Amur Tigers vs. Dynamo-Shinnik: MHL Match Prediction
On December 18, Amur Tigers will host Dynamo-Shinnik from Bobruisk in Khabarovsk. The hosts won an important victory this season in the last match, but continue to close the standings of the Golden Division of the Western Conference, while the guests are showing a brilliant game at this stage. Whose side will fortune be on and what bets should you play? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Amurskie Tigry

Current form
In the last championship, the youth team of Amur was able to earn a promotion to the Golden Division, but it did not lead to anything good. The Amur Tigers are not showing a very confident game this season and cannot break into the eight best teams of their division. In the last match, Konstantin Bogdanovsky team was able to win such an important victory on home ice, beating Vladivostok Typhoon. In the first period, the team took the advantage and controlled the course of the meeting until the end of the match, which led to a positive result - 5:3 in the end. The game before, the club from Khabarovsk was unable to beat the Sakhalin Sharks and suffered a defeat with a score of 1:3. The team scored 22 points in 25 matches and is in the last line of the tournament table. The Khabarovsk team has 10 wins, 15 losses and 71 goals conceded. The gap from the eighth line is only two points, which must be made up to get through to the play-in.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has not lost to its opponent in its last three head-to-head games
- The club has not lost in the first period in the last four matches

Dinamo Shinnik

Current form
Last season, the team did not become a clear outsider of the "Silver" division of the Western Conference, but imposed a fight on more experienced and famous teams and fought for a play-in. At the end of the season, the club suffered two unnecessary defeats in a row and the team lacked only two points to get into the top three and show themselves in the knockout matches. In the current MHL draw, the Belarusians have the task of reaching the playoffs and at this stage they are coping with this goal. After 29 matches, the hockey players leave the most pleasant impression in terms of the result and quality of the game, being the leader of their division. Andrei Mikhalev charges won 24 victories in the MHL, suffered only five defeats and are ahead of the "Red Army" by eight points. In the last calendar match, the team beat the Sakhalin Sharks (3:2 OT), tying the score four seconds before the final siren.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has suffered only one defeat in its last 10 matches.
- In the last five matches, the club has scored an average of 3.6 goals per game
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 4 of the last 5 meetings, the home team scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period.
1.95Bet 3rd period: Amur Tigers win
In 1 of the 3 recent matches, the Khabarovsk team won in the third period
3.40Tip and bets
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the Amur Tigers, although bookmakers put the guests as the favorites in the match. The Khabarovsk team is holding the meeting at its arena, and we hope that it will beat its opponent, as in the last face-to-face match. The home team is set only for victory, will take advantage of the opponent mistakes and will put up a minimum of resistance.
Forecast – handicap (+1.5) of the puck on the “Amur Tigers” with a coefficient of 1.60
Bet on total
In this pair, the hosts will have the advantage. The teams are absolutely different in terms of the level of play and selection of players. It is worth paying attention to the fact that in the last three face-to-face matches of the opponents in the MHL, less than five goals were scored out of five, and we believe that in this confrontation there will be no goal-scoring extravaganza.
Forecast - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 2.00
Bet on individual total
The Amur Tigers have problems converting scoring chances in the current championship. However, in the last five head-to-head matches, the Khabarovsk team has scored 16 goals against their opponent, and we believe that the hosts will be able to upset their opponent more than twice.
Forecast - individual total of "Amur Tigers" more than 2.5 goals for 2.00