“Chelny” – “Gornyak-UMMC”: forecast for the VHL match
Chelny will host Gornyak-UGMK from Verkhnyaya Pyshma on December 11 at their arena in Naberezhnye Chelny. The guests are fighting for the TOP-16, but Chelny will not overcome this threshold. However, the hosts have lost only once in their last five home games, while the guests play much worse on the road. Let see what the teams will present us with in today match. How will the confrontation end and which bets will play? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

HC Chelny

Current form
The representative of Naberezhnye Chelny debuted at a new level last season and became the worst team of all the newcomers, and the last place speaks of the team unpreparedness for games with more powerful clubs. In preparation for the current regular championship, the coaching staff rotated the roster, brought order to all lines and fights on equal terms with more experienced and famous opponents. Of course, it is too early to talk about the playoffs, and the gap from the TOP-16 cannot be made up. The team was able to win 15 victories in 33 games and scored 97 goals, which speaks of a good attack line. In the last calendar confrontation, the team beat Chelmet on home ice (5:3), scoring four goals in equal compositions and one in the majority. The club failed to cope with Yuzhny Ural (0:2) in the away game, where the Chelny team conceded a goal in the final two periods. Alexander Sokolov team is in a modest 27th place in the tournament table and has only 31 points, but the team has already suffered 18 defeats and conceded 114 goals to Chelny.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the team concedes 3.5 goals per game per season
- The club from Naberezhnye Chelny has not lost to its opponent in two games in a row

Gornyak Uchaly

Current form
The team from Verkhnyaya Pyshma failed to make it to the Petrov Cup playoffs last season, as they failed to finish the regular championship, losing the final four games and scoring only one point, which prevented them from breaking into the top 16 teams in the VHL. In the current championship, Alexey Alexeyev team is doing well so far and the club looks much better than last year. The team from Verkhnyaya Pyshma was able to break the resistance of Kazan Bars on their home ice in the last game. The match was played under the dictation of Gornyak-UGMK and ended 5:1. This victory was the 18th in the season and allowed them to rise to seventh place in the standings. The team won a big victory the game before, beating Neftyanik (5:0). The team has 44 points, scored 110 goals, and is confident on the court. It is worth noting that the team is in the TOP-5 of the league, who scored a hundred or more goals.
Interesting trends for betting
- Gornyak-UMMC has not lost in regulation time in five games in a row
- The club has conceded only seven goals in its last five matches
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 3 of the last 5 meetings, the home team scored more than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.76Bet 3rd period: Chelny win
In 1 of the 3 recent matches, the home team won in the third period
3.40Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the guests as the favorites. However, Chelny have suffered only one defeat at home in five previous games and intend to correct the situation, and in the last face-to-face match they beat their opponent. The club from Naberezhnye Chelny looks good, and we can assume that the home arena will allow the team to win and will become a decisive factor in the match.
Forecast - Chelny wins the match with odds of 2.37
Bet on total
This pair is likely to see an open game on opposite courses. In three of Chelny five previous meetings, more than 5.5 goals were scored, and we believe that a goal-scoring extravaganza will take place, as in the hosts' last home game.
Forecast - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 1.80
Bet on individual total
Chelny have no problems in attacking actions, the club has not scored less than three goals in the last two home games. We can assume that the hosts will score more than two goals.
Forecast - Chelny individual total over 2.5 goals for 1.95