Avangard - Neftekhimik: betting tip (cf 1.78) and bets on the KHL playoffs match

Current form

Even before the start of the season, the Omsk team was considered one of the main favorites of the championship, the results of the regular season confirmed this. 99 points and second place not only in the Eastern Conference, but also in the entire Kontinental Hockey League, the best majority in the league (29.8%), the third minority (84.4%), the third attack (228 goals scored, or 3.35 on average per game) – these and other high indicators prove the team's willingness to solve the most ambitious tasks. Avangard is also represented by the league's most productive defender Damir Sharipzyanov, Nikita Serebryakov, one of the country's best goalkeepers in recent years, and a powerful team of foreign players: Giovanni Fiore, Maxime Lajoie, Michael MacLeod, Andrew Poturalski, and Joseph Cecconi.

The current form of the team is indicated by the fact that in eight games in March, Avangard won six and scored 13 points with a goal difference of 27-13. The game of the last round took place on March 19 in Cherepovets. Interestingly, Severstal remained the only team in the league that Avangard failed to beat in the regular season. The hosts needed points to continue fighting for second place in the West, they attacked very actively and led 2-1 after two periods. The third period was enough for the Avant-Garde to turn the game in their favor. To do this, I had to score four goals, which set the final score of the match – 5:2. A curious touch to the nature of the game: the time in attack is 17:38-08:17 in favor of Severstal, the number of power plays is 27-8 ahead of Avangard.

Disqualifications and injuries

At the moment, the club has no problems with the squad.

Interesting betting trends

• Avangard performs an average of 23 power moves per match.
• Omsk residents, according to statistics, win 53.9% of face-offs

Current form

Not without worries, but the Petrochemical company still managed to get a ticket to the playoff matches, scoring 71 points in the regular tournament. By the way, in the Western Conference with such a result, the team would have taken only the ninth place in eight points from the top eight and would not have been among the candidates for the Gagarin Cup. Neftekhimik's playing performance in the regular season is far from elite: 170 goals were scored (fewer of the 16 playoff participants than only Siberia and CSKA), 25 matches were won in regular time (fewer than only the neighbor in the table of Siberia), 31 defeats in regular time (more than all of the participants in the playoffs), the effectiveness of the majority 15.7% (only the Locomotive is worse).

Before the finish of the regular tournament, Nizhnekamsk made their fans pretty nervous, starting March with three defeats far from the grandees of hockey Amur (2:3) and (1:3) and Admiral (3:7). However, then the Oilers found the strength to overcome the Primorye-Far Eastern syndrome and won four of the next five matches, including in the final round on March 20 away to Spartak, which badly needed points to improve its cup position. During the match, the Muscovites led the score, but in the end, the Petrochemist managed to tip the scales in his favor and win in a series of free throws (3:2, B). Andrei Belozerov is the clear leader of the attack in the Nizhnekamsk team, who became one of the six best KHL snipers of the season with 27 goals scored.

Disqualifications and injuries

Vladislav Barulin will not play in the first game of the playoffs.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, wolves perform 20 power moves per match.
• Nizhnekamsk residents win 50% of face-offs according to statistics.