Yuzhny Ural - Zvezda: forecast for the VHL match
On February 14, Yuzhny Ural will host Zvezda from Moscow at its arena in Orsk. The guests are looking good this season and are struggling at this stage in the playoff zone, but the hosts have slowed down, left the TOP 16 and are not in the best shape. Will the "Army" be able to earn two points and what bets to play? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

Yuzhny Ural Orsk

Current form
Reaching the threshold of last season and getting into the Petrov Cup playoffs will not be easy. The density in the VHL standings is very high and every point lost by a club can cost more than one place. The highest achievement of the Orsk team in the Petrov Cup is reaching the quarterfinals, and to repeat this, you first need to secure a place in the TOP 16, which was lost due to 13 losses in the last 15 matches. Vladislav Otmakhov's players are playing good and meaningful hockey, but the luck of the club is turning away. After 53 games, the squad won 26 victories and suffered 27 defeats with 126 goals conceded and 119 goals scored. In the last confrontation, the team was able to cope with the outsider Unison (2:1) on their ice, scoring all their goals in the first 20 minutes. A game earlier, the team played against SKA-Neva and was defeated 2:3 in the end. At this stage, 60 points are in the asset and 18th place in the standings, one point behind Diesel from 16th place. The fight for the playoffs is ahead and the team has every chance of being in the top 16 clubs in the league.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, the club concedes 2.4 goals per game per season.
- The team has not scored more than two goals in 14 of the last 15 games.

Zvezda Chekhov

Current form
The Moscow Star has lost all the advantage it earned at the start of the championship, and is now making every effort to get into the TOP 16. So far, the team is doing well, but one mistake can lead to the loss of a place in the playoffs. Rinat Khasanov's team has gained momentum, showing confident play and results. At this stage, the team from Moscow has found its game, won four victories in the last six matches, occupies the 15th place in the standings and is two points ahead of the top 16 in the VHL. However, the positions of the squad are very slippery. In the last confrontation, the Army team met Chelmet from Chelyabinsk on someone else's ice and were defeated in overtime, ending the main time of the match with a 2-2 draw. The team had previously been able to resist the Miner from Verkhnyaya Pyshma, winning 5-4 at the end of the extra period. In 51 confrontations, the CSKA farm club won 28 victories, 19 of which were in regular time, and there were a lot of defeats - 23 failures. The Muscovites scored 167 goals and conceded 149 goals.
Interesting betting trends
- In the last five matches, Zvezda has scored 2.6 goals on average.
- The team has not lost in regular time in the last four matches.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In 3 of the last 5 meetings of the guests, more than 1.5 goals were scored in the first period.
1.68The bet of the 2nd period: the victory of the "Star"
In 1 of the last 3 matches, the Army team won in the second period.
2.85Tip and bets
The bookmakers are not putting up a favorite in this contest as such, but we will give preference to guests from Moscow. Zvezda has won three out of five matches against Victoria and intends to continue earning points. Rinat Khasanov's team will use the developed game plan, and we can assume that they will take revenge for the last lost match on their ice.
Prediction – the victory of the "Star" in the match with a coefficient of 1.90
Bet on the total
In this pair, a game is planned to be dictated by the guests with a small number of scoring chances. The opponents have been scoring a few goals in recent games, and we believe that the scoring extravaganza will not take place, as in the last three out of five matches of the Moscow team.
The forecast is a total of less than 4.5 goals with a coefficient of 2.05
Betting on an individual total
Yuzhny Ural has been showing an uncertain game lately and has scored no more than two goals out of ten in the last nine matches. We can assume that the hosts will not be able to score more than two goals again.
The forecast is that the individual total of the "Southern Urals" is less than 2.5 goals in 1.72