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Vityaz vs. Dynamo Moscow: KHL Match Forecast
On December 25, as part of the KHL championship, a duel will take place between Vityaz and Dynamo Moscow. It is quite expected that the Muscovites are the favorites of this confrontation and, according to bookmakers, should achieve success even on the road. Previous meetings between the clubs ended in favor of the white-blues within regular time. Moreover, the hosts have just emerged from a long series of failures. What bet should you place on this event? Look for the answer in our forecast
Command Analysis
Vityaz
Russian FederationCurrent form
Vityaz is in ninth place in the Western Conference and has 34 points. The team is already seriously behind the playoff zone and has let Torpedo get ahead by five points. Of course, this difference can be reduced at any time, but for this it is necessary to show fairly stable results, which it is currently having problems with. Note that the "bogatyrs" have just come off a series of three defeats. Before that, on home ice, they lost to CSKA (1:2 OT), Ak Bars (3:5), and after another unsuccessful match against Spartak (2:4), they finally pulled themselves together and dealt with the Nizhny Novgorod team in a crazy duel with a score of 6:5 in a shootout.
Let us emphasize that in that match Pavel Desyatkov team was down by two goals several times, but played the final twenty minutes brilliantly, during which they scored two unanswered goals, one of which was scored literally 40 seconds before the siren.
However, Vityaz does not always manage to demonstrate such efficiency. On average, even on home ice, the club rarely scores more than two goals. As a rule, the team performs worst in the third period, in which it has a ratio of 23:40 in goals scored and goals conceded, although the starting period, on the contrary, is favorable for it.
Disqualifications and injuries
Galuzin, Roy, Savchik, Stewart, Vashchenko will not play in the upcoming match due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, Vityaz receives 7.25 minutes of penalty time per match
According to statistics, the "Bogatyrs" are sent off at least three or four times per game
- Vityaz has a 77.8% neutralization rate on the opponent power play
The team plays rather mediocrely in the minority and occupies one of the last positions in the league in this indicator.
HC Dynamo Moscow
Russian FederationCurrent form
Dynamo currently occupies the fourth position in the Western Conference and has earned a total of 49 points. However, the team game has not been going well since the break, as it alternates successful matches with defeats. Even before the break, it beat Metallurg (3:2), after which it unexpectedly lost at home to Barys (0:2), and then, having beaten Admiral (4:2), lost again to Ak Bars with a score of 5:6. It is noteworthy that in the final confrontation with Kazan, Dynamo had a comfortable advantage of two goals, but lost it during the third game period.
Also in that match, Alexey Kudashov team seriously lacked discipline, because he was sent off four times, and the opponent managed to take advantage of two attempts of the majority. And Max Comtois strongly provoked the opponent and once ended up on the penalty box himself. The white-blues themselves realized two attempts of the numerical advantage out of five, but ultimately this was not enough for victory.
Let us emphasize that Dynamo players are most powerful in the opening twenty minutes, in which they have a 41:22 ratio of goals scored and goals conceded. They are used to starting actively and usually spend a lot of time in the opponent zone. The main scorer in the Dynamo team today is Nikita Gusev, who has already managed to earn 37 points in the goal + pass system.
Disqualifications and injuries
There are no injured or disqualified players on the team.
Interesting trends for betting
- Dynamo gets 8.11 minutes of penalty time
Dynamo players are sent off at least four times per game on average
- Dynamo has a 23.6% power play percentage
In this indicator, the club is one of the best in the league at the moment.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In three out of four games involving visitors, the first period was productive
1.98Bet 3rd period: Dynamo win
In three out of five matches against Vityaz, the visitors achieved success in the third period
2.20Tip and bets
In our opinion, Dynamo has every chance of a favorable outcome in this confrontation. For the white-blues, Vityaz is a convenient opponent, with whom they, as a rule, do not experience serious problems, and the class of the players is enough to deal with the "bogatyrs" within the regular time. Plus, now the hosts are far from good shape and have barely interrupted a long series of defeats. We think that the Dynamo players will draw conclusions after the defeat in the last match and will be able to earn two points.
Prediction - Dynamo win for 1.80
Bet on individual total
In most of the previous matches against Vityaz, Dynamo scored no less than three goals. Kudashov team has demonstrated quite good performance throughout the season and even scored five goals in the previous match against Kazan. It is also worth remembering that Dynamo makes great use of their numerical advantage and is one of the best clubs in the league in this regard.
We bet on Dynamo individual total over 2.5 goals for 1.60
Total Bet
The last games with the guests were quite spectacular and had a fair number of goals scored. Vityaz has also been playing open hockey lately - it has conceded a lot, but it has also made good use of the moments at the opponent goal. The last game between the clubs, which took place in November, ended with seven goals scored. It is quite possible that this time we will witness at least five goals.
We take the total over 4.5 goals for 1.52
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