Torpedo-Gorky - Dynamo Saint Petersburg: VHL match forecast
On December 10, Torpedo-Gorky will host St. Petersburg Dynamo at its arena in Nizhny Novgorod. The hosts have been playing brilliantly in recent matches and do not intend to give up such precious points to their opponents from St. Petersburg. However, the visitors look great and deservedly take first place in the VHL. Will the home team be able to give the leader a fight and what bets will play in the match? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Torpedo Gorky

Current form
The club was absent for three years due to financial problems in the championship and returned to the All-Russian Hockey League only in the current season and started off with a bang. Alexey Isakov charges have been showing confident play since the beginning of the championship, playing with full dedication and acting at high speeds, causing many problems for more experienced and famous opponents. In the last calendar match, the team played at its arena with Moscow Zvezda and won a confident victory with a score of 3:0, scoring all three goals in the second 20 minutes. The game before, the Nizhny Novgorod team suffered a crushing defeat from St. Petersburg Dynamo (0:7) and today they will try to take revenge. At this stage, they are in high fifth place in the tournament table, have 44 points in the asset and are seven points behind today opponent, but they are just a stone throw from the second Ryazan - four points. The team scored 104 goals during the season, ranking among the top five in this indicator.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club scores 3.2 goals per game
- In the last eight matches, Torpedo-Gorky suffered only one defeat

Dynamo St. Petersburg

Current form
The St. Petersburg club had a good season last year and was able to take eighth place, which allowed them to play in the knockout matches. In the 1/8 finals, Dynamo faced Neftyanik, where the Petrov Cup winner crushed the St. Petersburg team 0:4 in the series. Dynamo from St. Petersburg has been showing excellent play since the start of the current regular championship and has been fighting in the leading group throughout the season. At this stage, the club ranks first in the VHL standings and has 51 points, three points ahead of Ryazan and one game in hand. The White-Blues have won 23 games, scored 104 goals, but there have also been many defeats – nine with 52 goals conceded. The team has been playing well in defense and has conceded only four goals in the past seven matches. In their last match, Igor Grishin team crushed Voskresensk Khimik (5:0), and in the game before that they beat their opponent today even more decisively - 7:0 in total.
Interesting trends for betting
- Dynamo has not lost in the second period in 10 games in a row
- The team has scored an average of three goals in its last five games.
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.
1.70Bet 2nd period: Dynamo win
In 2 of the 3 recent matches, the "white-blues" won in the second period
2.60Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the guests as the favorites, and it is difficult to disagree with this. However, the Nizhny Novgorod team has gained good momentum, has beaten its opponents in four home games in a row, is on the rise and is going to take revenge on Dynamo. We can assume that home ice and the support of fans will be decisive factors in the match.
Prediction - Torpedo-Gorky wins the match with odds of 1.98
Bet on total
In this pair, an open game on opposite courses is likely to be planned, and Torpedo-Gorky intends to act as the first number. In four of the five past meetings, the Nizhny Novgorod team scored more than 4.5 goals, and we believe that a goal extravaganza will take place.
Forecast - total over 4.5 goals with odds of 1.63
Bet on individual total
Torpedo-Gorky has no major problems in the attack line, and in the past five matches the club has scored 14 goals, while the opponent has conceded only two goals in the same number of matches. We can assume that the hosts will still score more than two goals.
Forecast - individual total "Torpedo-Gorky" more than 2.5 goals for 2.05