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Lada vs Avangard: forecast for the KHL match
On February 6, Lada and Avangard will play their fourth match of the current season. Togliatti beat Omsk twice, while the previous two matches turned out to be extremely productive. Now the "owls" are in terrible shape and are gradually losing their real chances of reaching the final part of the tournament. Guy Boucher's men intend to break into the top five, but so far they lack stability. Who will be better in this meeting? This is stated in the forecast for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Lada Togliatti
Russian FederationCurrent form
Lada remains in tenth place in the conference and is gradually losing its real chances of making the playoffs. Tolyatti residents have earned 42 points in 50 games and do not intend to give up in the battle for getting into the final part of the draw. To date, they have two games left and are already 12 points behind the eighth-placed Sibir. Pavel Zubov's team lost seven consecutive matches in regular time and did not earn a single scoring point. The current home series began for the Filins with defeats from Ak Bars (1:3), Avtomobilist (2:4) and Neftekhimik (3:4). The hosts could have clung to the result in the game against Wolves, but once again they played poorly in defense.
Samaritans are playing poorly offensively at this stage of the season. They scored more than twice per game in only two of the previous seven matches. Dmitry Kugryshev remains the top scorer and remains one of the hundred most productive hockey players in the league so far. The Lada forward scored 26 goals (10+16) and looks better than the other attackers of the hosts.
Konstantin Volkov appeared on the ice at the start of the last game, but was substituted at the start of the third period after missing three goals. Alexander Trushkov remains Lada's main goalkeeper, who cannot fully replace Vladislav Podyapolsky. This season, the 28-year-old goalkeeper has blocked only 90.82% of shots and made two shutouts in matches against Barys.
Disqualifications and injuries
Mikhail Fisenko, Pavel Koltygin and Vladislav Chervonenkov will not be able to help their team in the game against Avangard.
Interesting betting trends
- Lada makes 26 shots on goal per game
The hosts don't throw much, trying to miss as little as possible, so they have a fairly modest performance on offense.
- Togliatti players earn 7.72 minutes of penalty time on average per match
The "owls" are moving away a lot, but they neutralize 80.4% of the opponents' attempts to implement the excess.
Avangard Omsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Avangard wants to compete for a place in the top five in the East, but so far it occupies only the sixth place in the conference. The Omsk Region club has 58 points after 52 matches. After the change of coach to Guy Boucher and the dismissal of Sergey Zvyagin, the results of the guests became much better. The Hawks lost four out of seven games and slightly worsened their position in the table. They ended the first month of the new year with a 5-1 victory over Barys in their home arena, after which they went on an away tour. Omsk barely beat Dinamo Minsk in the capital of Belarus (5:4, B), but a day later they lost to CSKA Moscow (1:2, B) following a shootout.
Omsk improved in terms of chances and scored 16 goals in the previous six matches. Damir Sharipzyanov is the leader of the guests in the number of points scored (8+28). Reed Boucher matched the captain in scoring, but now he's injured. It is the American who completes the attacks of the Omsk club more often than others (22+15). The rest of the team's hockey players perform worse and are less likely to help in the attack.
In the previous five games, Avangard conceded 11 times, which is not a weak result. Nikita Serebryakov was not included in the application for the last match in the capital, so Mikhail Berdin took his place in the goal. The Omsk rookie has played four games for the Hawks this season and has blocked 93.70% of shots. He hasn't managed to make a single shakeout yet.
Disqualifications and injuries
Nikita Kholodilin, Daniil Stepanov, Reed Boucher, Nikita Prokhorkin, Alexey Solovyov, Michael McLeod, Vladimir Tkachev, Sergey Boikov, Alex Grant and Daniil Stepanov will not play in the next match.
Interesting betting trends
- Avangard throws 29 times per match on average
The visitors are not very active in attack and do not make many shots at the opponents' goal.
- Omsk wins 50.2% of face-offs
The Siberians' centers are winning more than half of the face-offs this season.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In seven of the last eight games with Lada, more than one goal was scored in the first period.
1.95Bet period 3: Lada will score
In seven out of ten matches, Lada scored in the third period.
1.57Tip and bets
Avangard continues to alternate between victories and defeats, but is gradually emerging from the crisis. Guy Boucher's team can still catch up with the leading group in the East if it continues to win. Lada is losing its chances of making the playoffs and looks very weak at this stage of the season. The team from Tolyatti lost seven games in a row and constantly failed defensively. The guests have some problems defending themselves, but they should be able to deal with the owls without any problems. We offer a bet on the victory of the guests in the main time.
Forecast - Avangard's victory in 1.97
Betting on an individual total
Lada has conceded at least three goals in eight consecutive matches. The team released Vladislav Podyapolsky and is now left without a reliable goalkeeper, which immediately affected the defensive performance of the hosts. Avangard, even in the absence of an offensive leader, should score a lot against the home team, so we'll bet on three goals from Omsk.
We're betting on Avangard's individual total of more than 2.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.70.
Bet on the total total
The teams have faced each other three times this season, and the last two matches have been extremely productive. The Hawks have lost to the opponent twice, so they have to go ahead from the first seconds. Lada already has nothing to lose, so we are waiting for hockey on opposite courses and a large number of abandoned goals. We put more goals on the total.
We take a total of more than 4.5 goals for 1.60
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