Kuznetskie Medvedi vs. Chaika: MHL Match Prediction
In the MHL, the first to take to the ice on September 9 will be Kuznetskie Medvedi and Nizhny Novgorod Chaika. The hosts are in last place in the Gold Division, so the visitors are considered clear favorites of the match. Who will be able to win the match? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Kuznetskie Medvedi

Current form
"Kuznetskie Medvedi" had a very solid last regular season, taking first place in the Silver Division. In the play-in, the club beat "Sibirskie Snipers" (2:0), but failed to break the resistance of "Mamonty Yugra" in the 1/8 finals - 1:3 at the end of the series. In the first three matches of the new season, the hosts managed to earn only one point - they managed to transfer the confrontation with "Irbis" to overtime. Before that, the club from Novokuznetsk lost to the Kazan club with a score of 1:3. And today's opponent, Sergei Chubykin's charges have already managed to lose with a score of 1:4.
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 four 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.

Chaika

Current form
Chaika is among the favorites every season, but in the last championship the club was unable to defend the title of the Kharlamov Cup winner. The team took fourth place in its division at the end of the regular championship, reached the semi-finals of the playoffs, but could not overcome the resistance of Yaroslavl Loko, losing 2:4 in the series. At the beginning of the regular season, they managed to beat Sibirskie Snipers (6:4), but in the next match the Siberians took full revenge and routed the Nizhny Novgorod team with a score of 5:1. After that, the Volga team beat today's opponent (4:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
The team has no problems with its composition.
Interesting trends for betting
- Last season, the club scored an average of 3.4 goals
- At least five goals were scored in each of the Nizhny Novgorod matches
Estimated line-up : Zinaddin, Ivan Chesnokov, Gavrilov, Kaburov, Salnikov, Gleb Chesnokov, Mullerov, Apatov, Glazunov, Matyuk, Opolinsky, Prisekin, Bykov, Laptev, Fedorov, Melnikov, Maslochenko, Anisimov, Pugachev, Kuznetsov, Toft.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
This bet has played in the last three away matches
1.80Bet 3rd period: draw
This bet has played in three of the hosts' last four matches
3.10Tip and bets
The hosts had a bad start to the season. Having played all three matches on home ice, the team failed to win a single game. Chaika looks much stronger and beat its opponent in every way in the first match. We think that this match will follow the same scenario.
Our prediction is a victory for Chaika at 1.75
Bet on total
"Chaika" has already managed to score 11 goals and will probably rely on attack again. The hosts have never been able to score more than one goal and are probably planning to improve their attacking play. Most likely, there will be many goals scored in this match.
Betting Tip - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 1.80
Bet on individual total
Chaika has no problems in the attacking line and will most likely be able to score many goals against their opponent again. We believe that the visiting team will be able to score more than three goals, since the hosts have not conceded fewer in the last six face-to-face matches.
Betting Tip - Chaika's individual total is more than three goals for 1.73