LiontipsShanghai Dragons - Lada. Betting Tip (cf 1.80) and bets on the KHL match
Command Analysis
Current form
The Shanghai Dragons had a great start to the season and were among the leaders of the conference at the start of the regular season. Now, Gerard Galland's wards occupy only the ninth place in the West. The Chinese have scored 36 points in 34 games and are three points behind CSKA, but the hosts have two meetings in reserve. The team from Shanghai is in bad shape, because in the previous seven games they managed to win only one victory. In December, Fu Shuai's squad had some problems beating Salavat Yulaev (3:2) on home ice, but then lost to Torpedo (3:4, B). After a pause, the dragons lost to SKA (1:4) on the road.
The meeting against the Army started well for Dragons. At the end of the first period, Nick Merkley led his team ahead and it seemed that Shanghai had a great chance of success. In the second 20 minutes, the opponent equalized the score, and in the second half of the third period, the dragons simply crumbled and missed three unanswered goals in their own goal.
Nick Merkley remains the top scorer in the home team. The Canadian scored 28 points (14+14) in the goal+pass system.
Disqualifications and injuries
Jake Bischoff and Jeremy Grolo will not play in the next match.
Interesting betting trends
- Shanghai is blocking 13 shots this season.
- The Chinese win 46.8% of face-offs in the regular season
Current form
Lada is gradually losing its chances of reaching the playoffs this season. The team from Tolyatti is in tenth place in the West and may drop to the last place in the conference. The Volga team scored only 23 points in 35 starts and they played two more matches than Sochi. In early November, Pavel Desyatkov's team had a good stretch, but now it is on a streak of five defeats in a row. In the last home series, the Filins lost to Dynamo Moscow (2:4), Severstal (2:3) and CSKA (2:4).
At the start of the match against the army team, the Tolyatti team was moving away quite a lot and even before the break they missed twice in the minority. In the second period, the score was already 0:3 in favor of the opponent, but Anton Burdasov quickly scored one goal. Lada missed once more in unequal formations, and Artur Tyanulin returned the handicap of two goals a minute later. The owners of that time did not have enough for more.
Dmitry Kugryshev scored 22 goals (5+17) this season and remains the top scorer of the guests.
Disqualifications and injuries
Alexey Ozhgikhin and Andrey Obidin will not play in St. Petersburg.
Interesting betting trends
- Lada throws 25 times per game on average
- The guests perform 15 power moves per meeting
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 goals
In three of the four games involving the Chinese, the first period turned out to be grassroots
1.88Betting 1st period: the victory of the hosts
Tolyatti lost in the first period in three out of five games.
2.25Tip and bets
The dragons should not lose points in a match against one of the main outsiders of the league if Pavel Desyatkov's team plans to continue the fight for entry into the playoffs. As for the guests, Lada, after a small surge in early November, is playing quite mediocre again and continues to miss in large numbers. We think that the hosts will deal with the opponent within the main time of the meeting.
Prediction - Shanghai Dragonswin in 1.80
The Chinese played the opening matches of the season quite effectively, but recently they have started to score a lot less. Yes, now they will have to play against the weakest defense in the league, but the meeting is very important for both teams, so we are waiting for the closed nature of the game. We believe that there will not be many goals in this match and we suggest betting on a lower total.
The bet is a total of less than 5.5 pucks for 1.90
