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AKM - Yuzhny Ural: betting tip for the VHL match
On January 15, AKM will host Yuzhny Ural from Orsk at its arena in Tula. The hosts have not been able to defeat their opponents in three games in a row on their home ice, but the visitors have not looked very confident in the last games, and the Tula team intends to break this streak. Will the home club be able to emerge victorious and what bets should be played? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
AKM
Russian FederationCurrent form
In the last championship, the team reached the final of the Petrov Cup for the first time in its history. However, they failed to win the honorable trophy, but not all is lost, and they need to make a lot of effort to get to the playoffs. This season, the team from Tula has not been shining with results and has suffered six defeats in the past 10 games, five of which were at home. In the last match, the club lost to Chelyabinsk Chelmet on home ice with a score of 3:4, having missed three unanswered goals in the first period. And in the game before, Sergei Reshetnikov charges were unable to cope with Gornyak-UGMK (1:4), although they opened the scoring in the match. At this stage, the team has won 23 victories, scored 127 goals and earned 50 points with 18 failures and 98 goals conceded. AKM is in 13th place in the tournament table and is fighting in the playoff zone, but has a gap of only one point from SKA-Neva from the 17th place. Let see if the coaching staff has worked on the mistakes before today game.
Interesting trends for betting
- In the last two games in Tula, the team scored only one goal against its opponent
- Since the start of the championship, the team has scored an average of three goals per match
Yuzhny Ural Orsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
It will not be easy to reach the threshold of the last season and get into the playoffs of the Petrov Cup, but the team has a good lead over the catching TOP-16. The density in the VHL standings is very high and each point lost by the club can cost more than one place. This year, Yuzhny Ural will try to rise higher than in the last championship and will show its best hockey. The season is going confidently, the wards of Vladislav Otmakhov show good and meaningful hockey. After 42 games, the team won 24 victories and suffered 18 defeats with 97 goals conceded and 103 goals scored. In the last confrontation, the team could not cope with Voskresensk Khimik (1:5), conceding four goals in equal compositions and one in the majority. This defeat was the fourth in a row. The team played against Ryazan the previous game and lost in overtime, where the regular time ended with a score of 0:0. At this stage, they have 54 points and are in 10th place in the standings, only five points behind third-placed Rubin. The fight for the playoffs is still ahead, and the team has every chance to maintain its position in the league.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the club concedes 2.3 goals per game per season
- The team has failed to win away from home in three games in a row
Trends
Bet 1st period: total over 1.5 goals
In 4 of the last 5 meetings, the home team scored more than 1.5 goals in the first period
2.00Bet 2nd period: AKM win
In 3 of the 5 recent matches, the home team won in the second period
2.15Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the home team as the favorites of the match, and we completely agree with this. The Tula club is playing at home and intends to break a series of three defeats in a row from its opponent today on its ice, and the roster of Sergei Reshetnikov team is much stronger. We can assume that the positive attitude and motivation of AKM will be decisive factors in the match.
Prediction - AKM win with odds of 1.72
Bet on total
This pair is likely to see an open game on opposite courses. In four of the past five meetings, the home club scored more than 4.5 goals, and we believe that a goal-scoring extravaganza will take place, as in the last away match of the South Urals.
Betting Tip - total over 4.5 goals with odds of 1.65
Bet on individual total
The home team has no problems in the attacking line, and in the last five matches the club from Tula scored 14 goals. We can assume that the Tula team will score at least two goals.
Betting Tip - individual total AKM more than 2.5 goals for 1.61
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