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Lada vs. Traktor: KHL Match Forecast
Lada and Traktor will open the program of the big game day in the KHL championship on October 25. The Chelyabinsk team has taken the lead in the East and does not intend to lose momentum, beating opponents one after another. The Filiny are returning home after a good trip to the Far East, where Oleg Bratash team managed to score four points in four matches. In the last games between the opponents, only the visitors won, if you do not count the meeting in the preseason, where the Bears celebrated success in the home Governor Cup. What will the match in the Samara Region be like? Read about it in our forecast for it
Command Analysis
Lada Togliatti
Russian FederationCurrent form
Lada is still outside the playoff zone and occupies only the ninth line in the Eastern Conference table. Oleg Bratash team earned 16 points in 18 games and currently has a negative goal difference of 43:46. Mikhail Fisenko team is returning to Tolyatti from a difficult away tour of the Far East. There, the "owls" managed to beat both Amur (0:2 and 5:3) and Admiral (6:1 and 3:5) once. The hosts demonstrated an uncharacteristic performance and scored 14 goals in the three previous starts.
The club from the Samara region cannot boast of good realization of moments and scores only 2.39 goals per match. Avtozavodchane do not play the best in the majority, realizing a modest 13.6% of opponents' penalties. Lada main hope in attack continues to be Ostap Safin, who scored 12 points in the goal+pass system (4+8).
Disqualifications and injuries
Andrey Altybarmakyan will not be able to help his team in the game against the Urals team.
Interesting trends for betting
- Lada takes 27 shots on goal per game
The hosts don't shoot much, trying to concede as few goals as possible, so their attacking performance is quite modest.
- Togliatti players earn 7.2 minutes of penalty time on average per match
The "Owls" are often sent off, but neutralize 82.5% of their opponents' attempts to convert the extra man.
Traktor
Russian FederationCurrent form
Traktor has been the leader in the East for quite some time now and continues to strengthen its position in the conference. Vladimir Tkachev team is ahead of its closest rival, having scored 30 points in 19 attempts. Since September 25, the Chelyabinsk team has lost only one match, when they failed to break through Avangard defense (1:3) on their home court. After this misfire, Benoit Groux charges confidently finished the series of games in Chelyabinsk, beating Ak Bars (3:1) and Salavat Yulaev (4:2). The current road trip for the Bears began with high-scoring victories over Sibir (5:4) and Avangard (4:3).
The visitors do not always play well in defense, but they manage to compensate for the missed pucks with a large number of goals. On average, the "bears" score 3.21 times per game, while for four games in a row the "tractor players" have distinguished themselves with at least three accurate shots. "Traktor" is one of the best teams in the league in terms of playing in the minority (83.9%) and at the same time they realize every fourth majority. Maxim Shabanov continues to score points. The forward broke into third place in the KHL scorers list with 19 effective actions (7+12).
Disqualifications and injuries
Dmitry Ovchinnikov is still recovering from his injury and will not play in Tolyatti.
Interesting trends for betting
- Traktor shoots 35 times per game on average
The visitors are very active in each of their matches. Despite the huge number of shots, they manage to bring 9.1% of their attacks to the target.
- Chelyabinsk wins 52.1% of faceoffs
The Ural centers try to win as many puck face-offs as possible in each match.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In three of the four previous matches between the teams, the first periods were not very productive
1.67Bet 2nd period: Traktor will score
Traktor has scored in the second period for four games in a row
1.47Tip and bets
We believe that the winning streak of the Chelyabinsk team should continue in the Samara Region. The Bears are very good at converting their chances and are not so bad on their half of the court. It will be difficult for Lada to show its best game after a difficult series of games in the Far East. The last four matches between the opponents were won by the visitors. We are sure that Traktor will control the course of the match and dictate its terms to the hosts. In our opinion, the Owls will not be able to score points in the first home match after the away game. We offer a bet on the victory of the Urals team in regular time.
Our prediction is a Traktor victory for 1.80
Bet on total
Matches involving Lada are often extremely dry and rarely provide entertainment. Yes, Oleg Bratash charges were spectacular in Khabarovsk and Vladivostok, showing productive hockey. However, in a game against such a strong team, the hosts are unlikely to go forward and will most likely try to wait for a mistake from the opponent. Let play a bet on the total under in goals scored.
Forecast - total under five goals for 1.72
Bet on the total of the first period
Last season, the first periods of the matches between Lada and Traktor were very boring. Often, the teams could not score even one goal between them in the first 20 minutes. Now we see a similar nature of the game, considering that the "owls" are left after a difficult trip to the Far East. The "Bears" are also unlikely to run forward from the first seconds, because the upcoming match will be the third for the Chelyabinsk team on the road. We do not expect more than one goal in the first third of the confrontation.
Forecast - total under 1.5 goals in the first period for 1.67
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