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Avtomobilist - Ak Bars: betting tip for the KHL match
The first match of the 1/8 finals of the KHL playoffs will be held in Yekaterinburg. Avtomobilist and Ak Bars met each other several times during the regular season and played at the same stage last season. Anvar Gatiyatullin's team did not perform well in the second part of the first stage, but the guys from the Sverdlovsk region were not too strong either. The machinists got the opportunity to start their journey at home. Will they succeed in seizing the lead? This is stated in the betting tip for the match
Command Analysis
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Russian FederationCurrent form
Avtomobilist could have won the Eastern Conference, but at the end of the regular season, Nikolai Zavarukhin's team seriously slowed down and finished only in fourth place in the table. The drivers scored 89 points and were able to get the right to start the first series on their ice. Before the start of the playoffs, the Uralians beat SKA (3:2, B) and Metallurg (3:2) on their own court. The match against the foxes was very important, because it was on him that the final position of the hosts depended before the start of the final part of the championship.
Anatoly Golyshev's squad tries to play defensively and concedes only 2.43 goals per game. At the same time, the Car has big problems in terms of the implementation of moments, and on average, it throws only 2.63 times per meeting per season. Stefan Da Costa will be the main hope of the Yekaterinburg team in the upcoming draw. The Frenchman scored 57 points (14+43) in the goal+pass system.
Disqualifications and injuries
Curtis Volk will not participate in the game against the Leopards.
Interesting betting trends
- Machinists win 47.5% of face-offs
- The hosts receive an average of 7.47 minutes of penalty time.
Ak Bars Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
Ak Bars has been among the leaders of the East for a long time, but the team from the Republic of Tatarstan did not spend the second half of the regular season in the best way and lost a lot. The team led by Anvar Gatiyatullin scored only 87 points and finished in fifth position in the conference. The Leopards have been gaining points with great difficulty since the second half of February, but in the last away series they managed to beat Barys (8-0) and Siberia (3-2, OT). In the match against the Siberians, Kazan almost missed the two-goal advantage.
For a long time, Dmitry Yashkin's squad was the most reliable team in the conference, but not so long ago it lost this status. On average, the cats concede 2.38 goals per game, and Timur Bilyalov and Amir Miftakhov share the role of the first number in the team. Artem Galimov was very good in attack and made 59 effective actions (35+24). Alexander Barabanov looked a little worse (25+33).
Disqualifications and injuries
Nikita Evseev and Egor Babenko will not help the team in Yekaterinburg.
Interesting betting trends
- Ak Bars throws 32 times per game on average
- Kazan players earn 6.79 minutes of penalty time per match.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In seven of the last nine matches with the participation of the "machinists", the first period was not productive.
1.65Bid for the 2nd period: The hosts will score
Avto scored in the second period in four out of six matches.
1.60Tip and bets
Avtomobilist played poorly in the second part of the season, but improved at the very end of the regular season. The Yekaterinburg team is good defensively, especially on their own ice, and rarely allows opponents to score a lot. Ak Bars completely failed the segment before the start of the playoffs and lost the opportunity to start on their ice. This season, the matches between the teams turned out to be extremely stubborn, while Kazan won three out of four matches. We believe that the hosts are better prepared now, so we will bet on their victory with a zero handicap.
Our betting tip is that the Motorist with the Asian handicap (0) will win in 1.82
Betting on an individual total
Ak Bars has played very poorly offensively in recent matches, although he was able to score eight accurate shots against Barys. It is extremely rare for a motorist to fail defensively on his ice and miss 2.43 times this season. We do not think that Kazan will be able to upset the opponent with more than two accurate shots. Let's place a bet on the total less than the second one.
Betting Tip - Ak Bars' individual total is less than 2.5 goals in 1.65
Bet on the total
We do not think that the match in Yekaterinburg will be effective. The motorist will play his hockey, which does not involve entertainment. Ak Bars is not the best in attack, but it can perform well in defense. We believe that both teams will not go forward from the first seconds and will not be able to score more than four goals between them.
Betting Tip - total less than five goals in 1.70
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