Lokomotiv - Shanghai Dragons: betting tip (cf 1.72) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Lokomotiv occupies the second position in the West and continues to fight for leadership in the conference. Bob Hartley's team has 61 points in its piggy bank after 46 matches and is still only two points behind Severstal, but Cherepovets have played one more match than the hosts. Yaroslavl is not playing very consistently at this stage of the season and has been unable to win in regular time for four games in a row. In January, they beat CSKA on the road (2:1, B), lost in Magnitogorsk (4:5, OT) and celebrated success in Novosibirsk (3:2, OT). Before returning home, Alexander Yelesin's squad was beaten in Nizhny Novgorod (0:3).

In the game against Torpedo, the guests of that time could not even throw a shot at the opponent's goal for a long time and were already losing by two goals by the first break. In the second 20 minutes, the Volga team made a mistake on their half of the ice again and after that they went forward with great strength. The railwaymen eventually transferred the Gorky residents, but they could not distinguish themselves.

Alexander Radulov remains the leader of Loko's attacks. The veteran has scored 38 goals (19+19) this season.

Disqualifications and injuries

Egor Surin will not play in the upcoming match.

Interesting betting trends

• Lokomotiv wins 56.9% of face-offs
• Yaroslavl residents conduct an average of 24 power techniques.

Current form

The Shanghai Dragons remain the ninth club in the West and, in fact, the only team from the basement of the conference that retains a real chance of reaching the playoffs. The Chinese have scored 43 points in 44 matches and are already eight points behind Spartak, who are eighth. Most recently, the team changed coaches and Mike Kelly became the new mentor of the guests. Together with him, the Dragons beat Lada (3:2) and Amur (2:0) at home, but then lost to CSKA Moscow (2:3) and lost to SKA in St. Petersburg (2:5).

Already in the first minute of the meeting against the red and blue, Fu Shuai's squad was losing in the score, but the newcomer from Shanghai, Kirill Orlov, quickly restored equality on the scoreboard. Nick Merkley put his team ahead in the second 20 minutes, but the Dragons conceded twice before the break. In the final third of the game, the Shanghai Dragons advanced in force and were punished twice for this.

Nick Merkley scored 34 points (17+17) in the goal+pass system and remains the main star of the visitors in attack.

Disqualifications and injuries

Jereli Grolo, Troy Josephs and Ben Harpur will not come to Yaroslavl with their partners.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, Dragons makes 30 shots per match.
• The Chinese win 47.6% of face-offs on average.