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Omskie Krylya vs. Yugra: VHL match forecast
On December 26, Omskie Krylya will host Yugra at the Avangard Arena in Omsk. The hosts ended their losing streak in the last home game and today they intend to show brilliant hockey against a strong opponent. However, this will not be easy, as the Mammoths look much stronger. Will the Omsk team be able to give the opponent a fight and what bets should they play in the match? The answer is in our forecast
Command Analysis
Omskie Krylia
Russian FederationCurrent form
It will not be easy to fight for a spot in the Petrov Cup playoffs in the current VHL competition. The team fights with opponents at the proper level, executes the developed game plan, but in some moments lacks skill in the final stage. In the last confrontation, Omskie Krylia ended a series of eight consecutive losses and managed to win over Tyumen Rubin. The Omsk team fought with the opponent on equal terms throughout the match, conceded first, but did not lose the advantage. The match ended with a hard-fought victory for Omskie Krylia 4:3, where six goals were scored in unequal compositions. At this stage, the team has 15 wins and 22 losses, 35 points in the asset and an intermediate 26th place in the tournament table. The fight for the zone of the 16 best is still ahead and the charges of the recently appointed head coach Andrei Evstafiev have a theoretical chance to climb there. The gap to Zvezda, which is closing the playoff zone, is nine points, which will not be easy to make up.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, Omskie Krylia score 2.3 goals per game
- The team has suffered eight defeats in its last 10 matches.
Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
Russian FederationCurrent form
After a disastrous start to the championship, the club management decided to replace Sergei Reshetnikov as head coach, and they were right. Alexander Perov made adjustments to the game and the changes started to bring results. In the last confrontation, the team met Rubin in Tyumen. The match was a two-edged struggle and ended in a fighting draw (1:1). Druzhna led by one goal after the second period, conceded in the third 20 minutes while shorthanded, and the opponent was more accurate in the shootout. The team won the match against Buran (3:2 SO) the game before. In the last 10 meetings, the Mammoths have not lost in regulation time and have won seven of them. As a result, the team has 46 points and is in 12th place in the standings. The whole battle is ahead, the opponents from the top five are showing much better play and results, the Khanty-Mansiysk team will fight for the highest places in the VHL.
Interesting trends for betting
- The club averages 2.5 goals per game per season
- The team has lost to its opponent only twice in the past seven head-to-head games.
Trends
Bet 1st period: draw
In 3 of the last 5 meetings between the visitors, there was a draw in the first period
2.55Bet 2nd period: victory of "Ugra"
In the last three matches, the Mammoths won in the second period
2.30Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the guests from Khanty-Mansiysk as the favorites, and the club intends to take revenge for the past home defeat. "Ugra" shows a confident game and looks much stronger than its opponent. We believe that Alexander Perov team will use their experience and win the confrontation.
Forecast: victory of "Ugra" with odds of 1.90
Bet on total
This pair is expected to have a closed game dictated by the visiting team, which will gain a comfortable advantage and bring the game to a logical conclusion. We believe that the goal extravaganza will not take place, as in the last four matches of "Ugra" out of five.
Forecast - total under 4.5 goals with odds of 2.00
Bet on individual total
In the last five matches, Yugra scored two goals on average and showed excellent attacking play. We can assume that the Khanty-Mansiysk club will score more than two goals against its opponent, since it has not scored less in five head-to-head matches in a row.
Forecast - individual total of "Ugra" more than 2.5 goals for 1.77
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