"Yuzhny Ural" - "Bars": forecast for the VHL match
On December 9, Yuzhny Ural will host Bars from Kazan at its arena in Orsk. The hosts look good this season and are currently fighting in the playoff zone, but the visitors have slowed down and are not in optimal shape. Will Yuzhny Ural be able to continue its winning streak and what bets should be played? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Yuzhny Ural Orsk

Current form
Reaching the threshold of the previous season and getting into the playoffs of the Petrov Cup will not be easy. The density in the VHL standings is very high and each point lost by the club can cost more than one place. Yuzhny Ural only got to the 1/8 finals last season, but this year they will try to rise higher and show their best hockey. The highest achievement of the Orsk team in the Bratina Cup is reaching the quarterfinals. The club has had a good start to the new season, Vladislav Otmakhov charges are showing good and meaningful hockey. After 31 games, the team has won 18 victories and suffered a devil dozen of defeats with 74 goals conceded and 79 goals scored. In the last confrontation, the team was able to cope on home ice with Neftyanik (4:3), scoring one goal in the first and three in the second 20 minutes. The team played against Chelny the previous game and emerged victorious 2:0. At this stage, they have 40 points and are in 13th place in the tournament table, ahead of the Voronezh Buran, which is catching up with the TOP-16, by only one point. 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 concedes 2.4 goals per game per season
- The team has not experienced the bitterness of defeat in three games in a row

Bars Kazan

Current form
Bars' away series seemed to have started successfully. In Naberezhnye Chelny, the club showed a confident game and emerged victorious in the match against Chelny (3:2), scoring all of their goals in the third period. However, the team then went to Verkhnyaya Pyshma and suffered a crushing defeat against Gornyak-UGMK (0:5), failing the game in all areas. Having barely recovered from the defeat, the team moved to Magnitogorsk, where they had to fight Magnitka, which had gained momentum, and again there was a failure. The Kazan team suffered a 3:5 defeat, which was the second in a row. Thus, the team from Kazan cannot count the last game period as a result. The team is fighting at the proper level, but in some moments it is unlucky. Since the beginning of the championship, Alexander Stepanov team has won 14 victories and scored 86 goals, with 17 defeats and 97 goals conceded. After 31 games, the team is in 21st place in the standings with 34 points and is only five points behind its TOP-16 rivals, which can be won back if it does not make ridiculous mistakes, Bars will start winning.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club scores 2.8 goals per game
- The team has suffered defeats in four consecutive away games
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 2 of the last 3 meetings, the home team scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.77Rate 2nd period: "Yuzhny Ural"
In the last three matches, the home club won in the second period
2.40Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers do not put forward a favorite as such, but we will give preference to the hosts from Orsk. Yuzhny Ural has won three previous matches and intends to continue such a successful series. Vyacheslav Otmakhov charges will use the developed game plan, and we can assume that they will take revenge for the last lost match in Kazan.
Forecast - victory of "Yuzhny Ural" with a coefficient of 2.20
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 in a lot of pucks in recent games, and we believe that the goal extravaganza will take place, as in the three past matches out of five of the Kazan team.
Forecast - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 2.16
Bet on individual total
Yuzhny Ural has been showing confident play since the beginning of the season and has scored at least two goals in the last four matches. We can assume that the hosts will be able to score more than two goals again.
Forecast - individual total of "Yuzhny Ural" more than 2.5 goals for 1.75