Lada - Sochi: betting tip (cf 1.67) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Lada still closes the conference table and can only really claim the tenth place in the West. Pavel Desyatkov's team scored only 30 points in 46 starts and is four points behind Sochi, which is ahead, while the hosts played four more matches than their competitors. The Owls are showing terrible results this winter and have scored only two victories since the beginning of December. In January, Dmitry Kugryshev's squad lost to SKA on the road (4:5, OT), won in Sochi (4:3), and after returning home, they again could not cope with the pressure of the army (3:4, B) and lost to Salavat Yulaev (2:5).

Already in the first period of the match against Ufa, the Tolyatti team showed up defensively and conceded three times by the 16th minute. Alexander Trushkov replaced Ivan Bocharov at the last line of defense, and at the start of the second 20 minutes, Riley Savchuk soaked up the score. The hosts scored two more goals, and the same Riley Savchuk scored again at the end of the match.

Riley Savchuk retains the status of the club's top scorer. He scored 31 points (16+15) this season.

Disqualifications and injuries

Viktor Antipin will not play in the next match.

Interesting betting trends

• Lada gets an average of 7.72 minutes of penalty time per match.
• Tolyatti players, according to statistics, make 25 shots on target

Current form

Sochi managed to gain a foothold in the tenth position in the conference, but it is unlikely that they will be able to play in the playoffs this season. The team led by Dmitry Mikhailov has 34 points in its piggy bank after 43 starts and is gradually approaching the Shanghai Dragons. The Southerners are looking good at this stage of the season and they managed to win in four out of seven meetings. In January, Sochi exchanged victories with Dynamo Moscow (2:0 and 0:3), lost to Lada (1:4), and then was defeated in Magnitogorsk (0:9). Before returning home, the hosts beat SKA in St. Petersburg (2:1).

In the Northern capital of Russia, the visitors looked no worse than their opponents in the opening 20 minutes, and Noel Hofenmaier scored an important goal in the middle of the first period. In the second leg, the Southerners mostly defended themselves, but they managed to withstand the pressure and Nikita Polyakov doubled the advantage of the leopards two seconds before the break. Pavel Khomchenko had a lot of work in the final third of the game, but he was reliable and brought his team victory.

Sergey Popov scored 22 points (9+13) in the goal+pass system and is the club's best striker.

Disqualifications and injuries

Matvey Guskov, Daniil Seroukh and Igor Shvyrev will not come with the team to Tolyatti.

Interesting betting trends

• Sochi wins an average of 47.8% of face-offs
• According to statistics, Southerners carry out 24 power techniques