Gornyak-UMMC - Zvezda: forecast for the VHL match
On February 10, Gornyak-UMMC will host Zvezda from Moscow at its arena in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. The hosts alternate between wins and losses, and they haven't been looking their best lately. Today, Zvezda is not going to share points with an opponent who has secured a place in the playoffs, but the Muscovites have not yet. How will the confrontation end and what bets should I place? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Gornyak Uchaly

Current form
The team from Verkhnyaya Pyshma is doing well in the current championship, and the club looks an order of magnitude more solid than in the last championship, which turned out to be a failure and failed to make it to the playoffs. The squad from Verkhnyaya Pyshma in the last game could not break the resistance of the outsider Unison on their ice. The match was held in a double-edged struggle and ended 4-4 in the end, and in overtime the guests from Moscow used the majority and thus won. A game earlier, Alexey Alekseev's team lost the SKA-Neva match 2:4. Nevertheless, they managed to retain the fourth place in the standings. Prior to these failures, Gornyak-UMMC had won the victory, beating Dynamo Saint Petersburg by all accounts (5:2). The team has 73 points, scored 184 goals, acts with full dedication, but in some moments the club is just unlucky. It is worth noting that the team is in the first position in the VHL in terms of goals scored, and the closest pursuer is 11 goals behind.
Interesting betting trends
- Gornyak-UMMC cannot win two matches in a row on its own ice
- On average, the team concedes 2.8 goals per game.

Zvezda Chekhov

Current form
Let's remind that the Moscow club had a good last season, as a result, it was able to take 14th place, which allowed them to compete in the matches through and through. In the 1/8 finals, the "Star" contested the Kurgan "Trans-Urals", and the battle between the clubs was serious. It came to the seventh match, where the Kurgan team outplayed the Army team and sent them on vacation. At the start of the championship, Zvezda showed brilliant results, was the leader of the VHL for a while, but then everything turned around and Rinat Khasanov's team gradually dropped to the middle of the standings. At this stage, the team from Moscow has found its game, won six of the last 10 games and occupies the 15th place, while being in the playoff zone. However, the squad's positions are shaky, as the gap between catching up with the TOP 16 is only two points. In the last confrontation, the Army team met at home with Diesel and snatched away the much-needed Victory with a score of 3:2 (OT), and the game earlier left no chance for Saratov Kristall (4:2).
Interesting betting trends
- Since the beginning of the season, an average of six goals have been scored in Zvezda matches.
- The team has won four victories in the last seven away matches.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In 2 of the last 3 meetings of the guests, more than 1.5 goals were scored in the first period.
1.85The 3rd periodbet: the victory of the "Star"
In 1 of the last 3 matches, the visiting club won in the second period.
3.10Tip and bets
In this confrontation, the bookmakers make the hosts the favorite of the match. However, Gornyak-UMMC suffered two defeats at home in a row, and the guests intend to take advantage of this, and in the last face-to-face match, the Muscovites emerged victorious. The Army team needs two points more, and we can assume that the developed game plan will allow the team to win the victory and become a decisive factor in the duel.
Prediction – the victory of the "Star" in the match with a coefficient of 2.15
Bet on the total
In this pair, most likely, an open game on opposite courses is planned. In the last four meetings of Gornyak-UMMC, more than 5.5 goals were scored in a row, and we believe that the scoring extravaganza will take place, as in the last match of the club from Verkhnyaya Pyshma on its ice.
The forecast is a total of more than 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.88
Betting on an individual total
Gornyak-UMMC has no problems in attacking, and the club has not scored less than two goals in the last five games in a row. We can assume that the hosts will score more than two goals.
The forecast is that Gornyak-UMMC's individual total is more than 2.5 pucks per 1.60