Ak Bars - Traktor: betting tip (cf 1.55) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Ak Bars is well established in the top three clubs in the East and currently occupies the second place in the conference. Kazan have shown strong results in the second half of autumn and have scored 52 points in 39 matches to date. Anvar Gatiyatullin's team lost only two matches in December, both defeats happened on the road. After the break, the Leopards confidently beat Salavat Yulaev at home (6:3), but then lost away to SKA (2:3). A day later, Dmitry Yashkin's squad celebrated their success in Ufa (2:1).

The match against the main rival on the road began for the cats with a fairly quick goal by Stepan Falkovsky, after which the stands had to wait for the pucks for more than 40 minutes. Ak Bars crushed Ufa in the end and Alexander Barabanov doubled the advantage of the greens five minutes before the end of regular time. Yulaev's goal 15 seconds before the siren could not change the final result of the confrontation.

Alexander Barabanov broke into the leaders of the hosts in terms of the number of points scored. The forward has scored 29 goals (8+21) this season.

Disqualifications and injuries

Only Albert Yarullin will not be able to help his team in the upcoming match.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, Ak Bars wins 55.3% of face-offs
• Kazan players make an average of 32 shots on target per match.

Current form

Traktor ranks sixth in the East, but is very close to regaining fifth place in the conference. The team led by Evgeny Koreshkov has 39 points in its piggy bank after 39 matches and is gradually getting out of the crisis that Benoit Groux drove the club into. Since the beginning of December, the bears have suffered five defeats in a row, but they are looking good in the current away series. Black and white beat local Barys in Astana (2:0), and then defeated Lada (6:1) in Tolyatti.

Already in the first minute of the match on the Lada Arena ice, the guests missed, but this did not break the tractor drivers. Chelyabinsk went forward with great strength by the end of the period, Egor Korshkov scored twice, leading his team forward, and Joshua Livo consolidated the success even before the break. Andrey Svetlakov, Vitaly Kravtsov and Joshua Livo scored over the next 40 minutes and the Bears calmly took two points.

Joshua Livo scored 41 points (17+24) this season. The Canadian is fighting for second place in the list of the league's top scorers.

Disqualifications and injuries

All the guest leaders will play in Kazan.

Interesting betting trends

• The tractor makes an average of 35 shots on target per match.
• Chelyabinsk usually wins 52.2% of face-offs