Avtomobilist vs. Sibir: KHL Match Prediction

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Avtomobilist won the first match of the season, despite the fact that Nikolay Zavarukhin's team played second fiddle. The Yekaterinburg team scored all their goals in unequal teams, and one goal was scored in the minority. Thanks to the victory over Traktor (3:2), the hosts topped the Kharlamov Division table.

The game against the Chelyabinsk team turned out to be very difficult for the Urals team. Brandon Leipsic scored his first goal for the new team in the majority, but after 19 seconds the visitors tied the score. In the second period of the match, Avto had many penalties, but Stepan Khripunov managed to score in the minority, and Nick Ebert realized the only penalty of the Bears in the second period of the meeting, increasing the gap from the opponent. The goal of the Black and Whites in the 40th minute brought the intrigue back into the game, but the Machinists held out and did not allow Evgeny Alikin to be upset once again.

Interesting trends for betting

• Avtomobilist made only 16 shots on the opponent's goal and scored three goals

The Yekaterinburg team showed excellent execution of their chances, scoring 19.75% of their shots.

• Evgeni Alikin stopped 46 of 48 shots on his own.

The Ural goalkeeper became the best player in the match against Traktor and received a rating of 8.6.

Estimated composition

Alikin, Galkin, Ebert, Tryamkin, Osipov, Vorobyov, Zborovsky, Zhuravlev, Blacker, Gamzakov, Golyshev, Da Costa, Khripunov, Meisek, Volk, Leipsic, Merkley, Byvaltsev, Obidin, Kashtanov, Romantsev, Kuznetsov