Severstal - Salavat Yulaev: forecast for the KHL match

Current form

Severstal showed strong results in late October and early November, but lost four games in a row in the middle of the month. Thus, they worsened their standings and fell to sixth place in the West with 34 points after 28 games. The Cherepovets team ended the away series with defeats in Minsk (1:3) and Balashikha (0:2), and then failed to cope with the onslaught of Spartak in Moscow (1:4). Returning home, Andrei Kozyrev charges were routed by Vityaz (1:7) and were able to regroup. The Steelworkers won with great difficulty against Admiral (2:1), and then were stronger than Ak Bars in a shootout (7:5). The hosts were losing 1:3 after the first period. However, they were able to take advantage of the absence of Kazan main goalies and scored as many as six goals in the next 40 minutes.

The club from the Vologda Region has not been the best in attack in recent games. In the five previous matches, Severstal has made only 11 accurate shots, with seven of them hitting the Ak Bars goal. Kirill Pilipenko retains his place in the list of the league top ten scorers. The forward has 26 points (14+12) in the goal+pass system.

Konstantin Shostak and Aleksandr Samoilov have blocked 90.2% of shots in their possessions and often replace each other during the season. On average, the hosts have conceded 2.89 goals per game in this regular season, which is not the worst indicator.

Disqualifications and injuries

Aleksandr Skorenov and Aleksey Kruchinin were injured and will not play against Salavat Yulaev this Monday.

Interesting trends for betting

• Severstal takes 32 shots on goal per game

The Black and Yellows put enormous pressure on their opponents' goalkeepers in every game.

• The Steelers are winning just 45.4 percent of their faceoffs.

So far, the team centers have not been so successful at the point and have lost more often.