Kazakhstan vs. KHL World Team: Channel One Cup Match Forecast

International

Kazakhstan

Channel One Cup

14 December 07:30 UTC

Russian Federation

On December 14, the losers of the first round of the Channel One Cup will meet in St. Petersburg. The Kazakhs were close to success in the match against the Belarusians, but failed in the third 20 minutes and lost the advantage. The KHL World Team also lost in the opening match, but the legionnaires had practically no chance of success in the match against the Russian team. Who will win this confrontation? Read our prediction for it

Kazakhstan vs KHL Stars Prediction and Betting Tips (14.12.2024)

Command Analysis

Kazakhstan

Current form

The Kazakhstan team was initially considered the weakest before the start of the tournament, but in the first meeting in St. Petersburg, Oleg Bolyakin team gave the Belarusian team a fight (1:3). The "blue-yellows" were able to open the scoring in the match thanks to an accurate throw by Alexander Borisevich at the start of the match. After that, Andrei Shutov worked mainly, reflecting 44 throws, but was unable to cope with three attacks by the "red-greens" in the third 20 minutes.

The Kazakhs lost to the Belarusians in all components except blocked shots and penalties received. For now, Comebackstan looks like the main contender for the last line in the tournament table. In the end, only one goalie came from the KHL, which does not give the team the opportunity to compete equally with other teams.

Disqualifications and injuries

The Kazakhstan national team will perform in its optimal composition.

Interesting trends for betting

Kazakhstan made only 14 shots in the first match of the tournament.
The Blue-Yellows blocked 15 shots on their goal in the match against the Belarusians.

KHL Stars

Russian Federation

Current form

The KHL World Team had a good chance to score points in the match against Roman Rotenberg team, but they were unable to show a decent level of hockey. The stars lasted only one period and ultimately only had enough for one accurate shot (1:4). The legionnaires shot little in each of the periods of the match and missed three goals in the second 20 minutes. The foreigners did not stop playing and in the last minute Libor Šulak still left Ilya Nabokov without a shutout.

Patrick Rybar took over from Jeremy Smith at the last line of defense after three goals were conceded in the second third of the game. Spartak goalkeeper was not bad and conceded only once, repelling 12 attacks on his territory.

Disqualifications and injuries

The legionnaires have no problems with their composition.

Interesting trends for betting

The KHL World Team made 11 hits in the match against the Russians.
The league All-Stars won 27 faceoffs in their first game of the tournament.

Trends

Bet 1st period: total under 2.5 goals

Both teams started their first matches of the tournament without results.

1.45

Tip and bets

1.7KHL World Team with Handicap (-2.5)

The Kazakhstan national team is very weak in terms of its composition and will have a very hard time in the last two matches of the tournament. Oleg Bolyakin team somehow miraculously held on in the game against the Belarusian national team, mainly thanks to the efforts of Andrei Shutov. The legionnaires are set for victory after the defeat from Russia on 25. The foreigners have the most powerful hockey players from their KHL, who are unlikely to allow the "blue-yellows" anything. We think that Mike Keenan team will easily deal with the outsider. We offer a bet on the victory of the second with a minus handicap.

Prediction - victory of the KHL World Team with Asian handicap (-2.5) for 1.70

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1.7Kazakhstan IT is less than two goals

Bet on individual total

The Kazakhs only made 14 shots at the Belarusian goal and are unlikely to play better against an even stronger team. After Jeremy Smith failure, Patrick Rybar or Hunter Miska may well appear in goal. In any case, the nominal guests have a top-class squad, so we do not believe that Oleg Bolyakin team will score at least twice.

We bet on the individual total of the Kazakhstan national team less than two goals for 1.83

Total Bet

So far, all the matches of the tournament are not very productive, and the goalkeepers are playing quite reliably. On December 14, we are expecting a show of one team, which should not score too many goals against Andrey Shutov. We think that the teams will be able to score no more than seven times.

We take the total under 7.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.58

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