Snow Bars vs. Steel Foxes: MHL Match Betting Tip
On January 16, Snow Bars will host Stalnye Lisy from Magnitogorsk at Barys Arena in Astana. The hosts are the underdogs of the Silver Division and intend to give battle to one of the middle teams of the Gold Division, which looks much stronger and more powerful, and also fights at the proper level in the Eastern Conference. On whose side will fortune be, and what bets should be played in the match? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Snezhnye Barsy

Current form
Snezhnye Barsy is a youth club of Barys and for several seasons they represent Kazakhstan in the youth hockey league. However, the team has not been successful with the results for the second year in a row and the coaching staff needs to do a lot of work to achieve the result set by the club management. However, this season the Kazakhs have been showing a much nicer game, but in the last period they cannot find their game and have suffered nine defeats in a row. In the last game against the youth of Neftyanik in Almetyevsk, Andrey Shayanov charges showed a disgusting game and suffered a crushing defeat 1:5 in the end, and in the previous game they lost with the same score to the same opponent, leading after the first period 1:0 in the score. After 32 confrontations, 24 points in the asset and only 94 goals scored with 130 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 one victory in its last 10 games
- The team concedes an average of four goals per match.

Stalnye Lisy

Current form
The youth team of Magnitogorsk Metallurg cannot put the past season down as an asset. The club managed to get into the playoffs of the Kharlamov Cup, but already at the 1/8 final stage it could not beat Omskie Yastreby - 0:3 in the series. However, in this championship it will try to achieve better results. In the last calendar match, the team was able to cope with AKM-Novomoskovsk and won a confident victory. The team acted according to the developed game plan, followed all the instructions of the coaching staff and realized many scoring opportunities. The Steel Foxes crushed the opponent from Novomoskovsk with a score of 6:0 and strengthened their position in the league. This win was the 19th this season for the Magnitogorsk team, and it is worth noting that 18 victories were won in regular time. The club finished the game with Loko-76 (3:0) the previous game, scoring one goal in the second and two in the third period. Stanislav Shumik team has 42 points and is in sixth place in the standings.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the team concedes 2.2 goals
- The team has outplayed its opponent in five head-to-head games in a row
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In 2 of the last 3 meetings, the home team scored less than 1.5 goals in the first period
2.20Bet 2nd period: Steel Foxes win
In the last two matches, the visitors won in the second period
1.55Tip and bets
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the guests. However, Snezhnye Barsy are holding the meeting at their home arena and intend not to lose to their opponent by a large margin, as in the last face-to-face match in Kazakhstan. The team from Astana is set only for victory, and we hope that they will not lose by more than two goals.
Betting Tip - handicap (+2.5) puck on Snezhnye Barsy with odds of 1.92
Bet on total
In this pair, the guests will seize the initiative, gain a comfortable advantage, score a considerable number of goals and bring the game to a logical victory. It is worth noting that in the last three matches of the Snow Bars, less than seven goals were scored out of five, and we believe that in this confrontation there will not be very many of them.
Betting Tip - total under 6.5 goals with odds of 1.80
Bet on individual total
The Stalnye Lisy have no problems in attack. At the same time, in the last face-to-face match, the team from Magnitogorsk was able to hit the opponent goal only three times, and in Kazakhstan they can't score many goals. We can assume that the guests will score no more than three goals.
Betting Tip - individual total of Stalnye Lisy less than 3.5 pucks for 2.75