Lokomotiv - Avangard: betting tip (cf 1.67) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

The current Gagarin Cup winner failed to please his fans with a victory in the first match of the series against Omsk Avangard, having played his far from the best game. Perhaps one of the reasons for this was the loss of the rhythm of the game after the prematurely completed series against Salavat Yulaev, Yaroslavl faced a similar problem in the cup matches of the season before last.

Already in the first period, two goals were in the goal of Lokomotiv, two more in the second period and one in the third. In the course of an unsuccessful game, the home team's coaches took the drastic measure of sending the main goalkeeper Daniil Isaev to the bench with the score 0-4, who had played 65 Lokomotiv cup matches in previous and current seasons without substitutions, but at the time of the substitution had a discouraging reliability record in this game, conceding four goals after 18 shots on his the gate. Denis Alekseev and Maxim Shalunov scored goals for the railwaymen, to which the guests responded with five accurate shots. For the first time in the current playoffs, the champion is losing 0-1 in the series. The coaching staff needs to find ways to improve in the next matches and set more difficult tasks for the guests. 

Disqualifications and injuries

To date, the Locomotive has no problems with the train.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, the Locomotive gets 5.2 minutes of penalty time.
• Yaroslavl residents, according to statistics, perform 30 power techniques per match.

Current form

After a difficult series against Neftekhimik and CSKA, which required a lot of effort, Omsk in the first match of the series with Lokomotiv in Yaroslavl appeared to be a team focused on success and knowing how to achieve it. Reflecting the opening rush of the hosts, the Avangard hockey players moved the game into someone else's zone and already in the first period achieved an impressive advantage in the score: first, after Vasily Ponomarev's throw, the puck ricocheted off Alexei Bereglazov's foot into the goal, and a moment before the end of the first third of the game, Andrew Poturalski's unexpected throw from the goal line caught Lokomotiv goalkeeper Daniil Isaev by surprise. Feeling confident in the correctness of the chosen game model, Omsk allowed the hosts little, despite the final superiority of the railwaymen in the number of shots on goal, they scored two more goals in the second period and one in the third.

Avangard scored the majority twice (out of five attempts), both times by defender Maxime Lajoie, while Lokomotiv allowed it to be done only once, remaining in the minority seven times. At the end of the match, the hawks demonstrated a very high efficiency of their attacking actions (19.2%): it took them 26 shots to score five goals. The same indicator for Lokomotiv was 6.1%, or 2 goals in 33 shots.

Disqualifications and injuries

Ivan Igumnov will not play in Yaroslavl.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, Omsk players receive 8.09 minutes of penalty time per match.
• According to statistics, the hawks make 32 shots on target.