Gornyak-UGMK - Buran: betting tip for the VHL match
On January 18, Gornyak-UMMC will host Buran from Voronezh at its arena in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. The hosts failed to earn two points in the last game on their ice and today Gornyak-UMMC is not going to share points with the opponent, who is fighting for the playoff zone. How will the confrontation end and what bets should be made? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Gornyak Uchaly

Current form
The team is doing well in the current championship so far and the club looks much better than in the last championship, which was a failure and they failed to get into the playoffs. The team from Verkhnyaya Pyshma was unable to break the resistance of Tambov on their home ice in the last game. The match was a two-edged struggle and ended 3:3 in the end, but in overtime the guests from Tambov were stronger. The game before, Alexey Alexeyev team fought with Tula AKM and won a confident victory with a score of 4:1. This victory was the 25th in the season and at this stage the club occupies the second line in the tournament table. Before these meetings, Gornyak-UMMC won an away victory in Ryazan, beating the opponent with a score of 5:3, and lost to Khimik (3:4 B). The team has 62 points, scored 158 goals, acts with full dedication, but in some moments the club is just unlucky. It is worth noting that the team scored the most goals and is the best in the VHL in this indicator.
Interesting trends for betting
- Gornyak-UMMC has not lost in regulation time in seven games in a row
- On average, the team concedes 2.8 goals per game

Buran Voronezh

Current form
The team from Voronezh has never won the Petrov Cup in its history, and has never reached the final. Last season, Buran managed to get into the playoffs, but left the tournament at the first stage. In the current VHL championship, the Hurricane are showing a good game, fighting for the playoff zone and have already changed the head coach during the season. Before the away series of games, Buran played three home matches, where they won only one victory, beating CSK VVS (3:2). The Voronezh team failed in their last matches on home ice and were able to earn only one point in the past two games. In the last confrontation, the Hurricane lost in Yubileyny to Diesel (2:3), and the game before that, they lost in overtime to Saratov Kristall. Filipp Metlyuk charges are in 18th place in the standings, have won 20 victories in 43 games and were able to score 121 goals. The gap to the 16 best teams of the league is only two points, which is very easy to make up. Let see if the coaching staff has worked on the mistakes and how they have prepared the team for today battle.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team concedes and scores an average of 2.8 goals
- In the last five games, Buran has conceded as many as 14 goals in regular time
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
1.90Bet 3rd period: victory of "Gornyak-UGMK"
In 2 of the 3 recent matches, the club from Verkhnyaya Pyshma won in the second period
2.30Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the hosts as the favorites, and it is hard to disagree with this. Gornyak-UMMC showed excellent hockey in the last four face-to-face games and proved that they can beat the club from Voronezh. The team from Verkhnyaya Pyshma looks stronger at this stage, and we can assume that the home arena will allow them to win and will become a decisive factor in the match.
Betting Tip - victory of Gornyak-UMMC with a coefficient of 1.90
Bet on total
This pair is likely to see an open game on opposite courses. In the four past meetings of Gornyak-UMMC out of five, more than five goals were scored, and we believe that a goal extravaganza will take place, as in the last face-to-face match in Verkhnyaya Pyshma.
Betting Tip - total over 5.5 goals with odds of 2.05
Bet on individual total
Gornyak-UGMK has no problems in attacking actions, and the club has not scored less than three goals in a row in the last 10 games. We can assume that the hosts will score more than three goals.
Betting Tip - individual total of Gornyak-UGMK more than three goals for 2.03