Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Lokomotiv: betting tip (cf 1.68) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Metallurg is confidently leading in the East and in the overall league table, keeping out competitors. The team led by Andrey Razin has 64 points in its piggy bank after 40 matches and is six points ahead of Ak Bars, which also played two more matches than the steelworkers. The Foxes are in excellent shape and they have never lost in regular time this winter. At the end of December, Magnitogorsk lost on the road to Avangard (1:2, B) and outplayed Traktor (5:4, OT). In the new year, they managed to defeat the Shanghai Dragons in St. Petersburg (7-3).

Magnitogorsk conceded first in the game against the Chinese, but Maxim Khabarov quickly restored equality on the scoreboard. Already in the second 20 minutes, Alexander Petunin realized the majority, but literally half a minute later the Uralians made a mistake in defense again. This only angered the leader of the East, and in three minutes Roman Kanzerov, Danila Palivko and Sergey Tolchinsky made a result for their team. The goals of Dmitry Silantyev and Nikita Korotkov made the score really devastating.

Vladimir Tkachev leads the list of the league's top scorers (9+39) and is one point ahead of Roman Kanzerov (27+20).

Disqualifications and injuries

Alexander Siryatsky will not play in the upcoming match due to injury.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, Metallurg gets 7.88 minutes of penalty time.
• Magnitogorsk makes an average of 34 shots on target per game.

Current form

The team from Yaroslavl has again reached the intermediate first place in the West and intends to fight for the role of the main competitor of Dinamo Minsk. Lokomotiv has scored 58 points in 43 matches and so far is only one point ahead of Severstal, which has one game left. Yaroslavl players played unstably in late autumn and early winter, but by the end of the year they were able to get in good shape. Bob Hartley's team completed a long home streak with victories over Admiral (3:2) and Torpedo (1:0), but could not cope with the pressure of Dynamo Moscow. In the first game of the new year, they narrowly defeated CSKA (2-1, B).

The game in the Russian capital, as expected, became very sticky and was not pleased with the large number of abandoned pucks. Loko, in his manner, began to put pressure on the opponent from the first minutes and in the middle of the first period Byron Fraz opened the scoring. I had to wait for the next goal for almost half an hour of clean time and it was scored against the visitors. Already in the shootout, Alexander Radulov and Artur Kayumov realized their shots and brought the railwaymen an additional point.

Alexander Radulov scored 37 points (18+19) in the goal+pass system and he remains the top scorer among the guests.

Disqualifications and injuries

Egor Surin will not come with the team to Magnitogorsk.

Interesting betting trends

• The locomotive gets 8.86 minutes of penalty time.
• Yaroslavl team wins 57% of face-offs