Severstal vs. Sibir: KHL Match Prediction

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Severstal finished the away series with a comeback win over Kunlun (4:2) and moved up to fourth place in the Western Conference table. At the start of the season, the Cherepovets team beat Torpedo (3:0) in Nizhny Novgorod, but lost to Moscow Dynamo (1:3) on the ice of VTB Arena. The club from the Vologda Region will play four games at home and, in addition to the meeting with Sibir, will play against CSKA, Metallurg and Torpedo

In the current regular season, the Cherepovets team has pleased us with its reliability in defense. In three matches, Andrey Kozyrev's team has conceded only five goals, while last season, the «black and yellow» team scored 2.72 goals on average. We note the play of goalies Konstantin Shostak and Alexander Samoilov, who were unable to reflect only 5.9% of shots on their territory.

Interesting trends for betting

• Severstal makes only four power moves per game against an average of 15 by their opponents

The Steelers are trying to play the puck more than try to physically «destroy» their opponents.

• Adam Liszka's team has won just 44.1% of faceoffs this season

So far, the home team's centers have been losing more often at the point and leaving their partners without the puck.

Estimated composition

Shostak, Samoilov, Fomin, Barberio, Davydov, Kaldis, Dyblenko, Ivanov, Churkin, Ilyin, Aymurzin, Pilipenko, Korostelev, Abrosimov, Lishka, Stepanov, Ivantsov, Skorenov, P'yanov, Kruchinin, Podshivalov