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Zauralye - Zvezda: VHL match betting tip
Zauralye will host Moscow Zvezda on January 14 at the Mostovik Arena in Kurgan. The hosts have managed to please fans with a positive result in the last four games, and the visitors won the last away match and look on par with their opponents. Will the hosts be able to continue winning on their home ice and what bets should they play? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Zauralye Kurgan
Russian FederationCurrent form
The team met its current opponent in the last Petrov Cup at the 1/8 final stage and emerged victorious in a fierce series of seven matches, but suffered a defeat at the quarterfinal stage from the current holder of the Petrov Cup, Neftyanik. The current championship is not going very well for the Kurgan club, but for now the team is in the zone of the 16 best teams. The last game against the leader of St. Petersburg Dynamo was the fifth in the series of home games, and the team was able to justify the hopes of fans and bookmakers. The club won in the shootout, and also beat SKA-Neva (3:2) the previous match. Zauralye has achieved seven victories in the last 10 matches, and in the season the team has won 23 times and managed to score 107 goals. As a result, Artem Sedunov team has 50 points, 13th place in the tournament table and a two-point gap from the catching TOP-16.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, Zauralye concedes 2.2 goals per game this season
- The club outplayed its opponent in two games in a row
Zvezda Chekhov
Russian FederationCurrent form
The Star has never won the Petrov Cup in its history, but in the 2019/20 season it won the regular VHL championship. Rinat Khasanov team is playing well in the current VHL championship, they were leading the championship at the beginning of the season, but then they slowed down and gradually dropped to the middle of the standings, showing good results at this stage. In the last matches, the team from Moscow found its game, won four victories in five past matches and is currently in the playoff zone on the 14th line. However, the team position is shaky, as the rivals intend to fight for the highest places, are not lagging behind and are close on their heels. In the last confrontation, the army team met on the opponent ice with Omsk Wings and won a difficult victory with a score of 3:2, without losing in any of the three periods. The game before, the team was able to overcome the resistance of Tyumen Rubin, winning with a score of 4:2. In 42 confrontations, the CSKA farm club won 23 victories with 19 defeats, scored 135 goals and missed 121 goals.
Interesting trends for betting
- Since the start of the season, the average goal scored in Zvezda matches has been six
- The team has sent the game into overtime only once in its last 10 matches.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 4 of the last 5 meetings, the home team scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period.
1.67Bet 2nd period: victory of “Zauralya”
In 4 of the 5 recent matches, the Kurgan team won in the second period
2.40Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the hosts as the favorites, who at this stage look stronger than their opponent. Zauralye shows skillful play from match to match and will cause many problems for the visiting team. We believe that the Kurgan team will show a fighting spirit and will leave no chance for the opponent from Moscow, as in the last face-to-face game.
Betting Tip - Zauralye win with odds of 2.00
Bet on total
This pair is expected to play on opposite courses with a large number of scoring opportunities. The opponents have been scoring a lot of goals lately, but the last four head-to-head matches out of five ended with a total under. With the teams' convincing defensive play, it is difficult to count on a goal extravaganza.
Betting Tip - total under 4.5 goals with odds of 2.02
Bet on individual total
Zauralye has scored an average of three goals in the last five matches, while Zvezda has not conceded less than two goals in 10 matches in a row. We can assume that the Kurgan team will score more than two goals against their opponent.
Betting Tip - individual total of Zauralye more than 2.5 goals for 1.82
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