Severstal - Neftekhimik: betting tip (cf 1.77) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Severstal is currently in third place in the Western Conference and has been showing excellent results throughout the season. Recently, however, the team could not find stability and win more than one or two victories in a row. At the start of the month, the club faced a very unpleasant series of three defeats. So, on the home court, Cherepovets lost to Spartak (1:5), SKA (1:3), and after an unsuccessful guest match against Dinamo Minsk (4:7), they nevertheless pulled themselves together and defeated the Shanghai Dragons with a score of 3:2.

It is worth noting that Andrei Kozyrev's squad often chooses to play on opposite courses, so matches with its participation turn out to be spectacular. Ruslan Abrosimov remains the main scorer in the squad, who managed to earn 43 points in the goal+pass system. It should also be said that Severstal enjoys a decent majority and currently ranks ninth in the league in this indicator, with 20.6% of excess sales.

Disqualifications and injuries

Nikolay Chebykin and Danil Veryaev will not be able to help their team in the upcoming meeting.

Interesting betting trends

• Severstal conducts an average of six power moves per match.
• According to statistics, Cherepovets make 30 shots on target.

Current form

Neftekhimik is on the sixth line of the Eastern Conference and continues to actively fight for the top five. The team had a great time last month and had a long winning streak, but now it's in mediocre shape. She had failed in four of the previous five meetings, but she had absolutely failed to score points in those matches. On the road before that, the wolves lost to Salavat Yulaev (1:2), and after the victory over Siberia (5:2) we returned home, where we lost to SKA (1:5) and even lost to Sochi with a score of 3:5.

The Wolves now often have defensive problems that plagued them in the first half of the season, so the upcoming matches will definitely be difficult for them. By the way, Nizhnekamsk players start most matches very hard, so in the starting segment they now have a 33:44 ratio in terms of goals scored and conceded. Also, unlike the opponent, Igor Grishin's team does not take advantage of the numerical advantage on the court in the best way and has only 16.7% of sales.

Disqualifications and injuries

Vladislav Barulin will miss the upcoming match due to injury

Interesting betting trends

• The petrochemist performs an average of 20 power moves per match.
• Nizhnekamsk statistically wins 49.7% of face-offs