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Ak Bars - Salavat Yulaev: betting tip for the KHL match
On January 27, Kazan will host the fifth green derby in the current Gagarin Cup. During the season, each team has won two victories on their home ice and now one of the teams will take the lead. Ak Bars returned to Tatarstan after a tough away series in the Far East and looked very tired in the match against Siberia. Salavat Yulaev is gaining a lot of points thanks to the excellent play of the leader in the person of Joshua Livo. Will the Canadian be able to score again? Read our prediction for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Ak Bars Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
Ak Bars dropped to fourth place in the Eastern Conference and has 62 points. The team is literally two points behind second place, so if everything goes well, it can overtake Salavat Yulaev and Avtomobilist in the near future, because Anvar Gatiyatullin team has one match in reserve. The Kazan team alternated victories and defeats at the beginning of the new year, but had a good stretch, winning five games out of seven. Bars had a very difficult trip to the Far East and after exchanging points with Amur (4:1 and 4:5) they were stronger than Admiral (5:2 and 2:1, B). Returning home, Dmitry Yashkin team could not cope with the defense of Siberia (0:1) and could not beat the goalkeeper of the snowflakes.
Dmitry Yashkin team has not shown a strong game in attack at this stage of the season. In the five previous matches, they have made 14 accurate shots and have mainly won thanks to good implementation of moments. Alexander Barabanov has broken into the top ten scorers of the league with 42 points (18+24) in the goal+pass system. Next to him is Artem Galimov (22+19), who is the best finisher of Kazan attacks.
Timur Bilyalov took to the ice in both games against Admiral and the home game against Sibir after Amir Miftakhov terrible performance in the second game in Khabarovsk. It is Bilyalov who can now be considered the home team main goalie, as he has played 26 games on the ice. The goalie has a 92.05% save percentage and only two shutouts this season. However, Miftakhov should not be written off in any way.
Disqualifications and injuries
Ilya Safonov, Egor Babenko and Mitch Miller will not be able to take part in the upcoming confrontation.
Interesting trends for betting
- Ak Bars gets 7.13 penalty minutes per match
On average, Kazan players are sent off about four times per game
- Ak Bars statistically makes 32 shots on target
Kazan players are distinguished by their high shooting activity and try to threaten the opponent goal from any position
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Russian FederationCurrent form
Salavat Yulaev continues its road trip after a fairly successful home series of games. The team from the Republic of Bashkortostan is in third place in the conference and shares second place in the East with Avtomobilist, which has scored the same number of points. Currently, the Yulaev team has 64 points after 48 games, while first-place Traktor has scored five points more, but has also played three more games. In the first half of January, Viktor Kozlov team did not show the best results, but now they have three wins in five games. After a home success in a match against Avangard (4:0), the Ufa team crushed Sochi (8:1), but then lost in St. Petersburg (2:3).
The club from the Republic of Bashkortostan played well in attack and scored 20 goals in the last five matches, although they failed in the matches against the Hawks and the Army Men. Overall, the visitors score 3.15 goals per game and are stable in attack. Joshua Leivo confidently leads the list of the league top scorers. The Canadian scored 59 points (38+21) in the goal+pass system.
Aleksandr Samonov remains Salavat main goalie. He has been good in recent games and has allowed only three goals in the previous two matches. As for statistics, he has a 92.61% save percentage this season and three shutouts in 33 starts. Perhaps Daniil Vyazovoy, who has looked good in some games, will get another chance to prove himself.
Disqualifications and injuries
Gleb Kuzmin and Sergey Varlov will not come with the team to Kazan.
Interesting trends for betting
- Salavat Yulaev concedes an average of 2.38 goals per game
The team has been distinguished by its very reliable defensive play throughout the regular season.
- The Greens converted 21.5% of their majority attempts
The excellent implementation of numerical superiority is also worth praising.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches between the teams, the first period was not productive
1.68Bet 3rd period: Salavat Yulaev will score
Ufa players scored in the third period against the "Bars" in three out of four games
1.62Tip and bets
Ak Bars had a very weak start to the current home series and has not yet recovered from a series of games in the Far East. Kazan was unable to score against Siberia and was not very active in attack. Salavat Yulaev had a great start away from home but was unable to finish off SKA in St. Petersburg. Viktor Kozlov team has a very powerful weapon in Joshua Livo, who has gained incredible form and has scored ten goals in just five of his last games. We think that the team from the Republic of Bashkortostan will simply score more than their opponents and win on the ice of Tatneft Arena. We suggest betting on the second team to win with a zero handicap.
Betting Tip - Salavat Yulaev wins with Asian handicap (0) for 2.05
Bet on individual total
Ak Bars is the best defensive team in the East, but it will be very difficult for the Snow Leopards to contain the strong attack of the visitors. Joshua Livo has scored 38 goals in 59 starts and is in his best form this season in January. In the last five games, Ufa scored 20 times and should not have big problems in the duel against the Cats. We believe in at least three accurate shots from the visitors.
We bet on Salavat Yulaev individual total of more than two goals for 1.60
Total Bet
Matches between teams are usually not very productive, but they are not too closed either. This season, only one out of four matches did not have at least five goals scored, and twice the opponents scored more than five times. We believe that the visitors will open up the match and force the hosts to go forward. The motivation of both sides is off the charts, so we believe in bright hockey.
We take the total over 4.5 pucks with the coefficient 1.72
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