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CSKA vs. Spartak: KHL match betting tip
The fifth match between CSKA and Spartak will take place on January 13 on the ice of Moscow CSKA Arena. The red-and-whites are currently leading the series against the army team this season. Alexey Zhamnov team has won three games and has never lost in regulation time. Nikita Nesterov team has been showing a strong level of hockey for a long time, but is now in a natural decline. Are the hosts capable of upsetting the meat team? This is in the betting tip for the game
Command Analysis
CSKA Moscow
Russian FederationCurrent form
CSKA has broken into second place in the conference, but has not yet been able to win the competition from Spartak and Dynamo. The team from Moscow has earned 57 points in 43 matches and is 15 points behind the leader of the West, but has two matches in reserve. Ilya Vorobyov charges had an excellent December and did not lose a single match during the last month of 2024. After the international break, the red-blues won at home against SKA (6:5), Neftekhimik (2:1, B) and Sochi (4:1), and in the first game of January they were unable to take two points in St. Petersburg (3:6). The visitors completely failed on the road and after a misfire in the Northern capital of Russia, they did not score a single point in Yaroslavl (1:4), Minsk (0:2) and Mytishchi (0:3).
CSKA stopped scoring and scored only four times in the four previous games. The army team attack leaders lost their former form, and Vitaly Abramov again left the top ten scorers in the league. The young forward scored 35 points (19+16). Maxim Sorkin, who participated in 34 goal attacks (18+16), also slowed down.
Nikita Nesterov team was very good in defense in December, but in the four previous starts they conceded 15 times. Ivan Prosvetov, after harsh criticism, began to gain form and became the main goalkeeper for the visitors. The goalie has stopped 92.16% of shots and made four shutouts this season. In the last match, he stopped only 12 shots and was one of the culprits in the defeat to Kunlun.
Disqualifications and injuries
Dmitry Samorukov will not play in the next match.
Interesting trends for betting
- According to statistics, CSKA shoots 29 times per game on average
The visitors do not put much pressure on the opposing goalkeepers in every match
- CSKA wins 51% of faceoffs
Muscovites perform well at the point and often win duels
Spartak Moscow
Russian FederationCurrent form
Spartak has long been Lokomotiv only real competitor in the fight for leadership in the West, but now Moscow CSKA and Dynamo have joined this fight. The red-and-whites have earned 57 points in 42 starts and are ahead of the army team and Dynamo only in secondary indicators. In December, the visitors again gained good form and did not remain without points for five games. The team led by Alexei Zhamnov has been playing exclusively on the road since the end of November, but this series is now ending. The legionnaires began January with matches against Severstal (3:5), SKA (5:0) and Lokomotiv (4:5). The visitors had a terrible start in Yaroslavl, but showed character and were close to a positive result.
The capital club ranks second in the conference in terms of goals scored. On average, the red-and-whites score 3.33 goals per game, and in the last five games they have scored 18 accurate shots. Pavel Poryadin remains the most productive hockey player in the Muscovites. The forward has scored 34 points (18+16) during the current season.
Dmitry Nikolaev has displaced Patrick Rybar as Spartak first goalie. Now the Slovak has gone to Kunlun, and Artem Zagidullin has taken his place. He has been on the ice in the last three games and scored his first shutout in the match against SKA. Over the three games, the Russian has allowed three goals and has blocked 95.39% of shots on his own.
Disqualifications and injuries
Ansel Galimov and Andrei Mironov will not come to Mytishchi this Friday.
Interesting trends for betting
- Spartak wins 46.6% of faceoffs
Muscovites look weak on the spot and often lose in this important aspect.
- The red and whites shoot 32 times per game on average
The guests try to throw as much as possible and this brings the desired result.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In six out of seven games involving visitors, the first period was productive
1.87Bet 2nd period: Spartak will score
In three out of four matches, Spartak scored goals against the army team in the second period
1.55Tip and bets
CSKA is clearly in decline and Ilya Vorobyov team is having trouble attacking. In the last three games, the army team has scored only one goal, while they themselves have not always played their best defense. Spartak alternates successes and failures, but this season Dmitry Vishnevsky team has played well against the army team. The red-and-whites have not yet lost in regulation time to Nikita Nesterov team, although they have played four games against the opponent in the regular season. We think that returning to home ice will not help the hosts win within 60 minutes. We offer a bet on a double chance for the second.
Prediction - Spartak will not lose for 1.62
Bet on individual total
CSKA cannot boast of a reliable game in defense in January. In four games at the beginning of the new year, the army men missed 15 goals, and three times the projectile ended up in their goal at least three times. Spartak knows how to play in attack and has been great at converting its chances throughout the season. We think that in this match, the red-whites will upset Ivan Prosvetov at least three times.
We bet on Spartak individual total over 2.5 goals for 1.90
Total Bet
Matches between rivals are often spectacular. This season, the rivals have met each other four times and scored more than five times between them twice. Spartak plays open hockey and often shows a productive game this season. We think that there will be more than five accurate shots in the match. Let play a bet on the total over.
We take the total over five goals with a coefficient of 1.67
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