"Zauralye" - "Izhstal": betting tip for the VHL match
On September 18, Zauralye will host Izhstal at the Mostovik Arena in Kurgan. The hosts failed to please fans with a positive result in the last home game, and the visitors lost in Omsk. Will the opponents be able to identify the winner in regular time and what bets should they play? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Zauralye Kurgan

Current form
For the Kurgan club, the last game against Toros was the first home game this season, and the team failed to live up to the expectations of fans and bookmakers. The opponents finished the regular time of the match with a score of 1:1 and determined the winner in a series of shootouts, where the Neftekamsk hockey players turned out to be stronger. Zauralye is on a series of three defeats in a row, and this season the team has won only one victory, beating Khimik (4:3). As a result, Mikhail Zvyagin's charges have four points and are in 22nd place in the tournament table.
Interesting trends for betting
- This season, Zauralye scores an average of 1.6 goals
- Since the start of the championship, the team has not won in the second period

Izhstal Izhevsk

Current form
The team from Izhevsk has been showing a pretty good game this season, but in some moments the club simply lacks skill at the final stage. Andrey Shefer's team is on a series of four defeats in a row, but they fight their opponents on equal terms. In the last meeting, Izhstal met with Omskie Krylia and suffered a defeat (2:4), letting the last puck into an empty net. The team occupies 25th place in the tournament table and has three points to its credit.
Interesting trends for betting
- Since the start of the season, the team has scored an average of two goals
- The club has failed to win in the first period in its last five games.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 4 of the last 5 meetings, the visitors scored less than two goals in the first period.
1.80Bet 3rd period: draw
In 2 of the 3 recent matches of the Kurgan club there was a draw in the third period
3.15Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the hosts as the favorites, but Izhstal should not be discounted. The Izhevsk team fights equally with its opponents in every match, the club just lacks luck and skill. We believe that the visiting team will not lose by more than one goal, as in three of the five matches that have passed.
Betting Tip – handicap (+1.5) of the puck on Izhstal with a coefficient of 2.05
Bet on total
This pair is expected to play on opposite courses, but with a small number of scoring opportunities. The opponents have been scoring little lately, and the last three out of five matches ended with a total under. With the teams' unconvincing attack, it is difficult to count on a goal extravaganza.
Betting Tip - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.68
Bet on individual total
Izhstal has scored an average of two goals in the last five games, while the visitors have conceded 2.6 goals in the same number of games. We can assume that the Izhevsk team will score more than one goal against their opponent
Betting Tip - individual total of Izhstal over 1.5 goals for 1.78