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Spartak vs. Amur: KHL Match Prediction
Spartak is expecting a match against Khabarovsk Amur on November 20. The red-and-whites are in great shape, unlike the wounded Tigers, who can't find their game and continue a terrible series of failures. The teams met last month in the Far East, and then Spartak proved their superiority in a tough fight and dealt with their opponent in regular time. Is it worth betting on their victory again? You will find out the answer from the forecast
Command Analysis
Spartak Moscow
Russian FederationCurrent form
Spartak has big goals this season, so it is very important for them to keep the second line of the Western Conference under their control and not allow their competitors to overtake them. At the moment, the team is ahead of their closest pursuer by literally a couple of points, but at the same time has two games in reserve. Since the beginning of this month, the red-and-whites have been in amazing shape and during this entire time have suffered only one defeat in the confrontation with Lokomotiv (0:2). However, this failure did not upset Alexey Zhamnov charges at all, since in the next two matches they again celebrated success.
So, first Spartak dealt with Severstal (4:1), and then literally crushed Admiral with a score of 6:1. It is noticeable how Spartak worked on its game in defense and began to return to its own zone much more quickly after protracted attacks, thanks to which in many cases it began to manage with no more than one or two missed pucks.
Plus, the club shows a meaningful game in the minority and currently has 82.4% neutralization of the opponent majority. The Muscovites play the starting twenty minutes at a very high level, during which they often earn themselves a comfortable advantage and it is no coincidence that they currently have a ratio of 24:13 in goals scored and goals conceded.
Disqualifications and injuries
Mironov will not play in this match due to injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- Spartak wins 46.1% of faceoffs
The red and whites are not performing well at the point and allow their opponents to take most of the face-offs
- Muscovites receive 6.04 minutes of penalty time per match
Zhamnov team tries not to give the opponent extra chances to score and rarely gets sent off more than three times
Amur Khabarovsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Amur is the main outsider of the Eastern Conference and has only 13 points. The team continues its terrible losing streak, which began in the middle of last month, and can’t get its game back on track. By the way, it is not that far from the anti-record, so it is highly desirable for it to pull itself together and get out of the current situation in the near future. However, if at home the Khabarovsk team almost always fights back against its opponents and loses to them by one goal or in overtime, then on the road they often lose by several goals and are left without points.
So, before that, the "tigers" finished a long series of home matches and after defeats from "Metallurg" (1:2 OT), "Avtomobilist" (2:3) and "Traktor" (3:4) went to visit St. Petersburg SKA, which they were not able to really resist and lost with a score of 3:6. The positive point is that in that confrontation with the army men, Viktor Kostyuchenko team was able to score three goals, which he manages to do very, very rarely.
By the way, Amur managed to win only two victories on away courts during the entire season, and lost eight times in regulation time. At the same time, the club continues to experience difficulties with the majority and occupies the penultimate line in the league in this indicator, having only 11.3% of the extra man conversion rate.
Disqualifications and injuries
Bobkov, Brosseau and Shevchenko will not take part in the match due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Amur has 10:35 in goals scored and conceded in the second period
Khabarovsk residents often fail the second twenty minutes and lose in it
- The Tigers average 32 shots on target.
Amur continues to demonstrate high shooting activity and tries to threaten the opponent goal from any position
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In three out of five matches between the clubs, the first period was productive
1.90Bet 3rd period: Muscovites win
In three out of four games, the home team achieved victory in the third period.
1.90Tip and bets
Spartak is in excellent shape and clearly does not intend to lose to the league obvious underdog at home. The red-and-whites have just finished a crushing match with another Far Eastern team, Admiral, which clearly looks preferable to Amur this season. Moreover, the Khabarovsk team shows very weak results on the road and often cannot give their opponents a worthy fight. It is also worth mentioning that the last four matches between the clubs have regularly ended in favor of Alexey Zhamnov team, so it makes sense to bet on its success in regular time.
Prediction - Spartak win for 1.52
Bet on individual total
"Amur" in most cases has problems with creating and implementing moments and cannot score more than one or two goals. "Spartak", in turn, worked on the game in defense and recently usually managed with a minimum number of goals conceded. By the way, the Khabarovsk team away performance indicator is at the level of 1.46 goals per game, so there is a high probability that in the upcoming confrontation they will be left with only one goal scored.
We bet on the individual total of “Amur” less than two goals with the coefficient of 1.69
Total Bet
Many of Spartak recent matches have not been particularly productive and have been played with five or fewer goals scored. Amur, after allowing ten goals in a couple of matches, is also unlikely to open up much and take unnecessary risks, but will most likely try to play closed hockey. We don't think we should expect the same kind of head-to-head play that was seen in the last meeting between the clubs in Khabarovsk.
We take the total under 5.5 pucks with a coefficient of 1.80
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