Neftekhimik - Ak Bars. KHL match betting tip and bets

Current form

Neftekhimik continues to be on the fifth line in the conference and now the hosts have a great opportunity to break away from the Tractor a little. Chelyabinsk lost their last match and the hosts have one game left. The Wolves scored 31 points in 29 matches, which is four points less than the Driver, who is slightly higher. After a great start to the month and three wins in a row, Igor Grishin's team slowed down slightly and scored only two points in the previous four games. Nizhnekamsk ended their last home series with a victory over CSKA (3:2), but they looked pretty bleak on the road and lost in Tolyatti (1:2) and Yekaterinburg (3:6).

From the very beginning, the meeting on the ice of the UMMC Arena did not go according to the scenario of the then guests. Neftekhimik missed first, but German Tochilkin restored the balance in the score before the end of the first period, realizing the majority. In the second half, Nikita Khlystov's squad crumbled and missed four goals in a row, while the goalkeeper's substitution did not help the team either. Evgeny Mityakin scored one goal, but there was no real chance of success. In the third 20 minutes, the club from the Republic of Tatarstan made a mistake in defense again and Maxim Fedotov's puck did not affect anything.

Andrey Belozerov retains the role of the team's offensive leader. The forward scored 24 goals (12+12).

Disqualifications and injuries

Alexander Dergachev will not play in the next match.

Interesting betting trends

• Neftekhimik is blocking 17 shots this season.
• Nizhnekamsk wins 49.1% of face-offs in the regular season

Current form

Ak Bars has been very good throughout October and has not lost a single match all month. Kazan has seriously improved its position in the table of the East, but now it has rolled back slightly and is on the third line in the conference. Anvar Gatiyatullin's team has scored 36 points in 28 starts and the Cats are going through some tough times right now. The club from the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan began a rather expected decline and lost five out of seven matches. In the last home series of games, Dmitry Yashkin's team started with a strong-willed victory over Dynamo Moscow (5:4), but a day later they were defeated by Minsk (3:7). On November 18, CSKA celebrated success on the ice of Tatneft Arena (1:4).

In the game against the army of Barca, Ilya Safonov scored the majority of the goals, but after half a minute the opponent equalized the score on the scoreboard. Ak Bars practically did not allow the red-blues to throw at their possessions, but he could not realize a single moment himself. Having conceded two goals in the second period, Kazan could not respond with anything and were finished off in the final third of the confrontation.

Defender Mitch Miller remains the main attacking force for the visitors. The American scored 23 points (10+13) in the goal+pass system.

Disqualifications and injuries

Albert Yarullin will not play against Petrochemist.

Interesting betting trends

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