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CSKA vs. Torpedo: KHL Match Prediction
On September 12, CSKA will settle the score with Torpedo on home ice. According to the bookmaker, the army team should deal with the opponent in this match and earn two points in regulation time. Indeed, the Muscovites have played very well at home before, but the Nizhny Novgorod team has previously experienced many problems. Nevertheless, Igor Larionov must properly motivate his players for the fight. Will the "Professor" be able to come up with something against CSKA? You will find out in the betting tip
Command Analysis
CSKA Moscow
Russian FederationCurrent form
This season, CSKA has only one goal - to win the Gagarin Cup. The management appointed Ilya Vorobyov, who had already won this trophy with Metallurg, as head coach for this very reason. By the way, the army team has changed its style of play and has become much more interesting in attack, not particularly closing itself off in defense even when it has an advantage. Let us recall that earlier on its home court, the team managed to deal with Admiral (6:2), and also defeated Sibir with a rout - 8:2.
At the same time, in the last confrontation with Novosibirsk, the Muscovites played very powerfully in the final twenty minutes, scoring as many as six goals. Vitaly Abramov was spectacular in that match and was able to score a hat-trick. Also, the club is currently making good use of its chances to score in the majority and has a 40% conversion rate.
Interesting trends for betting
- CSKA averages 32 shots on target
CSKA plays very actively in its matches and has a powerful attack line, thanks to which it makes a lot of shots
- The Army Men win 53.5% of faceoffs
The army team has center forwards who have an excellent percentage at the point
Estimated composition
Gamzin, Prosvetov, Klasson, Samorukov, Sedov, Makarov, Provolnev, Okhotyuk, Nesterov, Poltapov, Karnaukhov, Drozdov, Dolzhenkov, Sorkin, Guryanov, Abramov, Iskhakov, Mingachev, Maistrenko, Okulov, Kamenev, Mamin
Torpedo
Russian FederationCurrent form
Torpedo did not look so good in the preseason, and the season started unsuccessfully for them. The team suffered defeats in the two opening home games against Severstal (0:3) and Ak Bars (2:3 SO), but rehabilitated itself in the confrontation with Avtomobilist, beating it with a score of 3:1. Oddly enough, the Avtomobilist team is playing a rather closed hockey - they rarely score and rarely concede. It is quite possible that Igor Larionov has modified the system compared to last season, so this year the Nizhny Novgorod team will play their matches in this manner.
The club has a rather difficult away series ahead, so at the start it will probably try to cling to points while its strength is not running out. Moreover, Larionov's team had a lot of time to recover before this.
Interesting trends for betting
- Torpedo blocks an average of 15 shots per game
Torpedo plays tight hockey and doesn't give the opponent much space in their zone, taking a lot of shots on themselves
- Nizhny Novgorod players perform an average of 17 power moves per match
In the first matches, the "auto plant workers" played quite tough, but often did so within the rules
Estimated composition
Kulbakov, Bocharov, Konyushkov, Phillips, Kirsanov, Silaev, Voynov, Thompson, Bokun, Letunov, Kagarlitsky, Firstov, Atanasov, Goncharuk, Lynch, Voronin, Larionov, Svechnikov, Yan, Artamonov, Belevich, Pochivalov
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In the three previous matches involving the visitors, the first period was unproductive
1.90Bet 2nd period: CSKA victory
In three out of five meetings against Nizhny Novgorod, CSKA ended the second period in its favor
2.15Tip and bets
CSKA is currently very strong and shows a powerful game both in defense and in attack. Torpedo did not look as bright in the first matches as its opponent, and in class it is clearly inferior to the army team. Previous face-to-face matches between the clubs also consistently ended in favor of the Moscow club. Considering that the "automakers" played uncertainly even on their home ice, they can hardly count on points when visiting CSKA.
Betting Tip - CSKA win for 1.75
Bet on individual total
In five previous encounters with Torpedo, CSKA managed with less than three missed goals. The Avtozavodtsy created few dangerous moments in the first matches and only scored three goals in one of the three matches. The army team did not concede three times in the last two games, so it makes sense to bet on the guests' individual total.
We take the individual total of Torpedo under 2.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.67
Total Bet
We wouldn't expect a lot of goals scored in this match. Torpedo will play closed hockey again and will score few goals, and the army team won't be able to score a lot of goals in such a game either. We'll also note that the last four meetings between the clubs have been "low-scoring".
We bet on total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.95
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