Olimpia - Metallurg Novokuznetsk: betting tip for the VHL match

Russian Federation

Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk

Russian Federation

VHL

8 January 03:00 UTC

Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Russian Federation

On January 8, Olimpia will host Novokuznetsk Metallurg in Kirovo-Chepetsk. This season, the hosts have been playing weaker than their opponents. The visitors are determined to win another away victory and intend to break away from their pursuers. Whose side will fortune be on and which bets will win? The answer is in our betting tip

Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk vs Metallurg Novokuznetsk Prediction and Betting Tips (08.01.2025)

Command Analysis

Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk

Russian Federation

Current form

Olimpia's first season in a new league has not gone well at all. The team's roster is much weaker than many of its other rivals, and the team is not yet ready to fight for high places. The team has already suffered 28 defeats since the start of the championship and conceded 131 goals, while winning 12 times and scoring only 87 goals. The results, of course, are not the best, and the coaching staff has work to do in order to show meaningful hockey. In the last game, Olimpia lost another home match. The match with Dynamo-Altai was an equal one. With the score 3:3 five minutes before the siren, the team could not hold out and lost 3:4 in the end. The game before, Yuri Kultynov's charges lost to Yuzhny Ural with a score of 1:3 in Orsk, leading after the first period (1:0). After 40 games, the club has 29 points and a modest 32nd place in the standings. Of course, in its first season in the VHL, the team does not aspire to the TOP-16, but it is quite worthy of putting up resistance.

Interesting trends for betting

The club has failed to win in the third period in three consecutive games.
On average, Olimpia concedes 3.3 goals per game

Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Russian Federation

Current form

Metallurg is having a great season this year and, despite the fact that the club did not make it to the playoffs in the previous championship, is considered one of the contenders to win the Petrov Cup. The last match against Kazan Bars turned out to be productive. The Novokuznetsk club fought equally with the representative of Tatarstan in the first two periods, and the opponents went into the second break with the score 2:2. However, in the third 20-minute period, the hosts conceded three times and lost 2:5 in the end. The game before, Metallurg emerged victorious in the confrontation against Neftyanik (4:2). The coaching staff, headed by Andrey Lunev, was pleased with the recent results of their charges, who won eight victories in 10 games, and before today's game they motivated them for another success. At this stage, the club from Novokuznetsk has 52 points, eighth place in the tournament table and five points behind the second Rubin from Tyumen, but has played two matches less.

Interesting trends for betting

Metallurg has not lost in the second period in the last five games
The team has scored an average of three goals in its last 10 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

1.80

Bet 2nd period: Metallurg win

In 2 of the 3 recent matches, the visiting team won in the second period

1.97

Tip and bets

1.65Metallurg&#39;s victory

In this confrontation, bookmakers put the guests as the favorites, and it is hard to disagree with this. Olimpia is fighting in the basement of the tournament table and looks much weaker than the opponent from Novokuznetsk. Metallurg is playing on someone else's ice, won the last face-to-face game and intends to continue winning. The visiting club has an excellent defense and a more balanced roster, which will allow it to win the match.

Betting Tip - Metallurg win with odds of 1.65

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1.68total under 5.5 goals

Bet on total

In this pair, most likely, a game under the dictation of Metallurg with a small number of scoring opportunities is planned. It is worth noting that in the last two away games of the guests in a row less than 5.5 goals were scored, and we believe that the goal extravaganza will not take place.

Betting Tip - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.68

Bet on individual total

Olimpia has had some shortcomings in attack lately, but the visitors have no big problems in defense. In the past five matches, the Novokuznetsk club has missed nine goals, and we can assume that the hosts will not score more than two goals.

Betting Tip - Olimpia's individual total is less than two goals for 1.72

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