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Severstal vs. Kunlun: KHL match betting tip
Severstal and Kunlun will play their fifth match this season. At the end of last year, the steelmakers celebrated success three times, but the Chinese already won in the Vologda region in mid-November. Andrey Kozyrev team continues to fight for seeding in the playoffs, while the visitors are just trying to get closer to the top eight in the conference. The team from the capital of China looks good at this stage of the season, but few believe in stars in the game against the black and yellows. Will they be able to surprise hockey fans on January 23? Read our betting tip
Command Analysis
Severstal Cherepovets
Russian FederationCurrent form
Severstal had a great end to last year, and now they are alternating wins and losses. Andrey Kozyrev charges can't produce a stable winning streak, but have now broken into fourth place in the West. The hosts have 59 points after 47 matches and are only three points behind second-place CSKA, and if they win, 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). Returning home, the team from Cherepovets was stronger than CSKA in a shootout (5:4, B).
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 17 goals in their last five games, and goalies Aleksandr Samoilov and Konstantin Shostak have seriously improved their save percentage. It was Shostak who took to the ice in the last game against CSKA, but he only saved 25 of 29 shots.
Kirill Pilipenko remains the top scorer of the club from the Vologda region. The forward scored 46 points (23+23) and occupies the fourth line in the list of the most productive hockey players of the KHL. Daniil Aymurzin, who is in excellent shape and scored in the last five 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 Chinese.
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 is in fourth place in the championship in terms of playing while short-handed.
HC Red Star Kunlun
ChinaCurrent form
Kunlun has regained a real chance of making the playoffs thanks to its strong results this winter. Mikhail Kravets' team has risen to ninth place in the West and has 44 points after 46 matches. The Chinese team improved somewhat in late autumn and posted a series of four victories, and now the hosts have seven victories in seven starts. At the beginning of the new calendar year, the Beijing team played three games on their home court. They barely won against Vityaz (3:2, OT), but then crushed Amur (5:0) and beat CSKA dry (3:0). The current away game began for the visitors with a victory over Lada (3:2, B), but then the stars lost in Omsk (2:3) and were worse than Spartak in the Russian capital (0:2).
The Chinese team remains the worst in the league in terms of defensive numbers. On average, the Chinese concede 3.24 goals per game, while away from home this figure is slightly better - 3.05 per match. At the same time, the stars have recently improved their reliability and have begun to concede much less. Jeremy Smith remains the team number one, but not long ago the visitors signed Patrick Rybar from Moscow Spartak.
Tomáš Jurčo has been Kunlun top scorer throughout the regular season. The Slovakian forward has scored 27 goals (9+18) and is 69th on the KHL list of goal scorers. Spencer Fu has scored the same amount (14+13) and is also among the league top 100 offensive players. Tyler Graovac (9+14) is also among the league top 100 leaders.
Disqualifications and injuries
Semyon Sinyatkin was injured and will not play against the steelmakers.
Interesting trends for betting
- According to statistics, Kunlun allows at least 34 shots on their goal
Red Star usually don't play the best defense and don't have time to block shots.
- Kunlun gets 7.63 minutes of penalty time
A team is usually sent off more than three times per match.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In six games involving Kunlun, the first period was scoreless
1.90Bet 3rd period: Severstal will score
In seven out of eight games, Cherepovets scored in the third period
1.32Tip and bets
Kunlun started to slip after a series of seven victories in a row. However, the visitors have not lost their motivation for the season and still have a good chance of getting into the final part of the tournament. In the current away tour, Mikhail Kravets' charges held up well in games against the championship leaders and should continue to act in the same vein. Severstal is having an unstable first month of the new year, although the Cherepovets team is still improving its position in the conference table. We think that the black and yellow will not be able to beat the Chinese with a rout. We offer a bet on a positive handicap of the second.
Betting Tip - Kunlun win with Asian handicap (+1.5) for 1.75
Bet on individual total
Severstal had problems in defense and only in one match in January did they not concede at least three times. Kunlun has improved in terms of implementation and often plays well in attack. In all games this season against the steelmakers, Mikhail Kravets' charges have distinguished themselves with at least two accurate shots. We think that this time they will be able to light the red light behind the opponent goal three times.
We bet on Kunlun individual total of more than two goals with a coefficient of 1.85
Total Bet
Matches between the rivals regularly delight with a large number of goals scored. Severstal plays open hockey and Kunlun is always ready to support the opponent in this. The Chinese have improved their defense a little, but they are unlikely to be able to hold back the hosts' fast attack. We expect a game on opposite courses and at least six accurate shots between the two.
We take the total over 5.5 pucks for 1.85
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