Sakhalin Sharks vs. Typhoon: MHL Match Prediction
On December 21, Sakhalin Sharks will host Typhoon from Vladivostok in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The hosts suffered defeats in the last three matches and were unable to fight back their opponents on their home ice, but today they intend to take revenge on their opponent from Vladivostok. Whose side will fortune be on and what bets should they play? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Sakhalinskie Akuly

Current form
This season, Sakhalin Sharks have not been shining with results and have no chance of getting into the top three of the Silver Division of the Western Conference. The opponents fighting for places in the play-in have already broken away by 12 or more points, and the club does not have such a strong roster with which to fight for high places in the MHL. In the last match, Sergei Bazhukhin charges were unable to beat their opponent today. The match was an equal fight and ended 4:5 in the end, and this defeat was the third home defeat in a row. The game before, the club suffered a defeat from Dynamo-Shinnik Bobruisk in overtime. In the Silver Division of the Western Conference, the team is in sixth place in the standings and has only scored 22 points, and in 26 games played, it has won only nine times and scored 72 goals while conceding 82. Let see if the coaching staff has worked on the mistakes.
Interesting trends for betting
- The club has not scored less than two goals in its last seven games
- In the last two games in a row, the team lost to its opponent at home

Tayfun

Current form
Since the start of the championship, the team from the Far East has not shown a very convincing game and has big problems, both in the defensive plan and in the attacking actions. Typhoon is in eighth place in the Silver Division of the Western Conference, and we will see if the team will be able to earn two points again in this confrontation. The team played 26 games, in which it achieved only eight victories and earned only 20 points, with 74 goals scored and 106 goals conceded. There can be no talk of the top three in the Silver Division of the Western Conference, since the club looks much weaker than many teams. The team from Vladivostok in the last confrontation ended a series of nine defeats in a row. In the game against Sakhalin Sharks, the youth of Admiral took the initiative and achieved the desired result, winning 5:4 in the end. The game before, Ilgiz Nuriyev team lost to the Amur Tigers in Khabarovsk, letting in the decisive goal into an empty net seven seconds before the final buzzer, and this defeat was the 18th of the season.
Interesting trends for betting
- The club has averaged 2.8 goals per game since the start of the season
- In the 15 games that have passed, the team has won only two victories.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In the last meeting between the rivals, more than one goal was scored in the first period
1.57Bet 2nd period: Sakhalin Sharks win
In 1 of the 3 recent matches, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk team won in the second period
1.83Tip and bets
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 out of five in the MHL, more than six goals were scored, and we believe that in this confrontation, too, a goal extravaganza will take place.
Forecast - total over 6.5 goals with odds of 1.95
Bet on the outcome
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the Sakhalin Sharks, and the favorite of the match is the home team. The team is playing at its arena, and we hope that it will take revenge on the opponent. The home team is set only for victory, will use a more balanced lineup and will not leave a chance to the opponent from Vladivostok.
Forecast - handicap (-1.5) puck on "Sakhalin Sharks" with odds of 1.85
Bet on individual total
Sakhalin Sharks have no problems converting scoring opportunities. In the last five games, the team has scored an average of three goals, and we believe that the hosts will be able to upset their opponents more than three times.
Forecast - individual total of "Sakhalin Sharks" more than 3.5 goals for 1.63