Ak Bars - CSKA. KHL match betting tip and bets

Current form

Ak Bars temporarily dropped out of the fight for the first place in the conference and is busy maintaining the second position in the East. The team from the Republic of Tatarstan is six points behind Metallurg, while it can be bypassed by Avangard, which has a match in reserve. Anvar Gatiyatullin's players have 36 points in their piggy bank after 27 starts and generally feel quite comfortable. After a series of victories in October, Dmitry Yashkin's squad caught a rather expected slump and lost in four out of six meetings. Kazan started at home with a beautiful strong-willed victory over Dynamo Moscow (5:4), but two days later they were defeated by Minsk (3:7).

The Leopards conceded a quick goal at the very beginning of the meeting against the Bison, but Alexander Khmelevsky managed to quickly regain his balance. Even in the first 20 minutes, the cats saw a red light outside their gates three times, which was a shock to the owners. Replacing the goalkeeper did not help the team and it lost 1-6 to the equator of the confrontation, having lost any real chance of a positive result.

Defender Mitch Miller scored a hat-trick against Dynamo Moscow and scored for Minsk. He is the club's top scorer with 23 points (10+13) in the goal+pass system.

Disqualifications and injuries

Albert Yarullin will not play against CSKA.

Interesting betting trends

• Ak Bars throws 33 times per game on average
• The hosts perform 20 power moves per meeting

Current form

CSKA continues to show mediocre results and is now outside the playoff zone. The Army team dropped to ninth place in the West, passing ahead of their teammates from St. Petersburg. The Red-Blues have scored a modest 27 points in 27 games and are scoring the least of any team in the conference above them. Igor Nikitin's team had a good run in the second half of October, but then they lost six masts out of eight. After home victories over Siberia (4:0) and Severstal (2:0), Nikita Nesterov's squad did not score points in Nizhnekamsk (2:3) and took only one scoring point in Cherepovets (3:4, OT).

In the Vologda region, CSKA started with a missed puck, but Maxim Sorkin quickly regained the gap. In the second 20 minutes, the visitors took the lead thanks to Daniel Sprong's puck, but the Army team failed to keep the desired result until the end of regular time. Already in the first minute of overtime, the horses conceded a goal and were left without a win.

Daniel Sprong is a bright spot in the visitors' attack. The Dutchman scored 28 points (12+16) and ranks fourth in the list of the league's top scorers.

Disqualifications and injuries

Ivan Drozdov, Danila Moiseev, Dmitry Samorukov and Colby Williams will not come with the team to Kazan.

Interesting betting trends

• CSKA is blocking 17 shots this season.
• Muscovites win 51.8% of face-offs in the regular season