Kuznetskie Medvedi vs. Irbis: MHL match betting tip
On September 5, Kuznetskie Medvedi will host Kazan's Irbis in Novokuznetsk. The guests looked stronger than their opponent in friendly matches, and they also emerged victorious in the last face-to-face game. Whose side will fortune be on and what bets should they play? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Kuznetskie Medvedi

Current form
The Kuznetskie Medvedi had a brilliant last season, took first place in their division and made it to the Kharlamov Cup playoffs. In the play-in, the club beat the Sibirskie Snipers (2:0), but failed to break the resistance of the Mamonty Yugra in the 1/8 finals - 1:3 in the series. In friendly matches, Sergei Chubykin's charges showed good hockey and were able to win six victories in 11 games. They suffered a 1:3 defeat from their opponent today in the first game of the new season.
Disqualifications and injuries
The team has no problems with its composition.
Interesting trends for betting
- In the last five games, the team scored an average of 1.8 goals
- In the last three games, the club has not won a single victory in the first period
Approximate lineup : Khashin, Golovchenko, Apasov, Nevretdinov, Kuzmin, Grzheletsky, Kryukov, Firich, Ivanov, Popov, Shitov, Nokhrin, Petrov, Piskunov, Naumov, Shcheglov, Butakov, Boltov, Shamov, Ermak, Bitev.

Irbis Kazan

Current form
Irbis is a youth club of Ak Bars, which took fifth place in its division last season and reached the 1/8 finals of the Kharlamov Cup. Its opponents were Nizhny Novgorod Chaika, which sent Maxim Ovchinnikov's charges to prepare for the new MHL championship. In friendly matches, the team from Kazan looked great and won nine victories, losing only to SKA-1946 (1:3), Chaika (3:4) and Dynamo St. Petersburg (3:6). Excellent preparation allowed them to easily defeat their opponent today in the first game of the season.
Disqualifications and injuries
The team has no problems with its composition.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club has scored 2.4 goals per game over the last five games
- The team has lost only once in its last seven games.
Approximate lineup : Konovalov, Vaziev, Fazlov, Galeev, Sherstnev, Barsukov, Naumov, Samigullin, Onishko, Ageev, Pustovoy, Biryukov, Makhmutov, Gorodilov, Saberzyanov, Sakhapov, Bardin, Istomin, Potapov, Akhmadullin, Giniyatullin.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 4 of the last 5 meetings, the visitors scored more than one goal in the first period.
1.72Bet 3rd period: Irbis victory
In 1 of the 3 recent matches, Kazan won in the third period
1.88Tip and bets
This pair is set to have a boring game in the middle zone. Irbis will try to score quickly again and bring things to a logical victory. It is worth noting that in the last three games of the guests, less than six goals were scored out of five, and we believe that in this confrontation there will not be so many of them.
Betting Tip - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 2.10
Bet on the outcome
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the guests. Irbis is playing on the opponent's arena and today intends to continue the series of three victories in a row. The team from Kazan is set only for victory, will take advantage of the mistakes of the opponent of a lower class and win the match.
Betting Tip: Irbis win with odds of 1.58
Bet on individual total
Irbis has no problems in attack, and in the last three head-to-head matches the club scored 10 goals against the opponent. We can assume that the guests will score more than three goals.
Betting Tip - individual total of "Irbis" more than 3.5 goals for 1.82