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Izhstal vs. Dizel: VHL match forecast
On December 12, Izhstal will host Diesel from Penza at its arena in Izhevsk. The season for the Izhevsk team is going much worse than the last championship and today the club intends to fight for victory. However, an unexpected surprise can be expected from the Diesel players, since the club is on the rise. How will the confrontation end and what bets should be played? The answer is in our forecast.
Command Analysis
Izhstal Izhevsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
The team from Izhevsk failed to compete in the Petrov Cup playoffs last season, and the team has failed to make it into the top 16 teams in the league for five seasons in a row. Izhstal has been playing terribly since the start of the championship. The club simply lacks skill, both in the defensive line and in the final stage. However, the coaching staff has done a lot of work to achieve the set result, and this has begun to bear fruit. Andrei Shefer charges have won five victories in the last eight games, and since the beginning of the season there have been only nine. The team has conceded 126 goals, which is the worst indicator in the VHL. In the last meeting, Izhstal met with Kristall in Saratov and won a confident victory. The match ended with a score of 3:0, two goals were scored in the first and one in the third periods. The team lost to Samara CSK VVS in a shootout the previous game. The team has lost 23 matches, is in the penultimate place in the tournament table and has only 22 points, ahead of the last "Olimpia" in additional indicators.
Interesting trends for betting
- Since the start of the season, the team has scored an average of two goals per game.
- In the last five games, the club has only won one victory in the first period
Dizel Penza
Russian FederationCurrent form
"Diesel" failed to make it to the playoffs in the last VHL championship, as it only took 22nd place in the standings. The club won 22 victories and scored only 132 goals. This season, the team is led by Albert Loginov, and the game has become more attacking. "Diesel" players had a bad start to the VHL championship, but they have improved their situation and are fighting for a spot in the Petrov Cup playoffs. Recently, the Penza team has started to spoil fans with results and won six victories in a row. The team game has started to improve, and we will see how much time and enthusiasm the team has in pursuit of the TOP-16, where the gap is only two points. Since the start of the championship, the team has won 17 victories with the same number of defeats and scored only 83 goals. In the last meeting, the team beat Olimpia (2:1), and in the game before that, they left no chance for Molot in Perm (4:2). Diesel is in 19th place in the tournament table with 37 points and intends to play in knockout matches this season.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club has conceded 2.4 goals per game since the start of the season
- The team has not lost in the third period in five games in a row.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 3 of the last 5 meetings, the visitors scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.77Bet 3rd period: Diesel win
In the last two matches, the visiting team won in the third period
2.20Tip and bets
In this confrontation, Diesel will again play only for victory. The guests have recently looked much stronger than Izhstal and intend to win their seventh victory in a row. The team from Penza will use the developed game plan, and we can assume that experience and a more balanced team composition will be the decisive factor in the match.
Prediction: Diesel win with odds of 1.77
Bet on total
This pair is expected to play on counterattacks with a small number of scoring opportunities. The opponents have been doing well in attack in recent games, but they have not been able to score many goals. In the last four face-to-face matches of the opponents out of five, there was no scoring extravaganza, which we expect today.
Forecast - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.65
Bet on individual total
Izhstal has problems in the final stage and since the start of the championship the club has scored two goals on average. We can assume that the hosts will score no more than two goals, as in the last five face-to-face games.
Forecast - individual total of Izhstal less than two goals for 1.82
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