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Metallurg Novokuznetsk vs. Magnitka Magnitogorsk: VHL match betting tip
Metallurg will host Magnitka on September 8 at its arena in Novokuznetsk. The teams started the season unsuccessfully and will try to show their best hockey today. How will the confrontation end and what bets should be made? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
The Novokuznetsk club cannot count the past season as an asset, as it failed to make it to the playoffs. Metallurg took 17th place in the tournament table, as it failed the end of the regular championship and as a result the team lacked only one point to climb into the TOP-16. Andrey Lunev's charges started the new championship unsuccessfully and in the first game suffered a defeat from Dynamo-Altai (2:5) in Barnaul.
Disqualifications and injuries
The team has no problems with its composition.
Interesting trends for betting
- Last season, the club averaged 2.9 goals per game
- The team has failed to win in the first period in two games in a row.
Estimated line-up : Botov, Starikov, Tereshchenko, Marushev, Gorbunov, Dyuryagin, Puzanov, Petrikov, Kazakov, Zakharov, Serdyuk, Lavrinenko, Sergeev, Maksimov, Kurbatov, Shevchenko, Kryukov, Ivanov, Karapetyan, Sheshin.
Magnitka Magnitogorsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Magnitka has played two matches this season and suffered losses in them. First, the team suffered a defeat from Norilsk (2:5), and in the last away game, it could not cope with Krasnoyarsk Sokol (1:4), conceding in the majority, in the minority, in equal numbers and into an empty net. The club has just been created, and Ravil Gusmanov, as the head coach, will try to adjust the game during the season and confront more experienced teams.
Disqualifications and injuries
The team has no problems with its composition.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club has scored 1.6 goals over the last five matches
- The team has not been able to win in five games in a row
Estimated line-up : Podskrebalin, Novikov, Zhukov, Osipovich, Zimin, Rybin, Medvedev, Teterin, Kozachiy, Galenyuk, Fursa, Krokhalev, Mukhranov, Kuzyakin, Galenyuk, Kotkov, Grigorenko, Kadyrov, Gusev, Pasmanik, Penzin, Varagyan.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 2 of the last 3 meetings, the home team scored more than one goal in the first period.
1.72Bet 2nd period: Metallurg win
In the last two matches, the home team won in the second period
1.80Tip and bets
The hosts are the favorites in this match. Metallurg started the season with a defeat, but intends to not lose face at home. The team from Novokuznetsk will use a more balanced lineup, and we can assume that experience will allow them to win and will be a decisive factor in the match.
Betting Tip - handicap (-1.5) for Metallurg with odds of 1.80
Bet on total
This pair is likely to play on opposite courses with many scoring opportunities. Metallurg is good at converting scoring opportunities, but in the past three out of five matches the total was under. We believe that the opponents will score a few and there will be no scoring extravaganza in the match.
Betting Tip - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 2.10
Bet on individual total
Magnitka hasn't been playing well in attack lately, and in the last five matches the club hasn't scored more than two goals. We can assume that the visitors will score less than two goals.
Betting Tip - individual total of "Magnitka" less than two goals for 1.88
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