Loko-76 vs. Omskie Yastreby: MHL Match Prediction
On December 22, Lokomotiv-76 will host Omskie Yastreby 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 Omskie Yastreby be able to beat their opponent and what bets should they play? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2

Current 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 fight in the knockout matches. 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 a good 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 squad played 32 matches, in which they were able to achieve 17 victories and suffered 15 defeats, with 92 goals scored and 86 goals conceded. In the last game, Yaroslavl lost to Nizhny Novgorod Chaika (2:3), having missed the decisive goal while short-handed 40 seconds before the final siren. The game before, the club lost to Kazan Irbis (2:6).
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the team concedes 2.9 goals per game
- The club has suffered eight defeats in its last 10 matches

Omskie Yastreby

Current form
"Omskie Yastreby" intend to win the third Kharlamov Cup this season, but it will not be easy. The opponents play as confidently as the Omsk team, and the fight in the playoffs is expected to be serious. The youth of Omsk "Avangard" has been showing very beautiful, high-quality, and most importantly, result-producing hockey for many years. In the current MHL draw, everything is going well, but in the last segment, the game is not going well. The Omsk team failed in the past matches. Vitaly Chernochub charges acted uncertainly in defense, allowed the opponents to create many scoring chances, which allowed them to lose four out of five matches, and in the last match the club suffered a completely unnecessary defeat from "Mamonty Yugra" - 1:4 in the end. The team won the game before against the Khanty-Mansiysk team with a score of 3:2. At this stage, the team is in second place in its division, has 47 points and is four points behind the first team, Irbis.
Interesting trends for betting
- The club has not lost in the second period in the last four games.
- On average, the team concedes two goals per game.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In the last three meetings, the visitors scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period.
1.80Bet 3rd period: Omskie Yastreby win
In 1 of the 3 recent matches, Omsk won in the third period
2.60Tip and bets
This pair is set to play on opposite courses. Omskie Yastreby 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 two face-to-face games between the opponents, less than five goals were scored in a row, and we believe that there will be few of them.
Forecast - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.72
Bet on the outcome
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the Omsk team. The Omskie Yastreby are holding a meeting on a foreign arena and intend to gain a very important victory and get closer to the leader Irbis. The guests will go out on the ice motivated only to win and will leave the opponent out of work, using a more powerful and balanced lineup.
Prediction - victory of "Omskie Yastreby" in the match with a coefficient of 1.75
Bet on individual total
Omskie Yastreby have no problems in attack and in the five previous face-to-face matches the club scored 18 goals against the opponent. We can assume that the guests will score more than two goals.
Forecast - individual total of "Omskie Yastreby" more than 2.5 goals for 1.75