Bars - Olimpia: betting tip for the VHL match
On January 17, Bars will host Olimpia from Kirovo-Chepetsk at their arena in Kazan. In the last match, the hosts failed to earn a single point and intend to improve their situation today with a weaker opponent. Bars plays more powerfully, but the visitors will fight hard and can give a gift. How will the confrontation end and what bets should be played? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Bars Kazan

Current form
At this stage, the Kazan club is very close to the top 16 teams, but has not yet managed to break into the top 16 teams in the league. In the last 10 matches, the team has won six victories, four of which were in regulation time. Alexander Stepanov team failed to beat Neftyanik in the Tatarstan derby in the last match on away ice. Throughout the match, the Kazan team fought on equal terms with their opponent from Almetyevsk and had many chances to score. However, in the middle of the third period, they missed the only goal in the match and lost - 0:1 in the end. The team defeated Chelny (3:2) the previous game, scoring two goals in the first and one in the third period. Since the beginning of the championship, Bars has suffered 22 defeats and conceded 125 goals, with 20 victories and 114 goals scored. After 42 games played, the team is in 19th place in the tournament table with 47 points and is only three points behind its TOP-16 rivals. The club from the capital of Tatarstan will make every effort to represent the republic in the knockout matches.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club scores three goals per game
- The team suffered only one defeat from its opponent.

Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk

Current form
This season, the team from Kirovo-Chepetsk is trying its hand at the VHL and at a new level for itself, it is not showing the best hockey, but it is giving a fight to more experienced and famous teams. The squad is much weaker than many other opponents, and the club is not yet ready to fight for high places. However, it is worth noting the sensational victories over Gornyak-UGMK (5:4), Yuzhny Ural (5:1) and Bars (2:0). The team has already suffered 30 defeats this season and conceded 142 goals, while winning a baker dozen and scoring only 95 goals. In the last game, Olimpia lost in another calendar confrontation to Norilsk (3:7), leading after the second period 3:2 in the score. The game before, Yuri Kultynov charges won over Krasnoyarsk Sokol (5:2). After 43 games, the club has 31 points and is in the penultimate line in the standings. Of course, in its first season in the VHL, the team is not aiming for the TOP-16, but it is quite worthy of resisting more powerful clubs.
Interesting trends for betting
- The club has won only two of its last eight games.
- On average, Olimpia scores two goals per game
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 2 of the last 3 meetings, the home team scored more than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.90Bet 3rd period: Barca victory
In 4 of the 5 recent matches, the visiting team lost in the third period
1.95Tip and bets
In this confrontation, the home team is the favorite. Bars has won six victories in the past 10 matches and intends to continue to show a brilliant game and please its audience with a positive result. The team from Kazan will use its ice, and we can assume that a more powerful team will allow it to win and will become a decisive factor in the match.
Prediction - Barca win with odds of 1.63
Bet on total
This pair is likely to see a closed game on counterattacks with a small number of scoring opportunities. The opponents don't score many goals, and they are not the best teams in the VHL in terms of goals scored. In the past four games, Bars has recorded a total under, and we believe that there will be no scoring extravaganza in the match.
Betting Tip - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.68
Bet on individual total
Bars has been doing well in the attack line since the start of the championship, and in the past three matches out of five the club has not scored less than three goals. We can assume that the home team will score more than three goals.
Betting Tip - Barca individual total more than three goals for 1.70