Chelny - Izhstal: betting tip for the VHL match
Chelny will host Izhstal on January 23 at their arena in Naberezhnye Chelny. The opponents have not been showing a very confident game this season. The opponents have lost three times in the last five games, but the hosts look much stronger. Let see what the teams will present us with in today match. How will the confrontation end and which bets will play? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

HC Chelny

Current form
The team from Naberezhnye Chelny debuted in the VHL last championship and failed it as a result, taking the last place. Compared to the previous season, the club has noticeably improved and shows meaningful hockey. The team has already managed to win 18 victories and scored 115 goals, but during the entire last championship only 99 goals were scored and only 10 matches were won. In the last calendar confrontation, the team beat Perm Molot in a series of post-match shots, ending the regular time of the match with a score of 1:1. But in the previous game, they were unable to cope at home with Kirovo-Chepetsk Olimpia (2:3), although the game was equal, but Chelny were unable to equalize the score during the entire third period. The team is in a modest 28th place in the tournament table and has only 38 points. The team has suffered 26 defeats, and Chelny has already conceded 144 goals. Of course, it is not possible to fight for the TOP-16, since the gap from the playoff zone is a devil dozen points, which is simply unrealistic to win back.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, the team scores 2.6 goals per game during the season.
- The club from Naberezhnye Chelny has outplayed its opponent in the last two matches

Izhstal Izhevsk

Current form
Izhstal has been showing a terrible game since the start of the championship. The club simply lacks skill both in the defensive line and in the final stage. However, the coaching staff has done a lot of work to achieve the set goals, and this has begun to yield results. Andrey Shefer charges have won five victories in the last 10 games, and since the beginning of the season there have been only 15. The team has missed 158 goals in 44 confrontations, which is one of the worst indicators in the VHL. In the last meeting, Izhstal met Bars in Kazan and was unable to achieve the much-needed victory. The match ended with a score of 2:5, they missed two goals while shorthanded and one into an empty net. The team lost the game earlier on home ice to Norilsk (2:4). The team has suffered defeats in 29 matches, left the last place in the standings and has only 25 points to its credit, lagging behind its opponent by three points.
Interesting trends for betting
- Since the start of the season, the team has scored an average of two goals per game.
- The club has failed to win in regular time in the last four games
Trends
Bet 2nd period: Chelny win
In 2 of the last 3 meetings, the hosts won in the second period
2.15Bet 3rd period: total over 1.5 goals
In the three previous matches of the Izhevsk club, more than one goal was scored in the third period
1.60Tip and bets
In this confrontation, bookmakers put the hosts as the favorites of the match. Chelny won against their opponents in the last two face-to-face meetings, and the club intends to continue this series. The hosts worked on the mistakes after the last game and are determined to show excellent hockey today. We can assume that home ice will allow the team to win over the representative of Izhevsk.
Betting Tip - Chelny win with odds of 1.75
Bet on total
This pair is likely to see an open game on opposite courses. However, the games in the VHL between the clubs are not productive, and only seven goals were scored in the two past meetings. We believe that today there will be no goal-scoring extravaganza, as in the last five confrontations of the club from Naberezhnye Chelny in a row.
Betting Tip - total under 5.5 goals with odds of 1.80
Bet on individual total
Chelny have no problems in the attack line, and in the past three matches out of five the club has not scored less than two goals. We can assume that the hosts will score more than two goals.
Betting Tip - Chelny individual total over 2.5 goals for 1.50