Norilsk vs. Yuzhny Ural: VHL match betting tip
On September 5, Norilsk will host Yuzhny Ural from Orsk at the Arktika Sports Palace. The hosts have had a successful start in the VHL championship, but for the visitors this will be their first meeting in the new season. Will Norilsk achieve another victory and what bets should they play? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Norilsk

Current form
Vladimir Gusev's charges showed brilliant hockey in their first VHL match and were able to win their first victory of the season. The match with debutant Magnitka was dictated by the team from Norilsk, where the club beat the opponent with a score of 5:2 in the end. In the past debut season, the team showed itself worthy, made it to the 1/8 playoffs of the Petrov Cup, but could not cope with the more powerful and experienced Rubin, losing 1:4 in the series. Let's see what the team will show us in the current championship.
Disqualifications and injuries
The team has no problems with its composition.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, 3.4 goals were scored in the team's five previous meetings
- In the last four games out of five, the club has won only one victory in the first period
Estimated line-up : Smirnov, Isaev, Alyaev, Kolesnikov, Kaletnik, Dyadenkin, Kirillov, Sergeev, Golodnyuk, Skobelev, Zhirnov, Korchemkin, Popov, Korotaev, Korotin, Shuydin, Yakovlev, Alkhimov, Kozhemyakin, Leontyev.

Yuzhny Ural Orsk

Current form
Yuzhny Ural played confidently last season and took 10th place in the regular championship. The club won 31 victories during the entire championship, scored 152 goals and made it to the 1/8 finals of the Petrov Cup. The Orsk team's opponents were St. Petersburg's SKA-Neva, where the series was decided in the seventh match, and the St. Petersburg club emerged victorious. The team did not look very confident in friendly matches, having suffered three defeats in five games. In the last match, the team lost to Toros in overtime.
Disqualifications and injuries
The team has no problems with its composition.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club scored 2.7 goals per game last season.
- The team has failed to win in the first period in five games in a row.
Approximate lineup : Saprykin, Salnikov, Safonov, Zakharov, Shablovsky, Maklozyan, Kovalchuk, Krylov, Alekseev, Litvinov, Rvachev, Ostrovsky, Papst, Aksenov, Putilov, Ovechkin, Naumov, Samokhvalov, Timashev, Kuimov.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 4 of the last 5 meetings, the visitors scored less than two goals in the first period.
2.10Bet 3rd period: victory of Norilsk
In 2 of the 3 recent matches, the hosts won in the second period
2.05Tip and bets
In the last match, Norilsk proved that the preseason was beneficial and did not negatively affect the team's results. The club from Norilsk intends to continue what they started and will play convincingly again, having worked on their mistakes. We believe that the hosts will take advantage of their ice and win another victory.
Betting Tip: Norilsk win with odds of 1.80
Bet on total
In this match, the opponents will score against each other and intend to attack quite a bit. Norilsk has finished five previous matches with a total over, and we can assume that in this confrontation, too, a goal extravaganza is likely to take place.
Betting Tip - total over 6.5 goals with odds of 2.10
Bet on individual total
In the past five matches, the home team has scored 17 goals against its opponents and is not going to stop there. We believe that Norilsk will be able to upset the opponent's goalie more than three times, as in the last match.
Betting Tip - individual total of Norilsk more than 3.5 goals for 1.87