table with their current level of play. Do the leopards have a chance? This is in the betting tip for the confrontation
Command Analysis
HC Dynamo Moscow
Russian FederationCurrent form
The Dynamo players have started the new calendar year very strongly and have risen to the second line in the conference, having bypassed all key competitors. The capital club has 59 points after 45 starts and the white-blues clearly do not intend to slow down. On their tail is CSKA, which has played one match less and in addition to it, four more teams are within four points. The Dynamo players played a great away series at the start of 2025, and after returning home they won a beautiful, strong-willed victory over SKA (5:4). Two days later, the Muscovites celebrated success in a match against Severstal (3:2). The hosts quickly took the lead, but they managed to decide the outcome of the match only in the last five minutes of regular time.
Nikita Gusev scored only one point in the three previous games, but this did not prevent the team from winning. The forward and captain of Dynamo is still in the top five scorers of the league with 43 points (16+27) in the goal+pass system. In addition to him, Maxime Comtois and Jordan Weale can be singled out. The legionnaires earned 34 and 31 points respectively.
Vladislav Pod'yapolkiy became the new main goalkeeper of the visitors after transferring from Lada. The goalkeeper played two games for the new club at the end of the year and was unable to help his partners win, so at the beginning of the new calendar year, Maxim Motorygin appeared in the Muscovites' goal again. In the three previous starts, it was Pod'yapolkiy who defended the hosts' goal and has already managed to register his first shutout.
Disqualifications and injuries
All the hosts' leaders will play against Sochi.
Interesting trends for betting
- Dynamo has a 22.1% power play percentage
The blue-and-whites, on average, convert every fifth power play attempt.
- Dynamo gets 7.56 minutes of penalty time
Guests are usually sent off at least four times per match.
HC Sochi
Russian FederationCurrent form
Sochi remains the main outsider of the Western Conference and will definitely not be able to improve its position in the near future. And before the end of the regular championship, it will be very difficult for the team to reduce the gap to Vityaz, since at the moment it is nine points behind it and still shows rather weak results. Let us recall that not long ago Sochi faced a series of four defeats. Fortunately, after two unsuccessful matches against Dynamo (1:5 and 0:2), Sochi beat Amur (5:2). The current away tour for Sergei Zubov team began with defeats in Magnitogorsk (2:4) and Balashikha (1:2, OT).
The Southerners have looked rather lackluster in attack throughout the regular season, scoring only 2.3 goals per game. In their last five games, they have scored only eight accurate shots, five of which were made against Amur in their only winning game of the year so far. Artur Tyanulin stands out in the visiting team, earning 34 points (9+25) in the goal+pass system.
Let us emphasize that Sochi continues to demonstrate a weak game in defense and today remains one of the most conceding clubs in the championship. On average, the puck ends up in the goal of the southerners 3.23 times per game. The most unsuccessful in their performance is the starting game segment, in which they have a ratio of 26:52 in goals scored and conceded.
Disqualifications and injuries
Amir Garayev and Timur Khafizov will not help their partners in the next match.
Interesting trends for betting
- Sochi receives an average of 8.07 penalty minutes per match
According to statistics, Sochi players are sent off at least four times per game.
- The Leopards allow an average of 33 shots on goal
Sochi plays second fiddle and allows a lot of shots to be taken on their goal.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In six out of eight matches involving Sochi, the first period was productive
1.83Bet 3rd period: Dynamo will score
Sochi has conceded in the third period in three of its last four games
1.28Tip and bets
It would be an unaffordable luxury for Dynamo to lose points in a game against the weakest team in the conference. Since the beginning of the new year, Alexey Kudashov charges have improved their scoring and have won five times in a row in January. Nikita Gusev team is fighting for the second place in the West and really needs points. Sochi only occasionally clings to the result and is already just playing out another disastrous season. Not long ago, the Muscovites easily dealt with the Leopards twice in the south of the country. We think that this time the white-blues will succeed. We offer a bet on the first team to win with a minus handicap.
Betting Tip - Dynamo win with Asian handicap (-1.5) for 1.70
Bet on individual total
Sochi plays very poorly in defense, although in three previous games out of four they did not allow more than two goals per meeting. Dynamo is now on top and with the support of their home stands, the Muscovites should put on a show and please their fans with an abundance of goals scored. In two games on the Bolshoi ice, Alexei Kudashov charges have scored seven accurate shots. We believe that at home they will beat the southerners at least four times.
We bet on Dynamo individual total over 3.5 goals with odds of 1.80
Total Bet
Meetings involving teams are usually productive. In four previous matches out of five, at least six goals were scored between the teams, and now there is everything for a productive outcome of the confrontation. Dynamo was good in attack throughout January, but Sochi scored its moments, but constantly failed in defense. We believe in at least six goals.
We take the total over 5.5 pucks for 1.92
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