Chaika – Avto: forecast for the MHL match
On February 14, Chaika will host Avto from Yekaterinburg at its home arena in Nizhny Novgorod. The hosts have been showing a good game lately, fighting for first place in the Golden Division and once again intend to make it to the Kharlamov Cup finals. Will the Seagull be able to outplay its opponent and what bets can it play? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Chaika

Current form
The Nizhny Novgorod club failed to defend the Kharlamov Cup title in the last championship, and it will be very difficult to do so in this MHL draw. The opponents are playing a great game and look an order of magnitude stronger than the Seagulls, but the playoffs will be a completely different game. The team looks confident this season, acts selflessly on the court and follows all the instructions of the coaching staff. After 41 confrontations, the squad was able to win 29 victories, scored 132 goals, but suffered 12 defeats and conceded 98 goals. Chaika occupies the fourth place in the standings of the "Golden" division of the Eastern Conference and has 63 points in the asset, lagging behind the leader of the "Mammoths of Ugra" by five points. In the last match, the team led by Dmitry Gogolev outplayed their opponent today on their ice. The whole intrigue unfolded in the third period, where the opponents exchanged goals twice and brought the game to a shootout, in which Nizhny Novgorod turned out to be more accurate. The club had previously played against the Tyumen Legion and was able to win a labor victory. Nizhny Novgorod lost 1-2 after the first 20 minutes, but they were able to show character, turned the game around and won 4-3 in the end.
Interesting betting trends
- The club has suffered only one defeat in the last 10 games.
- The team scores an average of three goals per match.

Avto Yekaterinburg

Current form
Last season, Avto took seventh place in the Golden Division and made it to the play-in round, where they defeated Ladya in a series of up to two wins. However, in the 1/8 finals, the club had rivals "Polar Bears" from Chelyabinsk, from whom the team was defeated 1:3 in the series. The Yekaterinburg club is playing a decent game this season and looks much more confident than in the last MHL championship. In 41 calendar meetings, the team was able to win 23 victories and suffered five fewer defeats, which allowed them to score 50 points and place themselves on the seventh line in their division. In the last game, the club played away against Chaika and lost. The game was played in an equal struggle, the squad did not give the initiative to the opponent and ended the match with a score of 2:3 as a result of free throws. This was the third setback in the last five games. A game earlier, the Yekaterinburg team beat Sputnik in Almetyevsk (3:1).
Interesting betting trends
- On average, the team scores three goals per game.
- In the last four face-to-face matches, the club has scored just one victory over its opponent.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In the last face-to-face meeting of the rivals, less than 1.5 goals were scored in the first period.
1.72The bet of the 2nd period: the victory of the "Seagull"
Nizhny Novgorod won 3 of the last 5 matches in the second period.
1.95Tip and bets
In this confrontation, we will give preference to Nizhny Novgorod residents. Chaika is holding a meeting in its arena and intends to win another victory and get closer to the leader of the season. The hosts will go out on the ice motivated only to win and leave the opponent out of business, taking advantage of a more powerful and balanced squad.
The forecast is the victory of the "Seagull" with a coefficient of 1.60
Bet on the total
In this pair, a game is planned on opposite courses. Chaika will try to score quickly and control the course of the match, preventing the opponent from creating scoring chances. It is worth noting that in the last three out of five matches of the Nizhny Novgorod club, more than five goals were scored, and we believe that there will be quite a lot of them.
The forecast is a total of more than 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 2.18
Betting on an individual total
The Seagulls have no problems offensively, and in the past five matches the club has scored 18 goals against opponents. We can assume that the hosts will score more than three goals.
Forecast - the individual total of the "Seagull" is more than three goals in 1.78