Traktor vs. Ak Bars: KHL Match Prediction

Russian Federation

Traktor

Russian Federation

KHL

16 October 07:00 UTC

Ak Bars Kazan

Russian Federation

On October 16, Traktor will take on Ak Bars on their home court. The Chelyabinsk team looked pretty good in previous encounters, but suffered a defeat in the final match. The Kazan team broke a long losing streak and is now likely ready to fight back against the Bears. What is the best bet on this match? Find the answer in our forecast

Traktor vs Ak Bars Kazan Prediction and Betting Tips (16.10.2024)

Command Analysis

Traktor

Russian Federation

Current form Traktor is currently in first place in the Eastern Conference, but could soon find itself in second place if it suddenly slows down. The team has been demonstrating decent results throughout the season and is often on a winning streak. However, after a successful streak, defeat is inevitable. This is what happened to the Chelyabinsk team, who fought against Avangard in the last match and, being the favorite, suffered a loss with a score of 1:3, for the first time in a long time, scoring only one goal. At the same time, Benoit Groux team often demonstrates an extremely reliable game in defense and is one of the fewest clubs in the league that concede goals. On average, no more than one or two pucks end up in their net. However, the "bears" sometimes lack efficiency, and because of this they lose points. At the same time, a number of players have at least ten points in the goal + pass system. Among the top scorers, we note Alexander Kadeikin, Vitaly Kravtsov and, of course, Maxim Shabanov, who has already managed to earn 17 points in the goal + pass system. We also note that Traktor is currently not playing its best in the majority and has only 17.4% of the extra man conversion rate.

Disqualifications and injuries There are no injured or disqualified players on the team. Interesting trends for betting

According to statistics, Traktor concedes no more than 1.93 goals per match

Chelyabinsk remains one of the most reliable clubs in terms of defense and, on average, does not allow the opponent to score more than two goals.

On average, Traktor allows no more than 29 shots on its goal

The Chelyabinsk team tries to take on many shots and is very good at neutralizing the danger at their goal.

Ak Bars Kazan

Russian Federation

Current form Ak Bars is fourth in the Eastern Conference standings with 18 points. The team had a good start to the season, winning match after match, but then a series of failures began. Let us recall that Andrey Martemyanov team suffered three defeats in a row. The Kazan team lost to Amur (1:2), Sibir (3:6) and could not cope with Spartak (0:3). However, they got out of the situation very beautifully and literally crushed Metallurg on the road with a score of 5:0, leaving them no chance. Let us emphasize that in that match, Kirill Semenov scored twice, and Nikita Lyamki scored one goal and made two assists. In general, the "Bars" have demonstrated good performance this season and score at least three goals on average. Ak Bars should soon get into the top three to feel quite comfortable and to keep Martemyanov trust. On the positive side, we note that the club plays well in the minority and currently has 85.4% of neutralization of the extra man. However, in the 5x4 format, the "greens" need to add a little, since they realize every fifth attempt on average.

Disqualifications and injuries

There are no injured or disqualified players on the team.

Interesting trends for betting

Ak Bars statistically makes at least 36 shots

Kazan players try to be active in the opponent zone and usually score thanks to a large number of shots.

Kazan players perform about 20 power moves per match

Ak Bars is one of the first in the league in terms of the number of power moves.

Trends

Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals

In three out of four games involving visitors, the first period was productive

2.00

Bet 2nd period: Kazan win

In two out of four matches the visitors won in the second period

2.90

Tip and bets

1.65Ak Bars will not lose

After a series of defeats, Ak Bars played a very high-quality match against Metallurg and is now in a great mood. Traktor, on the contrary, interrupted a long successful streak, so it may lose ground a little. Plus, previous face-to-face matches between the teams often ended in favor of the guests. Ak Bars may well fight for points this time and bring the matter to at least overtime.

Forecast - Ak Bars will not lose for 1.65

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2Traktor IT is less than 2.5 goals

Bet on individual total

In the two previous meetings out of three, Traktor did not distinguish itself by more than two goals. By the way, the Bears could not score even three goals in the last two matches against Kazan. The guests, in turn, also rarely missed three goals in previous meetings. Since Gru team plays closed hockey and pushes off from defense, this time they may also be left with a minimum number of goals.

We bet on Traktor individual total under 2.5 goals for 2.00

Total Bet

Many matches involving the Chelyabinsk team are ineffective and end up being "low-scoring". "Traktor" continues to play defensively. Plus, after the defeat by "Avangard", the "bears" will try to play even more reliably in their zone. "Ak Bars", by the way, also played four out of five matches with fewer than six goals scored.

We bet on total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.70

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