Avtomobilist vs. Vityaz: Moscow Mayor's Cup Match Prediction

The final day of the Moscow Mayor's Cup will be held on September 1, where all prize places and more will be determined. The upcoming match will feature teams that were unable to prove themselves in this tournament and will now only fight for the fifth place in the table. Avtomobilist will meet with Vityaz Podolsk, and our experts, in turn, will help determine the bets in the betting tip

Command Analysis

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Current form
Avtomobilist has not been showing its best performance in pre-season training, which is why there are doubts about the team's readiness for the new season. The club has two victories over Metallurg (4:2) and Severstal (4:3), and in both cases the opponent did not play with the first team. In the Moscow Mayor's Cup, the Yekaterinburg team was unable to achieve a single successful result, first suffering an offensive defeat from Moscow Dynamo (1:2), and then losing to Spartak in a shootout (3:4).
Interesting trends for betting
- Avtomobilist concedes an average of three goals per game
- «Auto» earns an average of six penalty minutes per match
Estimated composition
Galkin, Alikin, Zborovsky, Osipov, Gamzakov, Vorobyov, Sevostyanov, Ebert, Zhuravlev, Tryamkin, Filyaev, Merkley, Valk, Golyshev, Leipsic, Meisek, Byvaltsev, Khripunov, Obidin, Kashtanov, Romantsev, Miller

Vityaz

Current form
Many expected serious changes from Vityaz during the off-season, as the last season was extremely unsuccessful. The team had huge problems both in defense and in the attacking line and should have at least slightly corrected them, but this did not happen. The roster remained practically unchanged, which is why the club continues to show mediocre hockey, losing to almost all competitors on its way. What is noteworthy, there are also routs, in the Moscow Mayor's Cup the Podloltsk team was unable to fight back Torpedo (0:3).
Interesting trends for betting
- Vityaz concedes an average of five goals per match
- Vityaz scores an average of 2.5 goals per match
Estimated composition
Shikin, Dorozhko, Golovkov, Busygin, Valentsov, Malorosiyanov, Stewart, Voronkov, Vasiliev, Roy, Galuzin, Yarovoy, Zubov, Savchik, Gautier, Buchelnikov, Chivilev, Dar'in, Baptist, Vorobiev, Tsitsyura, Arkalov, Morozov, Detkov
Trends
Bet 1st goal: "Avtomobilist"
Avtomobilist opened the scoring in five out of six head-to-head matches
1.57Goal in each period bet - yes
In four out of five head-to-head matches, the teams scored a goal in each period
1.50Tip and bets
Avtomobilist is the clear favorite in the upcoming match for several reasons. Firstly, the Yekaterinburg team looks head and shoulders above Vityaz, which still has serious holes in both defense and attack. Secondly, it is worth paying attention to the pre-season training, Avto looked much better than Podolsk in friendly matches, consistently giving a rebuff to all competitors on the way.
Our prediction is Avtomobilist's victory at 1.64
Bet on total
As we have already noted, Vityaz has serious problems in defense and often allows opponents to realize their attacking potential, which Avtomobilist will try to take advantage of, which means it is worth betting on the total over.
Betting Tip - total over 5.5 goals for 1.79
Bet on the outcome of the first period
Avtomobilist will start the match with serious pressure on the opponent and will make every effort to gain an early advantage on the court. We believe that Vityaz will not be able to hold back the pressure and are betting on Avo winning in the opening twenty minutes.
Prediction - Avtomobilist wins in the first period for 2.23