Neftekhimik - SKA: betting tip (cf 1.97) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

The petrochemical company retains the fifth place in the conference, but at the moment it cannot feel comfortable. Igor Grishin's team has 59 points in its piggy bank after 53 matches and continues to fight for the fifth position in the East with Salavat Yulaev. The wolves spent a lot of January very hard, but at the end of the month they started to slow down. They lost in Kazan (1:6) and Ufa (1:2), but before the break they were able to hold on to the most important victory in Novosibirsk (5:2).

In the game against Siberia, the then guests conceded first, but even before the break, German Tochilkin scored in the minority. In the second 20 minutes, Nizhnekamsk continued to put pressure on the opponent's goal, and Nikita Parugaev, Bulat Shafigullin, Egor Mityakin and Damir Zhafyarov made the score devastating. In the final third, Neftekhimik conceded one goal and calmly brought matters to an important victory.

Andrey Belozerov remains the leader of his team in attack. He scored 43 points (24+19) in the goal+pass system.

Disqualifications and injuries

To date, the team has no problems with the composition.

Interesting betting trends

• Petrochemist wins 49.4% of face-offs according to statistics.
• Nizhnekamsk players make an average of 28 shots on target per match.

Current form

SKA remains in eighth position in the West and can only claim seventh place in the West so far. Igor Larionov's team has scored only 58 points in 52 starts and now they have the opportunity to match Dynamo Moscow, which scored two more points, but has already played 53 matches. The army team had a very weak first month of the new year and in the second half of it they gave out a series of seven defeats in a row. In February, the Red and blue were able to beat Dinamo Minsk (4:3, B) and Severstal (3:1) on the road.

Sergey Sapego scored the first goal in Cherepovets, which allowed SKA to hold the advantage for a long time. The visitors conceded in the second period, but came out charged in the third period. Matvey Polyakov and Valentin Zykov scored at the very end of regular time and this allowed the team from St. Petersburg to take the important two points.

Marat Khairullin is the top scorer of his team. He scored 33 goals (12+21) this season.

Disqualifications and injuries

Nikita Zaitsev, Igor Larionov and Trevor Murphy will miss the upcoming match due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

• SKA gets an average of 8.10 minutes of penalty time per match.
• According to statistics, Petersburgers win 47.3% of face-offs.