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Lokomotiv vs. Vityaz: KHL match betting tip
On January 7, Vityaz from the Moscow region will come to Yaroslavl. Pavel Desyatkov's team is one of the most inconvenient for the team from the capital of the Golden Ring. This season, the giants twice clung to points in matches against Lokomotiv, but the last game was won by the railwaymen. Alexander Elesin's team started with a victory in the home series and are not ready to let their competitors get close. Will the guests be able to give the leader a fight? Read our betting tip
Command Analysis
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Russian FederationCurrent form
Lokomotiv holds the lead in the West and in the entire league. The team coached by Igor Nikitin earned 68 points in 43 games and is 11 points ahead of second-place CSKA, having increased the handicap in the head-to-head meeting the day before. In the second half of December, the Volga team looked very tough and won a lot of victories due to their class, but also lost a lot. Before the New Year break, the Yaroslavl team won in Nizhny Novgorod (5:0) and Balashikha (5:3), but lost in Minsk (1:4). In early January, the railroad workers started at home with a victory over the Muscovites (4:1). The hosts took the lead from the first minutes and led throughout the match, not allowing the army team to take the lead.
Daniil Isaev is gradually getting back into shape and recovering from a slight slump. The Yaroslavl goalie has allowed only 12 goals in six previous games, but the team has lost two of them. Overall, the hosts remain the most reliable team in the league, allowing an average of 1.65 goals per game. Alexei Melnichuk has essentially revived his career at Lokomotiv, although he doesn't appear on the ice very often.
Maxim Berezkin retains sole leadership in the club's list of scorers. The forward scored 30 points (11+19) in the goal+pass system and broke away from Artur Kayumov (15+13), who had not let go of the young forward for a long time. The latter scored in the last three matches and scored an important goal against CSKA in the middle of the game.
Disqualifications and injuries
All the Yaroslavl players managed to heal their ailments before the game against Balashikha.
Interesting trends for betting
- Lokomotiv gets 6.30 minutes of penalty time
The Yaroslavl team demonstrates a disciplined game and on average is sent off no more than three times per match.
- On average, Loko takes at least 32 shots per match
Lokomotiv plays actively in attack and tries to make shots from any position.
Vityaz
Russian FederationCurrent form
Vityaz is not ready to accept the role of the Western Conference outsider, but now Pavel Desyatkov's charges have dropped to tenth place in the standings, having earned 37 points in 41 games. The Moscow Region team won only three games in December and seriously worsened their chances of getting into the playoffs. The Bogatyrs are on a series of four defeats in a row, having lost to Lokomotiv (3:5) and Spartak (2:4) at home at the end of last year. At the beginning of January, the Vitki went on an away tour and first failed to cope with Kunlun in Mytishchi (2:3, OT), and a day later lost heavily to SKA in St. Petersburg (2:5). Vladimir Galuzin's squad scored two goals against the army team by the middle of the first period, but then relaxed and conceded five unanswered goals.
The visitors are not that bad in attack and have scored at least two goals per game for eight games in a row. Dmitry Buchelnikov returned to the top ten scorers of the league, having earned 35 points (12+23). Ivan Chekhovich (11+23), who was unable to open up in Lokomotiv, but became one of the leaders of Vityaz, has one point less.
Andrei Kareev made his debut for his new club after transferring from Dinamo Minsk. The goalkeeper blocked 87.81% of shots on his own territory and was unable to help his teammates beat SKA. Maxim Dorozhko did not come to St. Petersburg at all, although he is the main goalkeeper of the club from the Moscow region. In 31 games, the goalkeeper made five shutouts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Sergey Kalinin and Grigory Vashchenko will not come to Yaroslavl.
Interesting trends for betting
- According to statistics, Vityaz throws 25 times per game on average
The visitors do not put much pressure on the opposing goalkeepers.
- Vityaz wins 47.1% of faceoffs
The Bogatyrs perform poorly at the point and often lose duels.
Trends
Bet 2nd period: total under 1.5 goals
In three out of four matches between the teams, no more than one goal was scored in the second period.
1.82Bet 1st period: Vityaz will not lose
The visitors have not lost in the first period to Lokomotiv in their last three games
1.75Tip and bets
Lokomotiv won a psychologically important victory in the game against CSKA and is now preparing to continue the home series. It will be very difficult, because after the meeting with the giants, Igor Nikitin's charges will have to cross sticks with Spartak and SKA. We think that the hosts will put the second goalie Alexei Melnichuk on the ice and will try to save their strength before the matches against their direct competitors. With such a scenario, Pavel Desyatkov's team has a good chance of a positive result. A victory with a positive handicap can be considered as such.
Prediction - Vityaz win with Asian handicap (+2) for 1.60
Bet on individual total
Lokomotiv did not show a strong attacking game in Minsk, but confidently beat CSKA in the first match of the new year. The hosts spent a lot of energy and emotions in the game against the army team, so it will not be easy for them in the duel with the giants. Vityaz is capable of showing character. The visitors are not the most convenient opponent for the Yaroslavl team and have not conceded more than twice this season.
We bet on Lokomotiv's individual total under 3.5 goals for 1.57
Total Bet
The first two matches between the rivals were not bright and pleased the stands with only five accurate shots in total. At the end of December, the railwaymen got going and threw five pucks into the Vitki's goal. Ilya Arkalov's team consistently scores their goals, but we think that they will try to play as reliably as possible on the road. We do not believe in the high nature of the match.
We take the total under five goals with a coefficient of 1.60
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