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"Ak Bars" - "Barys": betting tip for the KHL match
On September 19, Kazan will host the first "cat derby" of the new season. "Ak Bars" achieved success after returning home and received five days to rest. "Barys" finally won its first victory in the regular season, drying out "Avtomobilist" in Yekaterinburg. For four matches in a row, the Astana team has not been able to beat the Kazan team in Tatarstan. Will David Nemirovsky's team be able to break this trend? Or will the hosts continue to score points on the ice of "Tatneft Arena"? Find out the answer in our prediction for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Ak Bars Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
"Ak Bars started the season with three away games. Anvar Gatiyatullin's team lost to Salavat Yulaev in Ufa (3:5), but then achieved success in Nizhny Novgorod, beating the local Torpedo (3:2, B). On September 9, the Kazan team gave up the victory to Avangard (1:4) at the very end of the match, leaving without points. Returning to Tatarstan, Dmitry Yashkin's team beat the current champion Metallurg (2:0) without scoring. At the moment, the "Cats" occupy the tenth line in the East with four points after four games.
The Bars have not yet shown a strong attacking game and score only two goals per match. Ak Bars shoots more than 36 times per game, but the implementation suffers. Only 6.2% of the hosts' attacks achieve the desired goal. The team's goalkeepers Timur Bilyalov and Amir Miftakhov miss 11% of shots on their own territory and have not yet saved their partners. The Kazan club's top scorer remains Nicolas Petan, who scored five points (2+3).
Injuries and disqualifications
Kazan residents did not suffer significant losses.
Interesting trends for betting
- The Cats are blocking more than 17 shots per game on average.
The hosts block many attacks on their goal, but this does not help the team's goalkeepers play more reliably.
- Kazan wins 52.7% of faceoffs
The Greens' centers feel good at the point and often take control of the puck.
Barys Nur-Sultan
KazakhstanCurrent form
Barys started the season with a series of matches at Astana Arena and managed to earn only one point. In the debut game of the regular season, the Kazakhs lost to Neftekhimik after overtime (1:2, OT), after which they suffered crushing defeats from Traktor (1:4), Amur (1:5) and Dynamo Minsk. Roman Starchenko's team managed to start the current away game on a positive note. The Barsy beat Avtomobilist in Yekaterinburg (2:1, OT) and thus improved their position in the table. Today, David Nemirovsky's charges are in 11th place in the East with three points after five matches.
The visitors remain the worst team in terms of attack not only in the conference, but in the entire league as a whole. In five games, the "cats" have scored only five goals in regulation time, scoring only one goal in each game. The Astana team shoots more than 30 times per game, but realizes only 3.9% of attempts. Michael McLeod is the best scorer of the Kazakh club. The Canadian scored three points (2+1) and scored the winning goal in the last game against the Urals team.
Injuries and disqualifications
Nathan Bellier and Batyrlan Muratov will not take part in the match due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Barys allows more than 36 shots on their possessions per game on average
The visiting team's goalkeepers have to work very hard in every game and so far they have not been coping with the workload very well.
- Astana wins 55% of faceoffs
The Kazakh team often takes possession of the puck after faceoffs, but does not always manage it well.
Trends
Bet 2nd period: total under 1.5 goals
In three out of four matches involving Ak Bars, at least two goals were not scored in the second periods
2.10Bet 1st period: Barys will not lose
Barys has not lost in the first period in four or five games this season.
1.80Tip and bets
Ak Bars scores very little and cannot boast of a strong offensive game yet. At the moment, all the successes of Anvar Gatiyatullin's team have been achieved due to the reliability of the defense. In the first game on home ice, the Kazan team scored only one puck not into an empty net, and each goal is given to the hosts with great difficulty.
Barys has similar problems in attack. In each of their matches, Roman Starchenko's team has only made one accurate shot, and in the last meeting, the visitors managed to do so in the first minute of the match. Considering the weakness of both teams when playing forward, we do not expect productive hockey in Kazan this Thursday. The Astana team should gain confidence from a win in Yekaterinburg, so we believe that they will not fail in the match with the Kazan team. We suggest betting on a positive handicap for the second team.
Betting Tip - Barys win with Asian handicap (+2) for 1.65
Total Bet
Both teams have difficulties in terms of converting their chances. Together, these two teams have scored only 13 goals, having played nine games. With such indicators, it is difficult to expect a goal extravaganza in a face-to-face confrontation. We think that the match will not be the most spectacular, and there will not be many goals. Let's take a total under that is quite large for such a match.
We bet on total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.75
Bet on individual total
Ak Bars scores only two goals per game and there is no reason to expect more from Kazan. Barys played poorly in defense on home ice, but at the beginning of the away series they managed to pull themselves together and let in only one goal from Avtomobilist. It is hard to believe that Astana will crumble again and let in four goals from such hosts.
We take the individual total of Ak Bars under 3.5 goals for 1.80
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