CSKA Moscow - Shanghai Dragons: betting tip (cf 1.60) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

The purposeful work of the coaching staff, led by Igor Nikitin, clearly affects the team's performance. The performance of the army team in 59 matches of the season - 143 goals, or 2.4 goals per game – is the lowest among the teams of the cup eight of the West. On the other hand, CSKA is second only to Lokomotiv in terms of goals conceded - 129, or less than 2.2 per game. The last two matches of the red-blues (not counting the underplayed game against Sochi) brought the opposite results: a goalless defeat away from SKA (0:3) and a dry victory at home over Neftekhimik (2:0), achieved with the impeccable play of goalkeeper Dmitry Gamzin only in the second half of the third period thanks to accurate shots by Dmitry Buchelnikov and Maxim Sorkin.

The bad news for the Dragons is that Igor Nikitin's team has not lost at home since the match against Lokomotiv on January 4, since then it has celebrated eight consecutive wins in home meetings with a total score of 22-10. Possible success in the game will have an important tournament significance for the capital's team - by getting two points, the army team will be able to catch up with Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo in the table and get a real chance of getting into the top 4 of the West.

Disqualifications and injuries

Denis Guryanov, Danila Moiseev and Vladislav Provolnev will miss the upcoming match due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, CSKA conducts 16 power moves per match.
• The army men score 26 shots on target according to their stats

Current form

Paradoxically, the Shanghai team scored even more goals in the season than CSKA – 145 against 143 from the Army team. However, success with such generally low performance requires reliable defensive play, but this has never been the strongest side of Beijing Kunlun, and now its Shanghai successor in the KHL. In 59 games, the Dragons conceded 195 goals, an average of 3.3 per game. Injuries to experienced goalkeepers Andrey Kareev and Patrick Ribar do not strengthen the defense of the guests in any way.

In the last of the matches played against the fourth team of the Avtomobilist East in Yekaterinburg, the Dragons started for health, opened the scoring at the beginning of the second period in the majority after a throw by team veteran Spencer Fu. The team continued to be active, hitting more shots on goal – 29 against 21 - and winning more face-offs than the opponent, but they couldn't score more, they didn't have enough strength until the end of the match, and the final result was disappointing (1-4). In all likelihood, the Shanghai Dragons will officially drop out of the Gagarin Cup in the coming rounds, losing even their mathematical chances of reaching the playoffs.

Disqualifications and injuries

Jeremy Grolo, Andrey Kareev, Patrick Rybar and Ben Harpur will not play in Moscow.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, Shanghai performs 20 power moves per match.
• According to statistics, the Chinese make 29 shots on target.