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Avtomobilist vs. Lada: KHL Match Prediction
Avtomobilist home series will end with a game against Togliatti Lada on December 30. The "Filiny" made some noise after the break and will go into the break with their heads held high no matter the result in Yekaterinburg. At the beginning of the season, the teams met each other in the Samara Region. Then the "machinists" scored the only goal and were able to take two points. Will the visitors be able to take revenge? Read our forecast for the meeting
Command Analysis
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Russian FederationCurrent form
Avtomobilist has dropped to fifth place in the Eastern Conference and has 47 points. The team was recently on a long winning streak, after which it is expected to be on the decline. In December, the hosts still have only two wins, while they have lost seven of the previous nine matches. In a long away series, the "machinists" looked very bad and were able to unexpectedly turn on in Yaroslavl, where they managed to beat the local Lokomotiv (3:1). A day later, Nikolay Zavarukhin charges could have won against Severstal in Cherepovets, but after quick goals they relaxed and missed a positive result (2:3). After returning home, the Urals team beat Traktor (3:1) with some difficulty, but a day later they could not finish off Metallurg (1:2, B). Avto opened the scoring in the 53rd minute, but conceded a little more than 90 seconds before the final siren.
Anatoly Golyshev team is still very dependent on the play of their goalies. Vladislav Galkin and Evgeny Alikin have lost their former form and have not been helping out their partners lately. The younger Galkin brought important victories from a psychological point of view in Yaroslavl and Yekaterinburg and now he has better statistics. The Ural alumnus has reflected 92.75% of shots this season and made three shutouts in 22 games.
Stephane Da Costa was recently the league top scorer. The Frenchman currently has 36 points (8+28) in the goal+pass system and continues to provide assists to his teammates in large quantities. He is followed by Brooks Macek, who has 28 scoring actions (14+14) and has been the most successful finisher of Avtomobilist attacks.
Disqualifications and injuries
Curtis Wolk and Nick Ebert will not play in the next game.
Interesting trends for betting
- Avtomobilist wins 46.2% of faceoffs
The Yekaterinburg team looks weak at the point and often loses to its opponents in this indicator
- "Auto" receives an average of 7.84 minutes of penalty time
The team is usually sent off at least four times per match
Lada Togliatti
Russian FederationCurrent form
Lada is in tenth place in the Eastern Conference table, but the visitors should not be written off under any circumstances. The club from the Samara Region has earned 33 points in 36 starts and continues to fight for a place in the playoffs. The Filiny have played only six games this winter. They sensationally beat Avangard (4:3) in the opening match after the Channel One Cup, but two days later lost to Sochi (3:4). At the beginning of the away tour, Pavel Zubov charges played a crazy game against the Hawks in Omsk, but were defeated (6:7). The Togliatti team was constantly breathing down their opponent neck, but could not reach the Siberians due to a very weak defensive game.
In the second half of December, Lada has demonstrated excellent realization of moments. In the last three matches, Mikhail Fisenko team has made 13 accurate shots, which is a lot for the Samara team, considering their performance throughout the regular season. Arkhip Nekolenko has become the new top scorer of the guests. The forward has scored in three out of four games and has earned 15 points (5+10) according to the goal+pass system.
After Vladislav Pod'yapolkiy left, the goalie issue became especially acute in the team. Aleksandr Trushkov started in all three of the last games, but in the last game he was replaced by Maksim Tretiak. Both goalies have very weak shot deflection percentages so far.
Disqualifications and injuries
Vladislav Chervonenko and Nikita Popugaev will not play in Yekaterinburg.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, Lada wins 45.1% of faceoffs
The Owls win less than half of their faceoffs.
- The Owls block 14 shots per game on average.
The team doesn't give their goalies much help and rarely blocks shots on goal.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In three out of four matches involving Lada, the first period was productive
2.12Bet 3rd period: Lada will score
Lada has scored in the third period for four games in a row
1.88Tip and bets
Avtomobilist cannot boast of stable results on home ice this season. The hosts are very dependent on the actions of their goalies and Vladislav Galkin played well in the last matches. Now Lada, whose attack plays with courage, will come to visit Nikolai Zavarukhin charges. The guests were left without their main goalie and decided to go for broke. We think that the "owls" will not take revenge for the defeat in September, but at least will not fall flat on their faces. We offer a bet on a positive handicap for the guests.
Forecast - Lada win with a handicap of (+1.5) pucks for 1.63
Bet on individual total
Lada scored 13 times in the last three matches and created great scoring chances. The visitors' attack is at the peak of its game form, and the attack leaders are ready to continue to please their fans. Avtomobilist is rarely reliable in defense in home games, so we believe in two accurate shots from the "owls". Let play a bet on the total over the visitors.
We take the individual total of "Lada" more than 1.5 pucks for 1.63
Total Bet
In September, the meeting between the teams was extremely boring and did not please with an abundance of goals scored. Now everything should be different, because Lada has started playing a much more open hockey and should force Avto to go forward. We expect at least five goals scored between the opponents.
We bet on a total of over 4.5 goals with odds of 1.80
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