"Stalnye Lisy" - "Krasnoyarsk Rysi": forecast for the MHL match
On December 24, the Steel Foxes will host the Krasnoyarsk Lynxes in Magnitogorsk. The hosts underestimated their opponent from Yekaterinburg in the last match and suffered a defeat on their home ice. The Magnitogorsk team intends to get even with a less experienced team, and we'll see if they can do it. Whose side will luck be on and what bets should they play? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Stalnye Lisy

Current form
The youth team of Magnitogorsk Metallurg has good chances to get closer to the final of the Kharlamov Cup in the current season of the MHL. The Foxes look confident, act at high speed, but in some moments they lack skill. In the last calendar match, the team could not cope with Avto on its ice and suffered a completely unnecessary defeat. The team gave the initiative to the opponent from the first minutes, could not follow the instructions of the head coach and only scored once or twice. The Steel Foxes lost to the opponent from Yekaterinburg with a score of 2:3, but at the same time retained their positions in the league. This loss was the 15th this season for the Magnitogorsk team, with 75 goals conceded. The game before, the club beat Tyumen Legion (2:1). Stanislav Shumik team has 36 points and is in sixth place in the tournament table, nine points behind the third "mammoths", but they are 15 points behind the leader, which will be very difficult to win back.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the team scores 2.9 goals per game
- The team outplayed its opponent in the last two head-to-head games on its home ice

Krasnoyarskie Rysi

Current form
The youth of Krasnoyarsk Sokol have been performing terribly this season and have been showing an uncertain game and not shining with results for several years in a row. There can be no talk of knockout matches at all, since the club from Krasnoyarsk is located at the bottom of the tournament table. In the past 10 matches, the team suffered eight defeats and was only able to beat Sputnik (2:1) and Kuznetskie Medvedi (3:2). The home series of two games for Valentin Kopylov charges did not go the way the coaching staff wanted. In the first game against Perm Molot, Krasnoyarsk Rysi started the first period boldly and were able to score three unanswered goals against the opponent. However, in the remaining time they lost all advantage and finished the match 5:5, and lost in overtime. However, in the second match they scored two unanswered goals in the first 20 minutes, but ultimately lost (2:4). As a result, eighth place in the tournament table and 22 points to their credit, but the gap from the top five is 10 points.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has averaged 2.6 goals per game since the start of the season.
- The club has not lost in the first period in the last three matches
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 2 of the last 3 meetings, the visitors scored more than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.65Bet 3rd period: Steel Foxes win
In 2 of the 3 recent matches, the home team won in the third period
1.50Tip and bets
In this confrontation, we will agree with the bookmakers, who put the home team as the favorites. The "Stalnye Lisy" are holding the meeting at their arena and today they intend to beat their opponent from Krasnoyarsk again. The team from Magnitogorsk is set for victory, has worked on their mistakes and will win the confrontation with an advantage of several goals.
Forecast – handicap (-2.5) puck on the “Stalnye Lisy” with odds of 1.65
Bet on total
In this pair, the opponents intend to act on opposite courses. The "Steel Foxes" will try to score quickly and control the course of the match and not let the opponent seize the initiative, as in the last face-to-face game. It is worth paying attention to the fact that in the last five matches, the hosts scored less than 6.5 goals, and we believe that in this confrontation there will not be so many of them.
Forecast - total under 6.5 goals with odds of 1.68
Bet on individual total
The Steel Foxes have no problems in attack, and in the past four head-to-head matches the club has scored 17 goals against the opponent. We can assume that the hosts will score more than four goals.
Forecast - individual total of "Stalnye Lisy" more than 4.5 pucks for 1.88