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Kunlun vs. CSKA: KHL match betting tip
As part of the regular NHL championship, a match between Kunlun and CSKA will take place on January 10. In this confrontation, the army team is the clear favorite, even though they are playing away. However, recently, things have been going much better for Red Star, which is currently on a series of five victories. Ilya Vorobyov's team had lost three games in a row before that. Does it make sense to bet on the success of the guests? You will find out in the betting tip
Command Analysis
HC Red Star Kunlun
ChinaCurrent form
Kunlun can no longer be called one of the outsiders of the Western Conference, since the team, if everything goes well, can even fight for a spot in the playoffs. At the moment, it is in ninth place in the standings and is literally six points behind eighth place. The Chinese have significantly reduced the gap with Torpedo in a short period of time thanks to a long winning streak. Let us recall that they celebrated success in five previous meetings, and this has never happened to them this season.
Let us emphasize that at the end of December, Red Star dealt with Spartak (4:2) and Torpedo (4:3 OT) on home ice, and already in the new year, in a tough fight, they beat Vityaz (3:2 OT) and literally crushed Amur with a score of 5:0, leaving the opponent no chance. Incidentally, for the first time since mid-November, Mikhail Kravets' team remained without a single missed puck. Moreover, in that confrontation with the Khabarovsk team, he acted very actively and made a total of 52 shots on target, so the five goals scored were a reward for this activity.
Overall, Kunlun has been showing decent performance throughout the season, scoring an average of two or three goals consistently, but at the same time, it is currently the league's most missed club. It is noteworthy that the team is performing quite well in the minority, and currently has 80.9% neutralization of the opponent's majority.
Disqualifications and injuries
Sinyatkin will not be able to take part in the upcoming meeting due to injury
Interesting trends for betting
- Kunlun has 27:50 in goals scored and goals allowed in the first period
The first period remains the team's most disastrous performance
- According to statistics, Kunlun allows 33 shots on their goal
Red Star plays mostly as a second number and allows a lot of shots on their goal
CSKA Moscow
Russian FederationCurrent form
CSKA has reached the third line of the Western Conference and has stopped progressing for now. The team has scored a total of 57 points and is currently tied with Spartak, which is one position higher. It will still have a chance to finish in the top three if it improves and stops demonstrating such a lackluster game.
Let us recall that the army team faced a series of three failures. Something similar happened to them in the current season, and then they found a way out of the difficult situation only after the fifth defeat in a row. By the way, the Muscovites approached the holidays in an excellent mood and themselves had a long winning streak, but in the new year they have not pleased their fans at all. Earlier, Ilya Vorobyov's team lost to SKA (3:6), Lokomotiv (1:4), and also lost dry to Minsk Dynamo with a score of 0:2.
In the last encounter with the Zubrs, CSKA had serious discipline problems, and then they violated the rules six times, for which they paid with a missed puck. In attack, the club also did not act as dynamically as the opponent, and made only 21 shots on goal. At the same time, oddly enough, the second period of the game turned out to be unsuccessful for them, in which the team missed twice, although, overall, in this twenty minutes it has a ratio of 40:37 in goals scored and missed.
Disqualifications and injuries
Fateev and Samorukov will not be able to take part in the upcoming confrontation
Interesting trends for betting
- CSKA has 29 shots on target
Usually, the army team is distinguished by good throwing activity and often threatens the opponent's goal
- CSKA gets 7.29 penalty minutes per match
The army team is sent off on average about four times per game
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In three out of four games involving visitors, the first period was productive
1.95Bet 3rd period: home team to score
In the last four matches, the hosts scored goals in the third period
1.75Tip and bets
In our opinion, Red Star should not be underestimated in this confrontation. The team is currently in excellent shape, demonstrating its best game of the current season, while CSKA is going through bad times and loses time after time in regulation time. In addition, the previous matches against Kunlun were quite difficult for the army team, and, for example, the last match between the clubs ended with a difference of only one goal. We think that this time Kravets' team will impose a close fight and even if they lose, they will do so with a minimal handicap.
Betting Tip - Kunlun win with Asian handicap (+1.5) on goals for 1.65
Bet on individual total
CSKA has been showing poor performance lately and usually couldn't break through the opponents' defense even more than twice. This season the teams have met twice, and in both cases the army team scored no more than three goals. Kunlun, in turn, demonstrated decent defense in previous matches and managed with a minimum number of goals conceded. If the goalkeeper doesn't let them down, the visitors won't be able to score much.
We bet on CSKA's individual total under 3.5 goals for 1.62
Total Bet
The last two matches between the teams were tense and unscoring. Kunlun has recently begun to focus more on defense and has begun to concede much less than before. CSKA, by the way, also played four of its previous five matches with a total under. Most likely, the visitors will play defensively after a series of failures, so we would not expect a large number of goals scored.
We take the total under 5.5 pucks for 1.82
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