Khimik - Torpedo-Gorky: betting tip for the VHL playoffs match

Current form

In the spring of 2023, the Resurrection team defeated the Krasnoyarsk Falcon dry and celebrated the historic championship. Now, two years later, Khimik has made it to the finals again and will try to beat the Nizhny Novgorod club. Recall that for the first time in history, two teams of the Spartak system reached the finals of the playoffs in their respective leagues. The youth of the red and white are fighting for the Kharlamov Cup, and the Chemist is fighting for the Petrov Cup. According to the results of the regular season, the blue and yellow finished in fifth place, above their opponent, and thus the VHL finals will start in Voskresensk. Let's recall that the wards of Egor Bashkatov, with the help of eight Spartak players from the KHL, overcame three stages of the competition. In the 1/8 finals, the team emerged victorious in a seven-match series against Kurgan Trans-Urals (4:3), then defeated SKA-Neva in the quarterfinals (4:1), and in the semifinals left Khanty-Mansiysk Yugra with nothing, defeating with the same score as the army men from the banks of the Neva. It should be noted that the team scored 64 goals in the matches and remains the highest-scoring team since the start of the season (225 goals were scored in the regular season).

Interesting betting trends

• In the past five matches, the team has scored an average of four goals per game.
• In the last 10 playoff games, the club suffered only two defeats.

Current form

Torpedo-Gorky is only in his second season in the VHL. The 2019/20 regular season turned out to be unsuccessful for the Nizhny Novgorod team. Then, due to financial problems, the club dropped out of the tournament for four seasons and started from scratch, sensationally reaching the finals. In the regular season, the team took seventh place, and the season was going well for the Volga team. In the 1/8 finals, Alexey Isakov's team coped with a seven-match standoff with the Moscow Star (4:3), and at the quarterfinals they defeated Chelmet dryly (4:0). However, it was not easy in the semifinals, and the squad seriously fought against Dynamo St. Petersburg. Torpedo-Gorky won the seventh match of the semifinal series against the opponent with a score of 5:0 and thus made it to the finals of the Petrov Cup. It should be noted that the team was thoroughly strengthened by the players of Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo, who were eliminated from the Gagarin Cup, and let's see how the first battle in Voskresensk ends.

Interesting betting trends

• In the last five games, the club has conceded an average of one goal.
• Torpedo-Gorky has won seven times in the last 10 matches.