“Chelmet” – “Izhstal”: forecast for the VHL match

Russian Federation

Chelmet Chelyabinsk

Russian Federation

VHL

21 December 00:00 UTC

Izhstal Izhevsk

Russian Federation

On December 21, Chelmet will host Izhstal from Izhevsk at its arena in Chelyabinsk. The hosts have been showing a good game this season. The Chelyabinsk team has lost only twice in its last five home games, but its opponent plays much worse away from home. 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

Chelmet Chelyabinsk vs Izhstal Izhevsk Prediction and Betting Tips (21.12.2024)

Command Analysis

Chelmet Chelyabinsk

Russian Federation

Current form

The team minimum goal this season is to get into the top 16 teams in the league and try to fight for the Petrov Cup, since the team cannot count the past season as a result. Most likely, this threshold will be reached, since the Chelyabinsk team has improved its game in the final stage and was able to win 19 victories since the beginning of the season and is located in the playoff zone. Of course, the team failed to start in the VHL, but then corrected the situation and began to gain the coveted points. In the last confrontation, Marat Askarov charges won a very important victory, beating Olimpia at home in overtime, but in the game before that they suffered a defeat from Perm Molot (0:2), having missed two goals in the final 20 minutes. The club has scored 111 goals and has a goal difference of plus 11. The team is ahead of its rivals fighting for the TOP-16 by only two points and the coaching staff needs to make every effort to achieve the result set by the management.

Interesting trends for betting

The club has suffered only two defeats in the past five matches.
On average, 5.5 goals are scored in the team games

Izhstal Izhevsk

Russian Federation

Current form

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 goals, and this has begun to yield results. Andrei Shefer charges have won six victories in the last 10 games, and since the beginning of the season there have been only 11. The team has missed 132 goals in 35 matches, which is the worst indicator in the VHL. In the last match, Izhstal met with Kristall in Izhevsk and won a much-needed victory. The match ended with a score of 3:2, two goals were scored in the first and one in the second period. The team lost to Samara CSK VVS in a shootout the game before. The team suffered defeats in 24 matches, left the last place in the tournament table and has only 27 points to its credit, ahead of the last "Olimpia" by only three points.

Interesting trends for betting

Since the start of the season, the team has scored an average of 2.2 goals per game
The club has not lost in regulation time in the last five games

Trends

Bet 1st period: victory of “Chelmet”

In 1 of the last 3 meetings, the hosts won in the first period

1.92

Bet 2nd period: total over 1.5 goals

In 2 of the 3 recent matches of the club from Chelyabinsk, more than 1.5 goals were scored in the second period

1.60

Tip and bets

1.82handicap (-1.5) at Chelmet

In this confrontation, bookmakers put the home team as the favorite, and it is hard to disagree with this. Chelmet has won against its opponent in the past three head-to-head meetings and intends to continue this series. The home team has worked on the mistakes after the last game and intends to give the opponent a fight on its ice today. We can assume that experience will allow the team from Chelyabinsk to win against the representative of Izhevsk.

Forecast - handicap (-1.5) puck on "Chelmet" with odds of 1.82

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1.88total under 5.5 goals

Bet on total

This pair is likely to see a closed game on counterattacks. The matches in the VHL championship between the clubs were not very productive and only 21 goals were scored in the five previous matches. We believe that today there will be no goal-scoring extravaganza, as in the last two confrontations of the club from Chelyabinsk on its ice.

Forecast - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.88

Bet on individual total

Chelmet has no problems in the attack line, and in the past three head-to-head matches the club scored 11 goals against its opponent. We can assume that the hosts will score more than three goals.

Forecast - individual total of "Chelmet" more than 3.5 goals for 1.85

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