Irbis – Steel Foxes: forecast for the MHL match
On February 14, Irbis will host Steel Foxes from Magnitogorsk at its arena in Kazan. The hosts have outplayed their rivals in the last three matches and today they intend to continue this series and defeat Victoria against an opponent who is fighting at the proper level in the "Golden" Division of the Eastern Conference. How will the confrontation end and what bets should I place? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Irbis Kazan

Current form
Irbis is the youth club of Ak Bars. Last season, the club took fifth place in its division and made it to the 1/8 finals of the Kharlamov Cup, but failed to beat Nizhny Novgorod Chaika. Excellent preparation for the current MHL draw allows the club to show decent results and compete on equal terms with rivals of a higher class. In the last match, Irbis outplayed its current opponent with a score of 4:2, which allowed them to get closer to the first Mammoths of Ugra. The Irbis are in second place in the Golden Division of the Eastern Conference, ahead of the catching Omsk Hawks in additional indicators and only four points behind the Mammoths. The squad played in Tyumen a game earlier and defeated the Tyumen Legion (2:1), scoring one goal each in the first and third periods. At this stage, the team has 30 victories in the asset, suffered only 11 defeats and scored 141 goals and conceded only 83 goals.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, the club has scored 2.4 goals per game in the last five games.
- The team has won nine victories in the last 15 games.

Stalnye Lisy

Current form
Metallurg Magnitogorsk's youth team has good prerequisites for getting closer to the Kharlamov Cup finals this season. The Foxes look confident and operate at high speeds, but in some moments they lack skill. In the last calendar match, the team could not cope with Kazan and suffered a completely unnecessary defeat. The squad fought the opponent on equal terms for the first two periods, managed to score two goals, but in the third half they gave up the initiative, lost and did not retain their positions in the league. This loss was the 19th of the season for the Magnitogorsk team, with 96 goals conceded. The game before, the club was defeated by Reactor (3:4 OT). Stanislav Shumik's team has 49 points in the asset and is located on the seventh line in the standings, one point behind the sixth Auto, but it will not be possible to catch up with the leaders of the season, and the gap from the third line is 15 points.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, the team concedes 2.3 goals per game.
- The team in six of the last 10 games does not know the bitterness of defeats.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In 2 of the last 4 meetings of the hosts, more than 1.5 goals were scored in the first period.
1.93The 3rd periodbet: the victory of "Irbis"
In the last match, Kazan won in the third period.
2.20Tip and bets
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the hosts from Kazan. "Irbis" is holding a meeting on its own ice and has already proved its worth. The home club intends to win and bring the Victory series to four in a row. The team from Tatarstan is fighting for the first place in the division, they will come out on the ice motivated again and will be stronger than the Steel Foxes.
The forecast is a victory for Irbis with a coefficient of 1.80
Bet on the total
Today, the Irbis will fly forward again and attack a lot, and the Steel Foxes will show excellent hockey on someone else's ice. It is worth paying attention to the fact that in the last four matches of the guests, more than five goals were scored in a row, and we believe that there will be quite a lot of them in this confrontation.
The forecast is a total of more than 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 2.07
Betting on an individual total
"Irbis" has no problems in attack. In the last five matches, the team was able to score 11 times, and scored 14 goals in as many face-to-face games. We can assume that the hosts will still score more than three goals.
Forecast - individual total of "Irbis" more than three goals in 1.97