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Severstal vs. CSKA: KHL match betting tip
Severstal is returning home after a crushing victory in St. Petersburg and intends to continue the fight for the second place in the conference. One of the main competitors of the Cherepovets team is Moscow CSKA, which is in second place in the West. The capital team began the away game with a defeat in Omsk, but will now arrive in the Vologda Region after a strong-willed victory in Novosibirsk. In September, the black and yellow confidently beat Ilya Vorobyov team at home. What will this match be like? Read our betting tip for it
Command Analysis
Severstal Cherepovets
Russian FederationCurrent form
Severstal had a great end to last year, and now they are alternating victories and defeats. Andrey Kozyrev charges can't produce a stable winning streak and are currently in fifth place in the West. The hosts have 57 points after 46 matches, but they are only four points behind second-placed CSKA and, if successful, they will be able to get closer to the army team and other competitors. Before returning home, the steelmakers played several away matches. After winning in Balashikha (2:1), they lost to Dynamo Moscow for the second time this year (2:3), but just a day later they crushed SKA in St. Petersburg (7:4). By the middle of the match, the then guests had secured a comfortable lead in the score and calmly brought the matter to the desired result.
The black and yellows haven't been doing their best on their own half of the ice this stretch of the season. They've conceded 13 times in their previous four games, and goalies Alexander Samoilov and Konstantin Shostak have seriously improved their save percentage. It was Shostak who took to the ice in the last game against SKA, but he only saved 31 of 35 shots.
Kirill Pilipenko remains the top scorer of the club from the Vologda region. The forward scored 46 points (23+23) and occupies the third place in the list of the most productive hockey players of the KHL. Daniil Aymurzin, who is in excellent shape and scored in the last six matches out of seven, has come close to him. The young forward has 42 points (27+15) in the goal+pass system.
Disqualifications and injuries
Yaroslav Dyblenko will not help his teammates in the game against the red-blues.
Interesting trends for betting
- Severstal gets five minutes of penalty time per match
The team is currently the most disciplined in the league.
- Severstal has 84.6% neutralization of the opponent majority
The Cherepovets team occupies the fourth position in the championship in terms of playing while short-handed.
CSKA Moscow
Russian FederationCurrent form
CSKA has regained second place in the conference, but it will be incredibly difficult for the Army Men to fight Lokomotiv for victory in the Tarasov Division. The team from Moscow has earned 61 points in 46 matches and is 17 points behind the leader of the West, but has two matches in reserve. The red-blues need to retain second place in the West, because the competition is very high now, and SKA, which occupies seventh place, is only six points behind. Ilya Vorobyov team has not demonstrated the strongest results in this part of the season. The Muscovites have lost four out of six matches in the new year, and in three of them they were unable to score. At the start of the away series, the capital hockey players were routed in Omsk (0:4), but then they managed to win a strong-willed victory in Novosibirsk (4:3, B).
After the holidays, the visitors are playing very poorly in attack, and the attack leaders cannot get into the necessary shape. In six games in January, CSKA scored only ten times, while leaving the court three times without goals. Vitaly Abramov did not go with the team on the road (19+16), and Maxim Sorkin (19+17) only earned his first points in the new calendar year in the last match.
Nikita Nesterov team was very good in defense in December, but in the previous seven starts they have conceded 26 times. Pavel Khomchenko played four games in the starting lineup after changing club registration, but so far his statistics do not inspire confidence. The goalie has blocked only 84.62% of shots and has not made a single shutout. Ivan Prosvetov remains the club main goalie for now, but he was injured in the game against Omsk and was not included in the roster for the game against Sibir.
Disqualifications and injuries
Dmitry Samorukov will not come to Cherepovets due to injury.
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 51.2% of faceoffs
Muscovites perform well at the point and often win duels
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches involving CSKA, the first period was scoreless
1.77Bet 3rd period: Severstal will score
In seven games, Cherepovets players scored in the third period
1.53Tip and bets
Severstal is deservedly in the top five in the West and continues to fight for the highest places. Since the end of last year, the hosts have alternated victories and defeats, but this winter Andrey Kozyrev charges have lost only one match in Cherepovets within regular time. The attack leaders Daniil Aymurzin and Kirill Pilipenko are in excellent shape and help their partners score points in almost every match. CSKA is going through a tough period. The team from Moscow looks pale on the road and with great difficulty took two points from Novosibirsk. Nikita Nesterov team lost a huge number of points on the road and is unlikely to dominate in the Vologda region. We believe in the steelmakers and suggest taking a bet on a zero handicap for the first.
Betting Tip - Severstal win with Asian handicap (0) for 1.88
Bet on individual total
CSKA has seriously slackened in terms of implementation. Maxim Sorkin broke the drought only in the last match, and Vitaly Abramov did not go with the team on the road at all. Without their confident play in attack, the Muscovites score very little and often lose points. We do not think that Severstal defense has conceded more than two times, despite the large number of goals in the steelmakers' goal recently.
We bet on the individual total of CSKA under 2.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.85
Total Bet
In September, the teams played a fairly productive match, but usually matches involving opponents are not very bright. In three out of five matches, these teams did not score more than five times between them. In our opinion, CSKA will dry up the game as much as possible due to problems in the attack and the match will not be very spectacular. Let play a bet on the total under goals.
We take the total under 5.5 pucks for 1.72
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