“Tolpar” – “Irbis”: forecast for the MHL match
On December 28, Tolpar will host Irbis from Kazan at its arena in Ufa. The hosts have suffered defeats from their opponents in the last four matches, and today they intend to end this series and win against an opponent who is fighting for first place in the Golden Division of the Eastern Conference. How will the confrontation end and what bets should be made? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Tolpar

Current form
The youth team of the Salavat Yulaev club has never won the Kharlamov Cup in its history, but is a three-time bronze medalist of the MHL and a silver medalist of the World Cup among youth club teams in 2014. In the last championship, the club took the last line in the "Gold" division of the Eastern Conference and thus lost its place in it. "Tolpar" is showing a good game in the current draw and intends to move up a class by the end of the season. In the last match against "Chaika" the team fought at the proper level, but luck turned away and they suffered a defeat with a score of 4:7, having missed all the goals in equal compositions. In the previous game, Evgeny Esaulov charges failed to beat their competitor for first place in the "Silver" division "Ladya" (2:5). From the start of the championship, the team looks confident, causes a lot of problems for opponents and follows all the instructions of the coaching staff. At this stage, the team is in first place in the tournament table with 40 points in the asset, ahead of the Togliatti team by three points.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has scored an average of 3.2 goals per game since the start of the season.
- The club has lost to its opponent in five of its last six games

Irbis Kazan

Current form
Irbis is the youth club of Ak Bars. Last season, the club took fifth place in its division and made it to the 1/8 finals of the Kharlamov Cup, but failed to beat Nizhny Novgorod Chaika. Excellent preparation for the current MHL draw allows them to show decent results and fight on equal terms with opponents of a higher class. In the last confrontation, Irbis was defeated by Ladya in a shootout, ending the regular time of the match with a score of 2:2, which allowed the opponents to come very close. Kazan is the leader in the Golden Division of the Eastern Conference and is ahead of the catching-up Mamonty Yugra and Omskie Yastreby by only one point. The team played the previous game in Novomoskovsk and defeated AKM-Novomoskovsk (6:0), scoring five goals in equal compositions and one in the majority. At this stage, the team has 24 victories to its credit, suffered only seven defeats and scored 114 goals, conceding only 65 goals.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club has scored four goals per game over the last five games
- The team has suffered only four defeats in its last 15 games.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 3 of the last 5 meetings, the visitors scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.93Bet 2nd period: Irbis victory
In 2 of the 3 recent matches, Kazan won in the second period
2.40Tip and bets
Today, Irbis will again fly forward and attack a lot, and Tolpar will also show excellent hockey on its ice. It is worth paying attention to the fact that in the last four matches of the hosts, no less than five goals were scored out of five, and we believe that in this confrontation there will be quite a lot of them.
Forecast - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 1.75
Bet on the outcome
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the guests from Kazan. Irbis is playing on the ice and has already proven its worth. The visiting club intends to win after the failure in Tolyatti and will try to play strictly in defense. The team from Tatarstan is set only for victory, will go out on the ice again motivated and will win.
Forecast - Irbis wins the match with odds of 1.65
Bet on individual total
Irbis has no problems in attack. In the last five matches, the team was able to score 21 times, and in the same number of head-to-head games, they scored 15 goals. We can assume that the visitors will still score more than three goals.
Forecast - Irbis individual total more than three goals for 1.90