Avtomobilist - Avangard: betting tip (cf 1.60) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

In the last round, having reached the milestone of 70 points in 58 matches played, Yekaterinburg guaranteed themselves the right to participate in the Gagarin Cup playoffs from the Eastern Conference. The team is having a confident season and has every chance to finish the regular season in fourth place – Ak Bars is hardly ten points ahead of third place, and the gap from the laggards Neftekhimik, Salavat Yulaev and Traktor is large enough to be able to maintain the status quo. The match against Avangard will be the fifth in Avtomobilist's long home series, during which the hosts lost to Dynamo Moscow (1:2) and Admiral (2:5), won against HC Sochi (4:1) and caught courage in the game with Metallurg (8:1).

On February 22, the motorists easily dealt with the Shanghai Dragons (4:1), although they conceded first from Spencer Fu, playing in the minority. Then, within seven minutes, Daniel Sprong, Brooks Maysek and Maxim Denezhkin put the hosts ahead, and Anatoly Golyshev summed up the match by hitting the empty frame of the Dragons at the end of the game. Stefan da Costa played the first game after returning from the Olympics. Ural coach Nikolai Zavarukhin named the main reason for his team's victory: In the second period, the realization of moments played a role. The Ural team faces a difficult calendar at the finish of the regular season: in addition to Avangard, they still have to play against Ak Bars, CSKA, Dynamo Moscow and Minsk, Metallurg, and Lokomotiv.

Disqualifications and injuries

Dmitry Yudin will miss the match due to injury.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, a motorist makes 27 shots on target per match.
• According to statistics, the Uralians perform 18 power moves per game.

Current form

The Omsk club has no problems with the tournament position. A solid second place in the Eastern Conference, 29 points in 19 matches in January-February with a 64-40 goal-loss balance, an eight-match winning streak from January 15 to February 3, no bases scored, and a 10.0% shooting efficiency - few can boast of such indicators in the current segment of the championship.

However, in the last three matches at home, the team did not have an easy life: Siberia managed to defeat only in a series of free throws (2:1, B), Omsk could not resist the attacks of Ak Bars (2:5), and in the match on February 22 they lost to Amur, who desperately needed points to continue the fight for a place. in the playoffs (3:4), despite the fact that the main snipers of the team Andrew Poturalski and Damir Sharipzyanov scored their twenty-fourth and twenty-second goals of the season. Guy Boucher, the coxswain of the Avant-Garde, was frank after the game: In the second period, we absolutely did not play the way we should have. The opponent simply surpassed us on all fronts. Omsk will have to play ten more matches before the start of the playoff round to eliminate the shortcomings and prepare the team for the main stage of the KHL championship. After the visit to the Motorist, Avangard will host the leader of the Metallurg season.

Disqualifications and injuries

Alexander Volkov will not help the team in Yekaterinburg.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, Avangard wins 53.8% of face-offs.
• Omsk residents, according to statistics, carry out 24 power techniques per match.