Sputnik - Snezhnye Barsy: MHL match betting tip
On January 13, Sputnik will host the Snow Bars from Kazakhstan at its arena in Almetyevsk. The opponents are fighting in the lower part of the Silver Division standings this season and are not in contention for the play-in. Let see if the opponents can score a lot of goals. Whose side will fortune be on, and what bets should be played? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Sputnik Almetyevsk

Current form
Sputnik cannot put the past season down as an asset, and in the current MHL draw the results are not shining. The youth team of Almetyevsk Neftyanik has not looked very confident since the start of the championship, they act at low speeds and do not always follow the instructions of the coaching staff. Sputnik is currently in ninth place in the standings of the Silver Division of the Eastern Conference, five points behind the leading Snow Bars. In 32 matches of the season, the team led by Daniil Arkhipov won only nine times, scored 69 goals and suffered 23 defeats with 124 goals conceded, which corresponds to 19 points scored. In the last calendar match, the team beat the opponent from Kazakhstan with a score of 5:1, scoring three goals in the first and one in each of the remaining two periods. But in the previous match they lost to Krasnoyarsk Lynx (0:4).
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, since the start of the championship, the club has scored two goals per game
- The team has defeated its current opponent in the last two games.

Snezhnye Barsy

Current form
Snezhnye Barsy is a youth club of Barys and for several years has represented Kazakhstan in the youth hockey league. However, the team has not been successful with results for the second year in a row and the coaching staff needs to do a lot of work. However, this season the Kazakhs have been showing a much nicer game, but in the last period they have not been able to find their game and have suffered eight defeats in a row. In the last game against their opponent today in Almetyevsk, Andrey Shayanov team showed a disgusting game and suffered a crushing defeat 1:5 in the end, and in the previous game they lost to Neftekamsk Reaktor (2:7), having scored all their goals in the second period. After 31 confrontations, they have 24 points in the asset and only 93 goals scored with 125 goals conceded. The club fights at the proper level in each match, but so far occupies only eighth place in the tournament table.
Interesting trends for betting
- The club has won just three of its last 15 games
- The team averages three goals per game
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 2 of the last 3 meetings, the home team scored more than 1.5 goals in the first period
1.71Bet 3rd period: Sputnik win
In 1 of the 3 recent matches, the home team won in the third period
2.30Tip and bets
Based on the previous face-to-face game in Almetyevsk, Sputnik, in our opinion, is the favorite of today meeting and intends to achieve a third face-to-face victory in a row. We believe that the coaching staff of the home team once again set their charges up for victory, will take advantage of the opponent mistakes and emerge victorious.
Betting Tip - Sputnik win with odds of 2.50
Bet on total
In this match, the hosts will take the advantage and will act as the first number, devoting a lot of time to attacking actions. It is worth paying attention to the fact that in three of the last five matches of Sputnik, more than five goals were scored. We can assume that in this confrontation there will be quite a lot of them.
Betting Tip - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 1.70
Bet on individual total
Sputnik has some good forwards who can score a lot. The team from Almetyevsk scored 10 goals in the last three head-to-head games, and we think it won't be difficult for the hosts to score more than twice.
Betting Tip - Sputnik individual total is over 2.5 goals with odds of 1.68