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Ak Bars - Salavat Yulaev: betting tip for the KHL match
On January 8, Kazan will host the fourth green derby of the current season. The hosts won two games in Ufa, and Anvar Gatiyatullin's charges won the recent match at Tatneft Arena. The Yulaevtsy continue to chase Traktor and, if they win, they will get very close to the Bears in the standings. The Cats really need a win to get back into the fight for leadership in the East. Will Kazan be able to even the score with their main rival? Read our betting tip
Command Analysis
Ak Bars Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
Ak Bars is in fourth place in the conference table and continues to fight for leadership in the East. The club from the Republic of Tatarstan has scored 52 points in 40 games and can rise to second place in the very near future. Anvar Gatiyatullin's charges alternated victories and defeats in the second half of December and continue to do so now. Bars won a beautiful comeback victory in Moscow over Dynamo (6:5), but were unable to beat the Zubrs in Minsk (1:5). Returning home, Dmitry Yashkin's team routed Traktor, approaching the Chelyabinsk team's positions in the table (4:0). After losing to Severstal (2:3), the hosts easily beat Lada (3:1), but then suffered an unpleasant defeat to Avangard (1:3).
Kazan did not always act confidently in the front and scored only 11 accurate shots in the last five matches, scoring only once each against Dynamo Minsk and Avangard. Artem Galimov regained his leadership in the list of the club's best scorers (19+15), but Alexander Barabanov is only one point behind (14+19).
Amir Miftakhov has displaced Timur Bilyalov and is now the number one goalie for the cats. This season, the goalie has one of the best figures for the percentage of saved shots - 94.94%. However, it was Timur who defended the Ak Bars goal in the last two matches and was quite good. 93.50% of saves did not help the team beat the guests from Omsk.
Disqualifications and injuries
Mitch Miller and Egor Babenko will not be able to play in the upcoming match due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Ak Bars gets 6.88 minutes of penalty time
Kazan players are usually sent off at least three times per match
- Ak Bars has 48:33 in goals scored and conceded in the third period
Kazan players play powerfully in the final twenty minutes and often score goals in it
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Russian FederationCurrent form
Salavat Yulaev is going on the road after a fairly successful home series of games. The team from the Republic of Bashkortostan has moved into clear second place and can move up if they continue to win. Currently, the Yulaev team has 56 points after 40 games, while first-place Traktor has only three points more, but has also played four more games. At the end of December, Viktor Kozlov's team beat Amur twice at home (3:0 and 5:4, OT) and won dry against Severstal (2:0) and Barys (6:0). They were unable to finish off Sibir, although the greens took the lead at the beginning of the game.
The club from the Republic of Bashkortostan played well in attack and scored 17 goals in the last five matches, although they failed in the match against the snowflakes. Overall, the visitors score 3.03 goals per game and are stable in attack. Joshua Leivo became the new leader of the league's scorers list. The Canadian scored 42 points (26+16) in the goal+pass system.
Aleksandr Samonov remains Salavat's main goalie, but Daniil Vyazovoy has had a chance to prove himself in recent games. He was the one who got a shutout in the match against Barys, but let in four goals from Sibir. As for Samonov, he has 83.06% of his shots saved this season and three shutouts in 28 starts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Gleb Kuzmin will not come to Kazan with the team.
Interesting trends for betting
- Salavat Yulaev concedes an average of 2.35 goals per game
The team has been distinguished by its very reliable defensive play throughout the regular season.
- The Greens have converted 20.2% of their majority attempts
The excellent implementation of numerical superiority is also worth praising.
Trends
Bet 2nd period: total under 2.5 goals
In the last three matches involving Salavat Yulaev, three goals were not scored in the second period
1.25Bet 3rd period: Ak Bars will score
Kazan scored in the third period in five of their last six games
1.60Tip and bets
Ak Bars cannot recover and does not demonstrate a stable game at this stage of the season. Kazan continues to alternate victories and defeats and because of this they cannot reach the positions of Salavat Yulaev and have even dropped to fourth place in the conference. Salavat Yulaev plays much more disciplined and is close to leadership in the conference. Ufa beat the Bars twice on their court and were close to victory in the first meeting on the ice of Tatneft Arena, but were unable to recoup. We think that now the guests will be able to win.
Prediction - Salavat Yulaev wins the match for 1.97
Bet on individual total
Ak Bars has scored only 11 goals in its last five games and has been rather weak in attack against the championship leaders. Salavat is good in defense, and we are expecting Alexander Samonov, who continues to be one of the best goalies in the KHL, to be on the last line. We believe that Viktor Kozlov's charges will hold off the Kazan attack and not let in many.
We bet on Ak Bars individual total under 2.5 goals with odds of 1.72
Total Bet
This season the teams have played each other three times and there weren't many goals in the last two matches. Now the match will be even more important, because there's not much time left until the end of the regular season and the distribution of places in the playoffs is already beginning. Each team will try to play as reliably as possible in defense and will not make critical mistakes. Let's play a bet on the total under goals.
We take the total under five goals for 1.70
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