LiontipsSokol - Metallurg Novokuznetsk: betting tip and bets for the VHL match (September 4, 2025) from UPU
Command Analysis
Current form
Sokol played two test matches with Dynamo Altai from Barnaul. The Birds won 5-2 away, and lost with the same score in Krasnoyarsk. You should not pay any attention to the results of the pre-season matches. These meetings are friendly because the score on the scoreboard is far from the most important thing in them. Let's remind that last season the club did not make it to the playoffs and struggled in the basement of the standings.
Current form
Novokuznetsk Metallurgist became the winner of the Discovery Cup. The team started the new VHL 2025/26 season with a victory and beat the champion of Russia, Torpedo Gorky from Nizhny Novgorod. The forge defeated the opponent with a score of 2:1 in a shootout. Let's remind that in the last championship, the team in the 1/8 finals of the Petrov Cup could not beat the debutant of the VHL Magnitogorsk - 3:4 in the series.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In the last meeting of the guests, less than two goals were scored in the first period.
1.73Bet period 2: victory of Metallurg
In the last match, "kuznya" won in the second period.
2.18Tip and bets
The forge has won the Opening Cup and we intend to continue winning today. The Novokuznetsk squad will use a more powerful squad, and we can assume that the developed game plan will be a decisive factor in the match.
The betting tip is a victory for Metallurg with a coefficient of 1.75
