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Avangard vs. Admiral: Prediction for a Friendly Match
Avangard continues to be one of the strongest teams in the Eastern Conference and consistently produces excellent results year after year, creating serious competition in the Gagarin Cup. Admiral, on the contrary, cannot boast of such successes yet and continues to remain without the main trophy. Will the sailors be able to show their best side this year? It is still unknown, because the preseason training has just begun. In the upcoming match on August 14, we will be able to watch one of the friendly matches in which the Hawks will play in Minsk against Vladivostok. Our experts analyzed the lineups and selected the most relevant bets on the match, which we suggest you familiarize yourself with in the betting tip
Command Analysis
Avangard Omsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Avangard showed excellent play last season, which allowed the team to enter the playoffs from the second position in the table, and then reach the quarterfinals, where they still had to lose to Lokomotiv in a tough fight (3:4). This result did not quite satisfy the coaching staff, which led to changes in the roster. The team tried to strengthen itself as much as possible in the off-season, which it managed to do. The club signed several outstanding hockey players, of which it is worth noting Linden Vey, Stanislav Galiev, and Alexander Yaremchuk.
The Omsk team has already managed to show off its updated lineup in a friendly match with Dynamo Minsk, winning with a score of 2:1.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, Avangard receives only 7 minutes of penalty time per match.
- Avangard has a 25% power play rate
Estimated composition
Khomchenko, Chistyakov, Sharipzyanov, Bushe, Vey, Yaremchuk, Koledov, Gulyaev, Reinhardt, Cassels, Galiev, Chmykhov, Soloviev, Igumnov, Nikolishin, Filatiev, Perevalov, Murylev, Martynov, Zlodeev, Kholodilin
Admiral Vladivostok
Russian FederationCurrent form
During the off-season, Admiral changed its roster very seriously, which is quite understandable. Both the club's management and the coaching staff are clearly not satisfied with the team's results, and they are trying to strengthen the roster as much as possible, using all opportunities. The team has been replenished with many new hockey players, and in particular, it is worth noting forwards Arkady Shestakov and Artem Nikolaev. They tried to strengthen the defense with Semyon Ruchkin and Ivan Muranov.
What is noteworthy is that the «sailors» have already played three pre-season matches, although two of them were against less serious competitors from a lower league, losing to «Dynamo» SPb (0:3), and also snatching victory in a shootout against «Metallurg-Zhlobin» (5:4). In the match with «Vityaz», the Vladivostok team showed their attacking potential to the fullest, defeating their opponent with a score of 7:4.
Interesting trends for betting
- «Admiral» allows opponents to realize 21% of the majority
- Admiral is sent off three times per match on average
Latest news from Admiral
26-year-old forward Vladimir Mikhasenok signed a full-fledged agreement with Admiral. Last season, he played a total of 49 matches and scored 40 (18+22) points.
Estimated composition
Demchenko, Golubev, Grman, Gutik, Zavgorodny, Makeev, Metalnikov, Mikhasenok, Muranov, Nikolaev, Ortega, Petkov, Rodvald, Ruchkin, Sagadeev, Solyannikov, Starkov, Tikhonov, Fazylzyanov, Fiore, Shulak, Shen
Trends
Goal in each period bet - no
In four of the six head-to-head matches, the teams failed to score a goal in each period.
2.20Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four head-to-head matches in a row, the teams failed to score more than one goal in the first period.
1.78Tip and bets
«Admiral» will need quite a lot of time to put together its updated roster, but «Avangard» does not have such a problem. The team has completely retained its core, and has only added a few classy players. It is also worth noting the balance of power in general. «Hawks» look head and shoulders above their competitor, which is shown from year to year, so there is no point in betting on an obvious outsider, even for high odds.
Our prediction is Avangard's victory at 1.63
Bet on total
«Admiral» generally prefers careful and reserved hockey, which has a negative effect on the overall performance of matches. However, so far in friendly matches the «sailors» have been playing quite freely, which means that «Avangard» has every chance to show its attacking potential to the fullest and please the fans with goals scored.
Betting Tip - total over five goals for 1.68
Bet on the outcome of the first period
Avangard, due to its superiority over its opponent, will try to take advantage from the start of the match, creating serious pressure on Admiral, which the Hawks are quite capable of.
Prediction - Avangard wins in the first period for 2.24
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