Ak Bars is A Motorist. KHL match betting tip and bets

Current form

Ak Bars occupies the fifth place in the conference, although until recently Anvar Gatiyatullin's team was fighting for leadership in the East. The club from the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan has earned 78 points this season, having played 61 matches. Kazan can finish the regular season in sixth position, but they may well rise even to second place. The hosts played terribly in February and completely failed the segment after the break. At the end of the month, they beat Neftekhimik (3:2, OT) and Lada (2:1) on the ice of Tatneft Arena, but on the road they could not cope with Avtomobilist (1:2) and Tractor (2:3). Before returning home, the Leopards scored a big victory in Novosibirsk (6:3), showing excellent execution of the moments.

Dmitry Yashkin's squad has been very bad offensively lately. In the last five games, she scored 13 goals, while six of them were scored against Siberia. Artyom Galimov broke through to the fourth place in the list of the league's top scorers. He scored 56 points (33+23) in the goal+pass system and scored a hat-trick in the last meeting.

Timur Bilyalov became the number one in the team and, most likely, he will start the playoffs at the start. The goalkeeper blocked 92.44% of shots and made two shutouts in 36 starts. Amir Miftakhov had excellent statistical indicators throughout the regular season, but lately he has not been happy with a reliable game and does not get into the application. In 28 games, he went off the ice four times without missing a goal.

Disqualifications and injuries

Egor Babenko and Nikita Evseev will not help their partners in the game against the Uralians.

Interesting betting trends

• Ak Bars earns 6.95 minutes of penalty time per match

On average, Kazan players break the rules about three to four times per game.

• According to statistics, Ak Bars makes 32 shots on target

The hosts try to shoot at the opponents' goal as often as possible

Current form

More recently, Avtomobilist was fighting for leadership in the East, but now the team from Yekaterinburg has moved to the third place in the conference. Nikolay Zavarukhin's team had a great start to the calendar year, but after a pause they don't look as powerful. The guests currently have 81 points after 61 games, and they are only two points behind Salavat Yulaev, who played one more game. At the same time, the Uralians can still compete for the first place and they are separated by only five scoring points from the Tractor located there. At the end of February, Nikolay Zavarukhin's team quite successfully played a series of matches at home, ending with victories over Vityaz (2:1) and Ak Bars (2:1). In early March, the machinists went on a guest tour and lost to Metallurg (1:3) and Dynamo Moscow (1:4).

Anatoly Golyshev's squad is experiencing serious problems in the attack and was able to score only six accurate shots in the last five games. Since February 20, the visitors have never scored more than twice in a match, relying only on defensive reliability. Stefan Da Costa remains Yekaterinburg's top scorer and ranks sixth in the list of the league's most productive players. The Frenchman has scored 55 points (14+41) in the goal+pass system this season.

Vladislav Galkin appeared on the ice in the last match and was not good. The young goalkeeper has blocked 91.99% of shots this season and is losing the competition to Evgeny Alikin. The more experienced goalkeeper has been a regular starter since the beginning of the new year. He dealt with 92.18% of attacks on his possessions and made two shutouts in 32 duels. He is the one who should play in Kazan.

Disqualifications and injuries

Curtis Volk, Sergey Zborovsky and Nick Ebert will not come to Kazan with their partners.

Interesting betting trends

• The motorist wins 47.1% of face-offs

The Uralians have been playing rather poorly on the spot throughout the season.

• A motorist gets an average of 7.54 minutes of penalty time.

Nikolay Zavarukhin's players are eliminated at least three times per game