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Irbis - Kuznetsk Bears: betting tip for the MHL playoffs match
On April 9, Snow Leopard will host the Kuznetsk Bears in the 1/8 finals of the Kharlamov Cup at the Ice Palace in Kazan. The hosts are showing brilliant hockey in the playoffs and again intend to leave their opponent from Novokuznetsk with nothing and make it to the quarterfinals. Let's see how the coaching staffs of the rivals prepared their players for the final battle in a series of up to three wins. Who will be the winner in the confrontation and what bets should I place? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Irbis Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
Kazan finished the regular season in first place and made it to the Kharlamov Cup playoffs directly, unlike their opponent, who played in the playoffs. The series against the Kuznetsk Bears for the Ak Bars youth started unsuccessfully, but along the way the team corrected the situation, compared the score in the series twice and brought the confrontation to the fifth match. Today, the squad will be assisted by native walls. The hosts intend to make it to the quarterfinals and represent Tatarstan in the tournament, following on the heels of the adult Ak Bars team, which plays in the KHL. After losing the third match 4-5, the coaching staff made adjustments to the game of their players, and it brought results. The last match was held under the control of the Snow Leopard. In the first period we led 2-0, in the second we gave the initiative and conceded twice. However, in the final segment they were able to break the resistance of the bears, they scored three times and won 5-2 in the end. The score in the series is 2:2 and the last game is in Kazan today.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has been averaging 2.67 goals per game since the start of the playoffs.
- In the last 10 games, the club has won seven victories.
Kuznetskie Medvedi
Russian FederationCurrent form
The last meeting in Novokuznetsk was not in favor of the bears, and the opponent was able to even the score in the series to three wins. The beginning of the match turned out to be very active. The Kuznetsk Bears lost 0-2 in the fourth minute of the first period and entered the second half as catch-up. But in the second half, the hosts used their numerical advantage, had the initiative, created a lot of chances and were able to equalize after 40 minutes of play. The third period was under the control of the Kazan team, which scored three unanswered goals against the opponent and defeated the Metallurg youth team (5:2). Thus, the team led by Fedor Polishchuk could not cope with the opponent psychologically and the score in the series became equal - 2:2. Now it will be extremely difficult for the squad to reach the quarterfinals, holding the final match in Kazan, where the Snow Leopard will not just give up Victoria.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, the team scores 3.3 goals per game in the playoffs.
- In the last 10 matches, the club has suffered only three defeats.
Trends
Betting 1st period: victory of "Irbis"
In the last meeting of the rivals in the first period, the hosts won
2.00Bet period 3: total more than 1.5 pucks
In the last three matches of the opponents, more than one goal was scored in the third period.
1.60Tip and bets
In this confrontation, the bookmakers make the owners of the ice the favorite, and we fully agree with this. Irbis is holding a meeting in its arena and intends to make it to the quarterfinals, having learned all the shortcomings of the past matches of the series. The team from Kazan has worked on the mistakes, and we believe that they will win and send the guests from Novokuznetsk to prepare for the new season.
Betting Tip – handicap (-1.5) pucks on Snow Leopard with a coefficient of 1.80
Bet on the total
In this match, the opponents will play openly from the first minutes and intend to once again throw a lot of pucks at each other. It is worth paying attention to the fact that in the last three face-to-face matches of the rivals in the playoffs, more than five goals were scored in a row, and we believe that in this confrontation the scoring extravaganza will take place.
The betting tip is a total of more than 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.90
Betting on an individual total
The Ak Bars youth have no problem attacking in the series against the Bears. The team has not scored less than four goals against the opponent in the last three matches in a row. We believe that the hosts will be able to upset the goalkeeper of the Novokuznetsk team more than three times.
Betting Tip - Snow Leopard's individual total is more than 3.5 goals per 2.00
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