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CSKA vs. Ak Bars: KHL Match Prediction
On November 25, CSKA will play a home match against Ak Bars. The Army Men have just come off a long winning streak, and the Kazan team also had an unsuccessful final meeting. This season, the teams have already met in Kazan, and then the Army Men proved their superiority with a score of 3:0. Now we are expecting a match in Moscow, in which the Bars will certainly try to take revenge. What is the best bet on this confrontation? You will find out the answer from the forecast
Command Analysis
CSKA Moscow
Russian FederationCurrent form
CSKA is still among the top five in the Western Conference and has 35 points. The team also has two games in hand over its main competitors, so if things go well, it could well end up among the top three, but everything will depend on it. The Army team is currently in its best form of the season and recently managed to put together a series of four victories. However, after a home victory over Lokomotiv (2:0), as well as two away victories against Ak Bars (3:0) and Lada (4:1), they still lost to Traktor with a score of 2:5.
By the way, in that match Ilya Vorobyov team had every chance to earn at least one point, since at the start of the third twenty minutes they secured a minimal advantage, but subsequently completely "floated" and missed four goals in a row. Note that after that match the Muscovites had the opportunity to regain their strength and catch their breath, and this, in turn, is an important factor after such defeats.
Let us emphasize that in most of the previous meetings CSKA demonstrated reliable play in defense and remained with a minimum number of goals conceded, but no one is insured against such failures as in the last match. The club also plays well in the minority and currently occupies the third position in this indicator, having 85.7% of neutralization of the opponent majority.
Disqualifications and injuries
Afanasyev will not play in the upcoming match due to injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- CSKA has a 24:15 ratio of goals scored and goals conceded
The army team plays reliably in the opening period and rarely concede in it
- On average, CSKA makes 12.48 power moves per match
Muscovites are not keen on power plays and are more focused on the opponent goal
Ak Bars Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
Ak Bars can feel comfortable, as it currently occupies fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings and has 35 points. The team has managed without long losing streaks throughout the season, but recently it has not been able to get on a successful streak of matches. Kazan has previously alternated victories with failures. Thus, on home ice they dealt with SKA (3:2 OT), after which they lost dry to the capital army team, and after a classy victory over Neftekhimik (2:0), they lost away to Severstal with a score of 5:7.
It is important to say that the "Bars" now have a huge problem with the goalkeeper line, since they simultaneously lost two main goalkeepers - Timur Bilyalov and Amir Miftakhov. Actually, this is why Gleb Nosov started the game against Cherepovets, and after six goals were missed, he was replaced by Maksim Arefyev, who also missed one goal 14 minutes before the end of the third period.
In such a situation, it will be difficult to count on revenge for the painful defeat in Kazan against CSKA, especially if Miftakhov has not had time to fully recover from his illness. By the way, Kazan away game this season is not going well anyway, since they have managed to win only five victories in 13 away games within 60 minutes, and two more - in shootouts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Babenko and Bilyalov will not take part in the match, Miftakhov is questionable.
Interesting trends for betting
- Ak Bars wins 53.2% of faceoffs
Kazan players perform well at the point and often turn out to be better than their opponents in this indicator
- According to statistics, Kazan players perform 18 power moves per match
Unlike CSKA, the "Bars" are not used to standing on ceremony with their opponents
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches between the clubs, the first period was unscoring
1.62Bet 3rd period: army team win
In three out of five matches, CSKA achieved victory in the third period
2.40Tip and bets
CSKA stumbled in the last match with Traktor, but should have drawn the right conclusions and become stronger. The army men, in addition, got a couple of full days of rest, while the opponent has already played one match away. Plus, the question of the "Bars" goalkeepers remains open, because if they are forced to put a VHL-level goalkeeper in the goal again, then they will have practically no chance of taking revenge against the army men. In addition, Gatiyatulin team has not played well on the road this season and often loses points.
Prediction - CSKA win for 2.05
Bet on individual total
CSKA has shown good results in many previous games and has opened up the opponents' defense at least three times. Ak Bars, in turn, even in the previous match with Severstal, conceded seven goals. On average, Ilya Vorobyov team has also scored at least three goals on home ice this season, no matter which opponent they are playing against. It is quite possible that the army team will manage to score three times this time.
We bet on the individual total of CSKA over 2.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.85
Total Bet
It is hard to predict how productive the upcoming match will be. CSKA, after five goals conceded against Traktor, is also unlikely to take unnecessary risks and will decide to play open hockey. However, Ak Bars will also try not to lose face for the second time in a row and will pay more attention to defense. The previous meeting between the clubs ended with only three goals, so we are inclined to expect the same scenario this time.
We take the total under 4.5 goals for 2.05
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