Ak Bars vs. Kunlun: Betting Tip for the match of the N. Puchkov Memorial Tournament

Russian Federation

Ak Bars Kazan

Russian Federation

KHL 1

ledovyj-dvorec-sankt-peterburg

22 August 05:00 UTC

HC Red Star Kunlun

China

On August 22, the traditional tournament dedicated to the memory of Nikolai Puchkov will start, in which Ak Bars will hold its first match with Kunlun. Bookmakers do not believe in the success of Red Star at all, since their start in the preseason was not entirely successful, unlike Kazan. Indeed, the Bars are superior to their competitor in many respects, but will they be able to realize their advantage? You will find the answer in our betting tip, which also presents the most current bets

Ak Bars Kazan vs HC Red Star Kunlun Prediction and Betting Tips (22.08.2024)

Command Analysis

Ak Bars Kazan

Russian Federation

Current form

After an unsuccessful previous season, Ak Bars embarked on a serious restructuring and decided to get rid of star players in the team, thereby freeing up the salary cap. The position of head coach was also changed, which will definitely be good for the club and is already bearing fruit, judging by the pre-season matches.

Indeed, Kazan performs quite confidently in friendly matches, given their changes. So far, the team has not suffered a single defeat, having twice defeated Neftyanik (4:2 and 6:4), and also beaten Kunlun (4:3).

Interesting trends for betting"

Ak Bars averages at least 29 shots on target per game
Ak Bars scored an average of 2.5 goals per game last season

Estimated composition

Miftakhov, Miller, Zhuravlev, Terekhov, Safonov, Dynyak, Knyazev, Luchevnikov, Babenko, Galimov, Bukov, Evseev, Terekhov, Brovkov, Katalevsky, Krutov, Samigullin, Almetkin, Zamaldinov, Komkov, Shakirov

HC Red Star Kunlun

China

Current form

After changing the head coach and seriously strengthening the team with players from other leagues, Kunlun had a great start to the pre-season. It should be noted that head coach Kravets decided to immediately bring out his optimal team, thereby giving a serious rebuff to the obvious favorites, losing to Ak Bars in a tough fight (3:4), and also beating Moscow Spartak (4:1).

It seemed that Red Star would be able to fight back against Lokomotiv, but this time the opponent also decided to play at full strength, which led to the first defeat with a score of 1:4.

Interesting trends for betting

Kunlun scored an average of 2.33 goals per game last season
Kunlun averaged 26 shots per game, one of the worst in the league.

Estimated composition

Volkov, Keizer, Jurusik, Smith, Sharychenkov, Wood, Merkley, Ottenbreit, Somerby, Chelios, Clendeling, Lefebvre, McCoshen, Pautow, O'Regan, Wilkie, Helbgewachs, Chartier, Elinuk, Yurcho, Vaughan O., Vaughan T., Traovac, Yip, Campbell, Lockhart, Moyle, Fu P., Fu S.

Trends

Bet 1st goal: "Ak Bars"

In four out of five head-to-head matches, Ak Bars opened the scoring

1.50

Goal in each period bet - yes

In four out of five head-to-head matches, the teams scored a goal in each period

1.45

Tip and bets

1.74handicap (+2) on Kunlun

There is very little time left before the end of the pre-season training, which means that within the framework of the upcoming tournament, Ak Bars will try to play at full strength, showing everything that it is capable of. It is for this reason that bookmakers do not believe in the success of Kunlun at all and give huge odds for its victory. However, it is worth considering that Kazan has not yet played a single match with a truly serious opponent, which means that it is impossible to be completely sure of the strength of the club. Red Star have already been able to give a worthy rebuff to the Snow Leopards and are quite capable of doing so again. We believe that Red Star, if they lose, will be by no more than two goals.

Our prediction is a victory for Kunlun with a handicap of (+2) goals for 1.74

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1.66total over 5.5 goals

Bet on total

Ak Bars will try to play open attacking hockey again, trying to show its strong side, which Kunlun can also take advantage of and catch the opponent in mistakes, making dangerous counterattacks. It is for this reason that as a second bet we suggest choosing the total over.

Betting Tip - total over 5.5 goals for 1.66

Bet on the outcome of the first period

In the last face-to-face match, Kunlun was not ready for the opponent's pressure, thereby allowing them to take advantage in the starting period, which could well happen again.

Prediction - Ak Bars win in the first period for 1.97

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