SKA-Neva vs. Dynamo Saint Petersburg: VHL match forecast
SKA-Neva will host Dynamo on November 5 at the Hockey City Arena in St. Petersburg. The start of the season for the hosts is not going as the coaching staff would like, and they have not yet been able to get closer to the top three. How will the derby end and what bets should you play? The answer is in our forecast.

Command Analysis

SKA-Neva

Current form
The team is starting the season in the VHL well, Nikolai Voevodin charges are showing a meaningful game. The team has won 13 victories in 20 games and scored 63 goals. SKA-Neva earned 27 points, which allows them to be in 13th place in the standings, and the gap from the third Metallurg is only three points. In the last confrontation, the "army men" played against "Zvezda" and were able to break the resistance of the Muscovites, winning 5:2 in the end.
Interesting trends for betting
- The club scores an average of three goals per season
- The team has scored fewer than three goals in eight of its last ten games.

Dynamo St. Petersburg

Current form
The team is off to a brilliant start and has a great line of defense and attack. In the last match, Dynamo beat Moscow Unison in overtime, and the game before that, Zvezda (6:2). Despite all this, the team scored 68 goals while conceding 40 goals, won 14 victories and is in first place in the tournament table with 32 points. The St. Petersburg club is ahead of Khimik, who is chasing them down, in additional indicators and has two games in reserve.
Interesting trends for betting
- Dynamo has not lost in the first period in three games in a row
- The team concedes an average of two goals per game.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 3 of the last 5 meetings, the visitors scored more than one goal in the first period
1.90Bet 2nd period: Dynamo win
In the last two matches, the visiting team won in the second period
2.50Tip and bets
In this confrontation, Dynamo is the favorite. However, SKA-Neva has outplayed its opponent in the five previous face-to-face matches at its arena and intends to continue this series today. The Army Men from St. Petersburg will use their ice, and we can assume that experience will allow them to win against such a difficult opponent.
Forecast - SKA-Neva wins the match with odds of 2.05
Bet on total
In this pair, the game is planned under the dictation of the hosts with many scoring opportunities. The opponents are not bad at realizing the opportunities and in the past three matches out of five SKA-Neva recorded a total of more than 5.5 goals. We believe that the goal extravaganza will take place in the match.
Forecast - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 1.98
Bet on individual total
The visitors have a great defensive line, but in the past five matches the club has managed to let in 13 goals. We can assume that the hosts, who have scored 19 goals in the same number of games, will be able to hit the opponent goal more than twice.
Forecast - SKA-Neva individual total over 2.5 goals for 1.95