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Lokomotiv vs. Dynamo Minsk: KHL Match Forecast
The new away series of Minsk Dynamo will start on October 27 in Yaroslavl. Lokomotiv plays flawlessly at Arena-2000 and has already earned six points in three matches. Dmitry Kvartalnov charges played exclusively in Belarus for the entire second half of the month, but were always good. Will the "bison" manage to stop the "steam engines"? Or will Igor Nikitin team continue to increase the gap from its competitors? Read about this in our forecast for the confrontation between the teams
Command Analysis
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Russian FederationCurrent form
Lokomotiv continues to dominate the West and hardly loses points. Igor Nikitin team earned 34 points in 20 starts, losing only four matches in two months. The Railwaymen are playing excellently at Arena-2000 in the current series of home games. The Yaroslavl team confidently beat Barys (3:1) and broke the resistance of Moscow Dynamo (4:3, B), and in the last game they crushed Amur. The Khabarovsk team held on until the 33rd minute of the match, but then crumbled under the pressure of the Volga team and conceded five unanswered goals.
Alexey Melnichuk made his first shutout in the current regular season. The goalkeeper has played only five games this season and cannot yet compete with Daniil Isaev for a place in the main team. In the match against the Tigers, the Volga team scored at least five goals for only the fourth time this fall. Currently, the leader of Lokomotiv attack is Maxim Berezkin (6+10), but Artur Kayumov (8+7), the best sniper of the club from the capital of the Golden Ring, is breathing down his neck.
Disqualifications and injuries
Nikita Cherepanov was injured and will not be able to play against the Minsk team.
Interesting trends for betting
- Lokomotiv takes 34 shots on goal per game
The hosts put enormous pressure on the opposing goalies in every game and score three goals on average.
- The Railwaymen block 15 shots on their goal per match
Lokomotiv is constantly thinking about defense, and the Volga defenders regularly sacrifice themselves by getting in the way of the puck.
Dinamo Minsk
BelarusCurrent form
The Minsk team played at home for a long time, but were unable to seriously improve their position in the standings. Dynamo is in eighth place in the Western Conference, having scored 21 points in 18 games. The team from the capital of Belarus played five games in a row at the Minsk Arena, but was able to win only three of them. The Zubrs were stronger than CSKA (5:4, OT), Neftekhimik (4:1) and Vityaz (2:1), but lost to Metallurg (0:2) and Barys (1:2). In the matches against the Foxes and Snow Leopards, Dmitry Kvartalnov charges looked terrible in attack and were able to make only one accurate shot in 120 minutes.
The visitors have been playing inconsistently on the opponent half of the court and have been poor at converting their chances in the second half of October. Vadim Shipachev team has scored only seven goals in the previous four games, but has been good in defense, allowing only six goals. Sam Anas is not ready to share his status as the Minsk team most productive player. The American has scored 14 points in the goal+pass system (5+9) in his second season with Dynamo.
Disqualifications and injuries
Andrey Stas and Andrey Kareev are in the guests' infirmary.
Interesting trends for betting
- Dynamo makes 37 shots on goal on average per match
The visitors shoot quite a lot, but they only manage to convert 7.8% of their attacks.
- The Zubrs make 12 power moves per game
Dmitry Kvartalnov charges are not too willing to engage in physical play and try to work more with the puck.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four out of five games between the teams in Yaroslavl, the first periods were low-scoring
1.64Bet 1st period: Dynamo will not score
In three of the last four matches, Dynamo failed to score in the opening 20 minutes
1.68Tip and bets
We believe that the match in Yaroslavl will be closed and will not please the stands with a large number of goals. The Dynamo players have played extremely ineffectively in their last games at home, playing poorly in attack. Nevertheless, the Zubrs played well in defense and did not concede more than twice on average per match. Lokomotiv remains the most reliable club in the league, but the hosts have to sacrifice the quality of their attack. Matches between the rivals in the capital of the Golden Ring are usually low-scoring. We think that in the upcoming game the hockey players will not be able to play productive hockey. We offer a bet on the total under goals.
Our prediction is total under five goals for 1.65
Individual Total Bet
Lokomotiv rarely scores a lot and mostly plays defensively. The Minsk team looked great in defense in recent matches, so it is unlikely that they will concede many in Yaroslavl. In the six previous personal matches, the Railwaymen have never managed to score more than three goals against Dynamo. We do not think that the hosts will be able to realize a large number of opportunities on Sunday.
Forecast - Lokomotiv individual total under three goals for 1.60
Bet on the outcome
Lokomotiv remains the strongest team not only in the conference, but in the entire KHL as a whole. The Railwaymen are constantly achieving success and in the current home series of games they are consistently beating their opponents. The Dynamo players looked good in defense in the last matches, but without goals scored it will be extremely difficult to take points from Yaroslavl. We believe in the favorite victory within the regular time.
Prediction - Lokomotiv win for 1.85
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