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Sibir vs. Neftekhimik: KHL match betting tip
On September 17, Sibir will host a home match against Neftekhimik. Yepanchintsev's team has an excellent chance to earn two points, but it should be noted that the Nizhnekamsk team also went away in a great mood, since they had previously managed to win three times in a row. The previous matches between the clubs were tense and ended in favor of one or the other club with a minimal difference in the score. What bet should you make this time? You will find out from the betting tip
Command Analysis
Sibir Novosibirsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Sibir improved its position in the tournament table after a disastrous start and rose to seventh place in the Eastern Conference. Let us recall that the team began its performance in the new season with three major defeats in a row, but then dealt with Severstal on the road (5:2), and already at home secured the success against Avangard (4:1). At the same time, if earlier Epanchintsev's team had serious problems with scoring, then in the two previous games it quite easily opened up the opponents' defense.
In addition, Novosibirsk has improved its power play. For example, in the last match with Omsk, they took advantage of two attempts out of three, and in the match with Cherepovets, they also realized one attempt out of two. So far, the main scorer in the team is Sergei Shirokov, who has five points in the goal + pass system. This is not surprising, because a forward with such a huge experience should lead the team and be an example for the others.
Injuries and disqualifications
Ovchinnikov will not take part in the match due to injury
Interesting trends for betting
- Sibir averages 24 shots on target per game
The Novosibirsk team shows little shooting activity and after the unsuccessful matches they were more focused on playing defense, so they made relatively few shots at the opponent's goal.
- Novosibirsk residents statistically win 44.1% of faceoffs
The Snowmen are indeed mediocre at the point and lose most of their faceoffs due to the lack of center forwards on the roster who have good statistics in this area.
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Neftekhimik definitely does not want to become one of the outsiders in the East this season, so it has already started showing excellent results from the start. Thanks to a series of three victories, the team has secured its place in the first line of the Eastern Conference and earned eight points. Note that before this, Nizhnekamsk had dealt with Metallurg twice (2:0 and 3:2), and in the final match they won against the leader of the Western Conference, Lokomotiv, beating them with a score of 1:0.
Oddly enough, the Wolves conceded very few goals in the first matches. Of course, the credit goes to goalies Artem Zagidulin and Filipp Dolganov. The latter parried all 46 shots in the last match with Lokomotiv, perhaps giving his best performance in the KHL. It is also worth emphasizing the fact that at the beginning of the season the club has been playing well in the minority and has never allowed opponents to score in the 5x4 format, although he gave them 12 attempts to do so.
Injuries and disqualifications
Kirill Urakov will not take part in the match due to an injury he received during the preseason.
Interesting trends for betting
- Neftekhimik shoots on goal an average of 22 times
The Wolves spend most of their time defending and only occasionally making forays into the opponent's zone, so they don't take many shots.
- Neftekhimik receives an average of five minutes of penalty time per match
The Nizhnekamsk players are great at using their feet and keeping up with their opponents, they play with discipline and usually don’t get sent off more than three times per game.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches between the clubs, the first period was unscoring
1.62Bet 2nd period: Novosibirsk will score
In three out of five matches the hosts scored in this period
1.55Tip and bets
The teams are roughly equal in level, but the home court factor will be of great importance here. Sibir always earns most of its points at its home arena. Plus, the Novosibirsk team has perked up after a terrible start and has started to show high-quality hockey.
Neftekhimik certainly played well against strong opponents, but this does not mean that Nizhnekamsk will always be able to get out from under such pressure and remain with a minimum number of goals conceded, because Oleg Leontyev's team does not play the best in defense and relies solely on the work of the goalies. We think that in the upcoming meeting the hosts are capable of earning two points.
Prediction - victory of "Siberia" for 2.05
Bet on individual total
"Sibir" showed a decent game in defense in the last two matches and did not allow the opponents to score more than twice. "Neftekhimik", in turn, did not score a large number of goals in previous matches and spent most of the time sitting in defense. By the way, only in one of five face-to-face matches did the "snowmen" let in more than two goals from Nizhnekamsk.
We take the individual total of Neftekhimik less than 2.5 goals for 1.55
Total Bet
In this confrontation, we do not expect to see a large number of goals scored and open hockey. The teams play conservatively and, first of all, watch the actions in their own zone, and only then think about the attack. This is why the previous games between the clubs were ineffective. It is quite possible that this time we will see "low" hockey.
We bet on total under 4.5 goals with odds of 2.00
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