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Lokomotiv-76 vs. Chaika: MHL Match Prediction
On December 19, Lokomotiv-76 will host Chaika from Nizhny Novgorod at their home stadium in Yaroslavl. The hosts have been showing a good game lately and are fighting for first place in the Silver Division. But the visitors are once again planning to get to the final of the Kharlamov Cup. Will Chaika be able to beat their opponent and what bets should they play? The answer is in our forecast
Command Analysis
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2
Russian FederationCurrent form
The team faces the task of getting into the "Golden" division based on the results of the current championship, but it will be very difficult to do so. Last season, the team from Yaroslavl took fourth place and the club lacked only one victory to get into the play-in. In the current MHL draw, Dmitry Altarev charges have every chance of getting into the play-in, and so far the team is coping with this, fulfilling all the tasks set by the coaching staff. In the regular championship, the "railwaymen" show an excellent game, act confidently on the court and take second place in the "Silver" division of the Eastern Conference. The team from Yaroslavl has 37 points and is three points behind the leader "Tolpar". The team played 31 matches, in which they were able to achieve 17 victories and suffered 14 defeats, with 90 goals scored and 83 goals conceded. In the last game, Yaroslavl lost to Molot (2:6), having conceded four unanswered goals in the third period. The game before, the club lost to Kazan Irbis (3:4).
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the team concedes 2.7 goals per game
- The club has suffered eight defeats in its last 10 matches
Chaika
Russian FederationCurrent form
The club from Nizhny Novgorod failed to defend the title of the Kharlamov Cup winner in the last championship, and it will be very difficult to do so in this MHL tournament. The opponents are showing an excellent game and look much stronger than Chaika, but the playoffs will be a completely different game. The team looks confident this season, acts selflessly on the court and follows all the instructions of the coaching staff. After 29 matches, the team was able to win 18 victories, scored 90 goals, but suffered 11 defeats and conceded 73 goals. Chaika occupies fourth place in the standings of the Golden Division of the Eastern Conference and has 41 points to its credit, lagging behind the leader Irbis by eight points. In the last match, the team led by Alexey Isakov beat AKM-Novomoskovsk away (4:0), scoring two goals in the first period and one in each of the remaining two halves. The club played at home against Tolpar the previous game and was able to win a hard-fought victory. The Nizhny Novgorod team was losing 0:1 after the first 20 minutes, but they were able to show character and scored two goals, winning 2:1 in the end.
Interesting trends for betting
- The club has not lost to its opponent in five games in a row
- The team averages three goals per game
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 3 of the last 5 meetings, the visitors scored more than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.90Bet 2nd period: victory of “Seagull”
In 2 of the 3 recent matches, Nizhny Novgorod won in the second period
2.20Tip and bets
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the Nizhny Novgorod team. Chaika is playing on a foreign arena and intends to gain another victory and get closer to the season leader. The guests will go out on the ice motivated only to win and will leave their opponents out of work, using a more powerful and balanced lineup.
Forecast - Chaika victory with odds of 1.85
Bet on total
This pair is set to play on opposite courses. Chaika will try to score quickly and control the game, not allowing the opponent to create scoring chances. It is worth noting that in the last four face-to-face matches between the opponents, more than five goals were scored in a row, and we believe that there will be quite a lot of them.
Forecast - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 2.00
Bet on individual total
Chaika has no problems in attack and in the five previous head-to-head matches the club scored 25 goals against the opponent. We can assume that the hosts will score more than three goals.
Forecast - Chaika individual total is more than three goals for 1.93
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