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Yuzhny Ural - Neftyanik: VHL match forecast
On December 7, Yuzhny Ural will host Neftyanik from Almetyevsk at its arena in Orsk. The hosts look good this season and have beaten their opponent in two head-to-head games in a row, and the visitors are not in optimal shape at this stage. Will the hosts be able to continue this series and what bets should they play? The answer is in our forecast
Command Analysis
Yuzhny Ural Orsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Yuzhny Ural played confidently last season and took 10th place in the regular championship. The club won 31 victories during the entire championship, scored 152 goals and made it to the 1/8 finals of the Petrov Cup. The Orsk team opponents were St. Petersburg SKA-Neva, where the series was decided in the seventh match, and the St. Petersburg club emerged victorious. The club is starting the new season at its level, and Vladislav Otmakhov charges have started to show good hockey. After 30 games, the team has won 17 victories and suffered a devil dozen of defeats, with 71 goals conceded and 75 goals scored. In the last confrontation, the team was able to cope with Chelny in Orsk (2:0), scoring one goal each in the second and third 20-minute periods. The team played the previous game in Neftekamsk against Toros and emerged victorious with a score of 2:1. At this stage, they have 38 points and are in 17th place in the standings, lagging behind the last TOP-16 team, Kurgan Zauralye, only by additional indicators. The fight for the playoffs has just begun and the team has every chance of ending up in the top 16 of the league.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club scores 2.5 goals per game per season
- The team has not lost in the first period in three games in a row
Neftyanik Almetyevsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
The current Bratina Cup holder cannot boast of its results at all at this stage. Climbing into the TOP-16 in the regular championship of the current season will not be easy and this task is barely feasible for the club. Artem Anisimov charges are showing a weak game and are not fulfilling the game plan conceived by the coaching staff, which leads to unnecessary defeats. Having won three home victories in a row, the club went on an away tour, where it suffered the same number of defeats and did not score more than one goal in each match. First, the team lost to Chelmet in Chelyabinsk (1:2), leading after the second period 1:0 in the score. Then the club moved to Verkhnyaya Pyshma and turned out to be weaker than Gornyak-UGMK (1:5), having failed all three periods. And finally, in the last confrontation, the club could not cope with the VHL newcomer Magnitka in Magnitogorsk (1:4). Half of the championship is behind us and there are no prerequisites for defending the title earned last year. After 32 matches, the Tatarstan team is in a lowly 23rd place in the tournament table, has 32 points to its credit, and is six points behind Zauralye, which is in 16th place.
Interesting trends for betting
- Since the start of the season, the team has averaged 2.6 goals per game.
- The club has suffered five defeats in its last eight matches
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In the last two meetings, the hosts scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.65Bet 2nd period: victory of "Yuzhny Ural"
In 2 of the 3 recent matches, the home club won in the second period
2.70Tip and bets
The home team is the favorite in this match. Yuzhny Ural has won two previous matches and intends to continue to please its fans with a positive result. The team from Orsk will use a more balanced lineup, and we can assume that home ice will be the decisive factor in the match.
Forecast - victory of "Yuzhny Ural" in the match with a coefficient of 1.80
Bet on total
In this pair, the game is planned to be dictated by the hosts with a small number of scoring opportunities. The opponents have been throwing few pucks in the last games, and we believe that the goal extravaganza will not take place, as in the three past matches out of five of the team from Orsk.
Forecast - total under 4.5 goals with odds of 2.00
Bet on individual total
Neftyanik has been showing an uncertain game since the beginning of the season and has scored no more than one goal in the last three matches. We can assume that the visitors will again be unable to score more than one goal.
Forecast - individual total of "Neftyanik" less than two goals for 2.20
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