Traktor vs. Barys: Blinov Cup Match Prediction
On August 24, Traktor and Barys will play against each other at a tournament in Omsk. The Kazakhs have not won a single match yet, while the team from Chelyabinsk has scored points in all three games. Will the Bears be able to break into the first place in the table, overtaking Lokomotiv? Or will the Cats win their first victory on the ice of the G-Drive Arena? Find out from our betting tip for this confrontation

Command Analysis

Traktor

Current form
Traktor started in Omsk with a very confident victory over Avangard (5:2), after which they took a point in a seemingly hopeless loss against Lokomotiv (4:5, after shootouts), where Benoit Groux's charges were losing 2:4 during the game, but were able to restore balance. If the Bears had problems in defense in the first matches, then in the match against Sibir (3:0) the Urals team showed themselves from the best side, and Zach Fucale made a well-deserved shutout.
The attacking leaders look great. Alexander Kadeikin, Vitaly Kravtsov and Nikita Tertyshny scored points in all matches in the tournament when they took to the ice.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, Traktor blocks 14 shots per game
- According to statistics, Chelyabinsk players make at least 31 shots per game
Estimated composition
Fucale, Zubov, Kaempfer, Dronov, Kirpichnikov, Karpukhin, Shchuchinov, Nikolaev, Sikura, Kadeikin, Shabanov, Der-Arguchintsev, Svetlakov, Kravtsov, Tertyshny, Shvarev, Rykmanov, Kotlyarevsky, Pankratov, Popov

Barys Nur-Sultan

Current form
Barys surprised in the first game of the tournament, when Oleg Bolyakin's team came back from 0:3 in the match against the Hawks (3:4, after overtime). In the next match, the Kazakhs fielded a young team, which was torn apart by Novosibirsk's Sibir (0:4).
Despite the large number of legionnaires this season, the "cats" chances of a positive result in games against the KHL giants still look extremely insignificant. The Astana team plays poorly in defense from match to match and has already conceded seven goals in 120 minutes of regular time at the Blinov Cup.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, Barys makes 11 power moves per match
- According to statistics, the "cats" take 29 shots per game
Estimated composition
Mattson, Shestakov, Kamalov, Butcher, Bealew, Korolev, Nikitin, Volosenkov, Zhusupbekov, Kenesbai, Zhafyarov, McLeod, Allison, Smith, Kodola, Apalkov, Logvin, Simonov, Shaikhmeddenov, Omirbekov, Buyalsky, Sarkenov
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches between the clubs, the first period was low-scoring
1.83Bet 2nd period: Barys will not lose
Barys has not lost to Traktor in the second period in six of the previous seven matches
1.95Tip and bets
Traktor is very good at the tournament in Omsk and has never lost in regulation time on the ice of G-Drive Arena. At the same time, according to statistics, Barys is not the most convenient opponent for the Chelyabinsk team. The Cats have already snapped in the game against Avangard and may well do so again. We believe that a bet on a positive handicap for the guests from Kazakhstan would be an excellent solution.
Betting Tip - Barys win with a handicap (+2) goals for 1.72
Bet on total
Traktor will try to repeat its last success in the game against Sibir and play as reliably as possible. Barys should pay special attention to its actions in defense. A bet on the total under in this pair often turns out to be a winning option. We do not expect more than five accurate shots from the teams.
We take the total under 5.5 goals for 1.80