Sokol - Ryazan betting tip for the VHL match
On January 22, Sokol will host Ryazan at the Platinum Arena in Krasnoyarsk. The season is going well for the visitors, and the battle for the TOP-16 is in full swing. But the hosts have not been shining with results from the start and are trudging along in the basement of the tournament table. It will not be easy for both clubs, and we will see how the confrontation ends and what bets to play

Command Analysis

Sokol Krasnoyarsk

Current form
The current VHL championship is not going as the management wanted for the Krasnoyarsk club, and the birds will not be able to get close to the playoff zone and will miss the Petrov Cup. Sokol has not looked its best in recent games, the defense is a complete mess, and in the final stage the game is not going at all. The club has suffered losses in the last five games, but plays on equal terms with its opponent. Sokol played the last match on home ice and lost to Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo-Gorky (2:5), conceding three unanswered goals in the third period. And luck did not smile on the Krasnoyarsk team in the previous match, as they were unable to beat Toros (1:4). At this stage, the team is in an unusual 31st place in the tournament table and has 34 points in the asset, lagging behind the opponents from the playoff zone by as much as 16 points, which is unrealistic to win back. Lev Berdychevsky team has suffered 30 defeats since the start of the championship and has conceded 136 goals.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the team scores 2.3 goals per game
- In the last six head-to-head matches, the team has beaten its opponent five times

Ryazan

Current form
The Ryazan club cannot put the results of the past season on the list of its assets, as it failed to make it to the Petrov Cup playoffs and took a place in the second twenty. The team did a lot of work in the off-season, rotated its roster and intends to fight for the highest places. The team under the leadership of Anatoly Fedotov shows brilliant results in the regular VHL championship and there is no doubt about it. The club faces the task of reaching the Petrov Cup playoffs. The team has been fighting at the proper level since the start of the championship and occupies the seventh line in the standings, lagging behind the top three by six points, and has played one game less than third-placed Torpedo-Gorky, but the ones catching up have come close and are not lagging behind. In the last game, the Ryazan team suffered a defeat from Novokuznetsk Metallurg (1:2), and the game before that they lost in Barnaul to Dynamo-Altai (2:5). It is worth noting that the team has suffered six defeats in eight previous matches, but today they intend to get on the nerves of the club from Krasnoyarsk.
Interesting trends for betting
- The club concedes an average of two goals per game
- The team has not lost in the first period in the last five games.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 4 of the last 5 meetings, the visitors scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period.
1.75Bet 2nd period: draw
In 3 of the 5 previous matches of the visiting team, there was a draw in the second period
2.85Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the guests as a slight favorite. Ryazan lost in two previous away matches and today intends to interrupt its failures and show a positive result. The team from Ryazan will use a more balanced team composition, and we can assume that experience will allow it to win over its opponent.
Betting Tip - Ryazan wins the match with odds of 1.72
Bet on total
This pair is expected to have a closed game on counterattacks with a small number of scoring opportunities. Recently, the opponents have not realized all the scoring opportunities created, and in the past four matches of the five guests in the VHL, the total was under. We believe that the goal extravaganza in the confrontation will not take place.
Betting Tip - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.64
Bet on individual total
The visitors have not been playing well in attack lately, and in the past four matches the club has scored three goals in regulation time. We can assume that the Ryazan team will improve the situation and score more than two goals, since they have not scored less against their opponents in the past two face-to-face matches.
Betting Tip - Ryazan individual total over 2.5 goals for 1.85