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SKA vs. Vityaz: KHL match betting tip
SKA won two of three games and returned to the fight for second place in the West. Now Roman Rotenberg charges have a great chance to earn points and will try to beat Vityaz on January 28. The Moscow Region team has not lost hope of getting into the playoffs, but against the backdrop of Kunlun success, this task looks almost impossible. The army men lost many matches in January and are set only for a positive result. Are the giants capable of giving the grand team a fight? Find out from our betting tip for the meeting
Command Analysis
SKA St. Petersburg
Russian FederationCurrent form
Roman Rotenberg team has lost its previous form and is only in seventh place in the Western Conference table. The Army Men have scored 59 points in 48 matches and are trying to get back in the chase for the KHL leaders. SKA has lost five of the previous seven matches and, after a good start to the year, is again not demonstrating a high level of play. Roman Rotenberg charges are alternating victories and defeats in the current series of matches on home ice. They lost heavily to Severstal (4:7), but a few days later they were better than the league leader (5:2). The hosts failed in the match against Moscow Dynamo (3:5), giving up a three-goal advantage, and a day later they won against Salavat Yulaev (3:2).
The hosts remain the league most productive team, having scored as many as 177 goals. The Army club scores 3.69 goals on average, and Sergei Plotnikov has broken into the top spot on the team list of scorers. The veteran has scored 41 points (21+20) in the goal+pass system. Despite such a strong implementation of moments, the Army team is not performing well on its half of the ice.
Throughout the regular season, the team from the Northern capital of Russia has been experiencing problems in defense. Artemy Pleshkov became the club number one goalie after the failure of two other goalies in January. The young goalie looked strong in the match against Yulaevtsy and helped his teammates win. He has reflected 92.77% of shots in his possessions this season.
Disqualifications and injuries
Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alexander Nikishin will not play against Vityaz.
Interesting trends for betting
- On average, SKA scores 3.69 goals per game
Thanks to a very strong attacking line, SKA remains the most productive club in the league.
- Petersburgers receive an average of 7.69 penalty minutes per match
Roman Rotenberg charges do not always have enough endurance, so they often have to play short-handed.
Vityaz
Russian FederationCurrent form
Vityaz does not intend to give up and surrender, but now Pavel Desyatkov charges occupy only the tenth line in the table, having earned 43 points in 48 games. The Moscow Region team won only three games in January and seriously worsened their chances of getting into the playoffs. Bogatyrs lost six games in a row and only recently interrupted the losing streak. After an away series of games along the route Tolyatti (6:2) - Chelyabinsk (3:4) - Nizhnekamsk (1:2), the Vitki returned to the Moscow Region and missed Kunlun (1:2). This match was very important, because the Chinese are in ninth place in the conference and are one of the competitors in the fight for the final bracket of the tournament.
The visitors are not that bad in attack and have scored 15 goals in the last five matches. Dmitry Buchelnikov cannot return to the top ten scorers of the league, but he earned 40 points (13+27). Ivan Chekhovich (12+24), who became one of the leaders of Vityaz, has four points less. Derek Barach, who made 33 effective actions (17+16), is gradually coming to his senses.
Andrei Kareev played only his fifth game for Vityaz, taking to the ice against Kunlun. The goalie recently transferred from Salavat Yulaev and so far has only a 90.54% save percentage and no shutouts. It will be very tough for him, because the visiting team includes Maxim Dorozhko and Dmitry Shikin. All of the Bogatyrs' goalies are playing well and do not intend to give up their status as the main goalie to the newcomer.
Disqualifications and injuries
Alexander Darin and Grigory Vaschenko will not play in St. Petersburg.
Interesting trends for betting
- According to statistics, Vityaz throws 26 times per game on average
The visitors do not put much pressure on the opposing goalkeepers.
- Vityaz wins 47.6% of faceoffs
The Bogatyrs perform poorly at the point and often lose duels.
Trends
Bet 2nd period: total over 1.5 goals
In all January matches involving SKA, the second period was productive
1.50Bet 2nd period: SKA will score
Petersburgers have scored in the second period for five games in a row
1.27Tip and bets
SKA is gradually getting out of the crisis and has been playing a little better in defense lately. The army team had a difficult schedule, but now Roman Rotenberg charges will be visited by an opponent who is clearly lower in class. Vityaz is losing its chances of getting into the playoffs and is not so motivated for the match against the red-blues. The hosts really need points, because they continue to fight for the second line in the conference table. Alexander Nikishin team won two important victories from a psychological point of view in the second half of the month and is unlikely to give up points to the Vityaz. We predict a victory for the club from the Northern capital of Russia, taking into account the minus handicap.
Betting Tip - SKA win with Asian handicap (-1.5) for 1.82
Bet on individual total
SKA remains the most productive team in the West and rarely leaves the court without a large number of goals scored. The hosts passed Vityaz defense quite calmly at the beginning of the month and scored five goals against the giants in the last match. Roman Rotenberg charges will completely control the course of the match and should be noted for at least four accurate hits.
We bet on SKA individual total over 3.5 goals with odds of 1.75
Total Bet
Throughout the season, the hosts have been playing well in attack, but this has a negative impact on their defensive performance. Vityaz, on the other hand, played extremely effectively in matches in Tolyatti and Nizhnekamsk and felt great in the lead. Games between these clubs often turn out to be productive, and in three out of four matches the opponents scored at least five times. We believe that on Tuesday we will see at least six accurate shots.
We take the total over 5.5 pucks for 1.70
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