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Lada vs. Sochi: KHL Match Prediction
Lada sensationally beat Avangard in their last home game and returned to the fight for a place in the playoff zone. The Togliatti team scored two goals in 11 seconds, which threw their opponent off track. On December 24, Pavel Zubov team will play in the Samara Region against guests from Sochi. The Tigers are in terrible shape and have not been able to win since late autumn. Will the "owls" be able to earn important points in the game against the Western underdog? Read our forecast for the meeting
Command Analysis
Lada Togliatti
Russian FederationCurrent form
Lada has left the top eight in the East and is currently in ninth place in the conference table. Togliatti has earned only 33 points in 34 starts and is gradually falling behind the leaders. The hosts have three games in hand, and Neftekhimik, which is in eighth place, has three points more than the Samara club. After a good end to the autumn, Pavel Zubov charges suffered a crushing defeat to Metallurg on their home ice (0:4), and two days later they could not cope with the onslaught of Torpedo in Nizhny Novgorod (2:3). Returning to the Samara Region, the "owls" made a beautiful comeback in a match against Avangard (4:3), although at the moment it seemed that the "Avtozavodchane" did not have a single chance of success.
The hosts have lost their reliability and have conceded ten goals in the three previous games. Aleksandr Trushkov took the place of Vladislav Pod'yapolkiy, who was traded to Dynamo Moscow for monetary compensation. This season, the 28-year-old goalie of the Togliatti team has reflected 91.71% of shots. He has spent eight games on the ice, but has not had a single dry match.
The Filiny score little and are still only better than Barys in this indicator. The Samara team scores only 2.12 goals per match on average, and the best scorer of the club from the Samara region is Nikita Popugaev, who scored only 13 points (9+4) according to the goal+pass system.
Disqualifications and injuries
Vladislav Chervonenko and Nikita Popugaev will not be able to help their team in the game against Sochi.
Interesting trends for betting
- Lada takes 27 shots on goal per game
The hosts don't shoot much, trying to concede as few goals as possible, so their attacking performance is quite modest.
- Togliatti earns 7.24 penalty minutes per match on average
The "Owls" are often sent off, but neutralize 82.1% of their opponents' attempts to convert the extra man.
HC Sochi
Russian FederationCurrent form
Sochi continues to fall and is increasingly entrenched in the last line of the conference table. The southerners have earned only 25 points in 36 games and are seven points behind Kunlun, who are in tenth place. Pavel Zubov team is in terrible shape and has not won since the end of November. During this time, the Tigers have lost eight games in a row and scored only one point. In the current away series, the visitors are looking very bad. They were routed in Omsk (0:6) and Mytishchi (3:5), and then lost twice to Severstal in Cherepovets (2:4 and 1:2). Before the trip to Tolyatti, Timur Khafizov team lost to Lokomotiv in Yaroslavl (1:3) without much of a chance.
The "Cats" are worse than other teams in the conference in attack. On average, they only score 2.31 goals per game, and in the previous five games they managed to score only seven goals. Artur Tyanulin is trying to come up with something in attack on his own. The forward scored 28 points (8+20), but this is clearly not enough to win in the KHL.
Evgeny Volokhin is increasingly appearing on the last line of defense for Sochi, since Sergei Ivanov has not played well in recent games. The goalie from Khanty-Mansiysk has reflected 89.47% of shots and is allowing 3.23 goals per 60 minutes on the ice.
Disqualifications and injuries
All the visiting leaders will play in Tolyatti this Tuesday.
Interesting trends for betting
- Sochi shoots 28 times per game on average
The visitors are not very active in attack and do not make many shots at the opponents' goal.
- The Southerners are winning 48.3% of their faceoffs.
Sochi centers have won less than half of their faceoffs this season.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four out of six matches involving Sochi, the first period was not productive
1.65Bet 3rd period: Lada will score
In the last two games, Lada scored in the third period
1.47Tip and bets
Lada pulled itself together after Vladislav Pod'yapolsky left and made an incredible comeback in the match against Avangard. Such victories always have a very positive effect on the emotional state of the players. Pavel Zubov team has not yet lost its chances of getting into the playoffs and may well return to the top eight in the East in the very near future. Sochi looks very weak and continues to lose. The team from the south of Russia is losing motivation and is unlikely to give it its all in the Samara region. We offer a bet on the "owls" winning in regular time.
Our prediction is a Lada victory at 1.90
Bet on individual total
"Lada" demonstrated a huge will to win in the match against "Avangard". The hosts did not shoot that much, but they realized all their chances and achieved a natural success. "Sochi" plays terribly in its half of the court and misses a lot in each match. We think that the "owls" will score at least three times against the southerners.
Forecast - individual total of "Lada" more than 2.5 goals for 1.75
Bet on total
Matches involving Lada are often extremely dry and rarely entertaining. Now they will have to open up more, because the team really needs a win. Sochi has nothing to lose. The visitors can play for fun, which is what they do in December. We believe in at least five goals from the teams for both. Let play a bet on the total over.
Forecast - total over 4.5 goals for 1.80
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