Dinamo Minsk - Metallurg Magnitogorsk: betting tip (cf 1.80) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Having slowed down the winning run scored at the end of last year – in January, Minsk got only 9 points in 12 matches – in February, the bison added a lot, earning 16 points in 10 matches and showing an average of 4.9 goals per match with a shooting efficiency of 13.8. The Blue and White currently have 82 points in 61 games and second place in the Western Conference, with prospects of competing with Lokomotiv for first place in a successful scenario.

The match with Metallurg was preceded by an away series of four matches, in which Minsk residents missed only one point, losing in Yaroslavl to Lokomotiv in a shootout in a fiery match (4:5, B). Then they defeated Torpedo (4:3) and twice the outsider HC Sochi (7:2 and 3:2). One of the leaders of the team is American legionnaire forward Sam Enes, who is spending a brilliant season in Minsk. He has 29 goals scored and 51 assists in 60 games, which is 80 points, the best score not only in the club, but in the entire league. In the last five matches, the Dynamo seven have scored 11 points – two goals and nine assists. The percentage of forward shots made is impressive – 17.4.

Disqualifications and injuries

Ryan Spooner will not participate in the next match.

Interesting betting trends

• Dynamo wins 51.4% of face-offs on average.
• Minsk residents, according to statistics, carry out 15 power techniques per match.

Current form

Having been at the top of the KHL table all season and having completed the task of getting into the cup eight ahead of schedule, and now into the top four of the Eastern Conference, the Magnitogorsk team seemed to take a break. If in the first 13 matches of 2006 she suffered only one defeat in the match against Siberia (1:2), then five of the next eight matches were lost, including embarrassment from Avtomobilist (1:8), and three victories in matches with outsiders were given with great difficulty: on the road over Barys (3:2, FROM), houses over Cupid (3:1) and Admiral (4:3, FROM). This was followed by defeats from Severstal, where Andrey Razin's guys had to win back from 0:3 (3:4, OT), from Avangard (2:3, OT) and from Dynamo Moscow (1:4).

Only Metallurg coaches know whether such instability is the result of a functional decline or whether it is a tactical element of preparing for the most important matches of the season in an environment where not scoring points does not worsen the team's position in any way. Anyway, the duel with Minsk seems to be important enough for the team to show its best qualities in it. In the first game of the season against Dynamo, which took place at the end of January in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg won a difficult victory (5:4), although Minsk almost escaped to a draw in regular time.

Disqualifications and injuries

Dmitry Silantyev will not help his partners in Minsk.

Interesting betting trends

• According to statistics, Metallurg performs 15 power moves per match.
• Uralians receive an average of 7.76 minutes of penalty time.