Lada - Lokomotiv: betting tip (cf 1.55) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

The Tolyatti team finishes the tournament by holding a seven-game home series in March. Five of them were played, but apart from the unconditional achievement of winning on March 3 against Ak Bars (5-3) in a match where the opponent led 2-0 after the first period, they did not bring any other positive emotions and did not affect the team's standings for the better, having been defeated by the Shanghai Dragons (12), twice in two days from Spartak (1:7 and 2:5) and Severstal (1:3).

In 66 games, the team scored 45 points, and its defensive formations (234 goals conceded) turned out to be the weakest not only in the Western Conference, but also in the entire Kontinental Hockey League. The team is often let down by the uncertain start of matches, it takes a long time to roll into the game. It looks like this: in the first periods of 26 matches in January-March, Tolyatti players managed to score only 10 goals (never more than one goal), despite the fact that 34 were conceded. As a result, there are only three won and 14 lost first periods, which affects the most effective course of the game, and although the situation is somewhat leveled in the future: in the second period, the balance is 26-22, in the third 26-29, Tolyatti residents are not always able to turn the tide of the game. Lada's season ends with a game against Khabarovsk Amur on March 17.

Disqualifications and injuries

Tyler Graovac will not play in the next match.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, Lada makes 25 shots on target per match.
• Tolyatti residents statistically perform 15 power moves per game.

Current form

The reigning KHL champion and Gagarin Cup winner lived up to his reputation as a favorite (93 points in 65 games, the best defense in the league) and confidently won the Western Conference, awaiting an opponent in the first round of the playoffs. They will be the team that will take the eighth place in the West according to the results of the regular tournament. At the crucial stage, in January-March, the team demonstrates excellent results. In 23 matches, 37 points were scored with a 60-43 goal difference, and 15 wins were scored in the last 17 games.

A streak of eight consecutive wins, which began on February 14 with a game against HC Sochi, was interrupted on March 11 in a meeting with a motorist on the road. Yaroslavl players started the game well, and Maxim Shalunov, the leader of their attacks, scored his twenty-seventh goal in the regular season. Then, as has happened many times, the railwaymen grabbed several consecutive deletions and thereby broke their game. At the end of the third period, the score was 2-1 in favor of the hosts. Yaroslavl's replacement of the goalkeeper in an attempt to win back, which was justified in the previous game against Severstal, led to the opposite result – in the last minute of the match, two goals flew into the empty gates of Lokomotiv – 1:4. With this victory, Avtomobilist brought his winning streak to seven matches. At the very finish of the regular tournament, the calendar prepared two knife-edge matches for the Yaroslavl club with the most important rivals: away against the main competitor in the West during the entire season, Dinamo Minsk, and at home against the leader of the East and the entire Metallurg league, which won the Conference Cup this year.

Disqualifications and injuries

All the guest leaders will play in Tolyatti.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, Lokomotiv performs 24 power moves per match.
• Yaroslavl players, according to statistics, make 31 shots on target.