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Gornyak-UGMK vs. Neftyanik: VHL match forecast
On December 3, Gornyak-UGMK will host Neftyanik from Almetyevsk at its arena in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. The hosts alternate victories with defeats and have not looked their best on home ice lately. Today, Gornyak-UGMK is not going to share points with an opponent who is also not shining with results. How will the confrontation end and what bets should be played? The answer is in our forecast
Command Analysis
Gornyak Uchaly
Russian FederationCurrent form
The team from Verkhnyaya Pyshma failed to make it to the Petrov Cup playoffs last season, finishing 19th in the standings. The team failed at the end of the regular season, losing its final four games and scoring only one point, which prevented it from breaking into the top 16 teams in the VHL.
In the current championship, Alexey Alexeyev charges are doing well so far and the club looks much better than last year. The team from Verkhnyaya Pyshma was unable to break the resistance of Chelny on their home ice in the last game. The match was a two-edged struggle and ended 2:2 in the end, but the visitors were more accurate in the shootout. This defeat was the 15th of the season, but allowed them to retain eighth place in the standings. The game before, Gornyak-UGMK won an away victory in Kirovo-Chepetsk, beating Olimpiya in overtime. The team has 40 points, scored 100 goals, acts with full dedication, but in some moments the club is simply unlucky. It is worth noting that the team is in the TOP-5 of the league in terms of goals scored.
Interesting trends for betting
- Gornyak-UGMK fails to win three games in a row in regular time
- On average, the team scores 3.2 goals per game
Neftyanik Almetyevsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
The Almetyevsk club won the Petrov Cup last season, but finished the regular championship only in ninth place. In the playoffs up to four victories, the team successively beat St. Petersburg Dynamo (4:0), Kurgan Zauralye (4:2), Tyumen Rubin (4:3), and in the final did not leave the slightest chance to Tula AKM (4:0). But here it is worth noting the fact that Ak Bars failed in the KHL and some players were sent down to Neftyanik so as not to leave Tatarstan without hockey awards.
The club has had a poor start to the current VHL championship and there are no prerequisites for defending the title. The team at this stage cannot climb into the TOP-16, cannot find its game and is in 20th place in the tournament table with 32 points to its credit. In the last confrontation, the team lost to Chelmet in Chelyabinsk (1:2), and the game before that, it emerged victorious in the match against Barnaul Dynamo-Altai, defeating its opponent with the same score.
Interesting trends for betting
- Since the start of the season, the team has averaged 2.6 goals per game.
- The club has won six of its last 10 matches
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 4 of the last 5 meetings, the visitors scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period.
1.84Bet 2nd period: win draw
In the last three matches of the home club, there was a draw in the second period
2.10Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the hosts as the favorites. Gornyak-UGMK suffered four defeats in five previous games at home and intends to correct the situation, and in the last face-to-face match on home ice they beat their opponent. The club from Verkhnyaya Pyshma looks stronger, and we can assume that the home arena will allow the team to win and will become a decisive factor in the match.
Prediction - victory of "Gornyak-UGMK" in the match with a coefficient of 1.74
Bet on total
This pair is likely to see a closed game on counterattacks. In the five previous Gornyak-UGMK games in a row, less than 5.5 goals were scored, and we believe that the goal-scoring extravaganza will not take place, as in the last away game of Neftyanik.
Forecast - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.75
Bet on individual total
Gornyak-UGMK has no problems in attacking actions, and the club has not scored less than two goals in the last four games. We can assume that the hosts will score more than two goals.
Forecast - individual total of "Gornyak-UGMK" more than 2.5 goals for 1.72
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