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Avtomobilist - Ak Bars: betting tip for the KHL match
On February 26, Avtomobilist and Ak Bars will meet once again in Yekaterinburg. The Uralians are fighting for leadership in the East and occupy the second place in the conference. The Leopards are just below, but they still claim the highest positions in the table. This season, Anvar Gatiyatullin's team beat the opponent very easily twice. Will it succeed now? Read our betting tip for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Russian FederationCurrent form
The Uralians have reached a clean second place in the East and can still catch up and bypass the Tractor. Currently, Avtomobilist is actually leading the conference, if you count the percentage of points scored. Nikolay Zavarukhin's team has 79 scoring points after 58 starts, and the hosts have played less than all other competitors at the top of the East table. At the beginning of February, a long series of victories, which lasted 11 matches, was interrupted. The Uralians lost points twice in a row, but won in the final games of the away tour in Novosibirsk (5:0) and Khabarovsk (5:3). After returning to the ice of the Uralets Arena, Anatoly Golyshev's squad suffered an unpleasant defeat from Severstal (0:4) and could not score a single goal. The machinists quickly rehabilitated themselves in front of the fans and beat Vityaz in the previous match (2:1).
Stefan Da Costa remains the Motorist's top scorer. The Frenchman scored 54 points (13+41) in the goal+pass system and is one of the best assistants in the league. The most frequent goalscorer is Brooks Maysek, who scored 44 goals (23+21) and regularly completes the attacks of the Motorist. Other players cannot compete with the leaders.
Evgeny Alikin took to the ice again in the match against Vityaz after another failure from Vladislav Galkin. The young goalkeeper has blocked only 92.15% of shots and made three shutouts this season. The veteran is still in the best shape, although he has only 92.13% of saves. In 30 starts, he has only two dry fights to his credit. He is the one who should start the playoffs at the base.
Disqualifications and injuries
Jesse Blacker and Curtis Volk will not play in the next match.
Interesting betting trends
- The motorist wins 47.5% of face-offs
Yekaterinburg residents don't look good at the point and are often inferior to their opponents in this indicator.
- The car gets an average of 7.72 minutes of penalty time.
A team is usually eliminated at least three times per match.
Ak Bars Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
Ak Bars remains on the fourth line in the Eastern table and can still count on the first place in the conference. The team led by Anvar Gatiyatullin has earned 76 points in 58 games and is only three points behind the second-placed Avtomobilist and only one point behind Salavat Yulaev. The guests returned from the break in bad shape and lost four matches in a row in regular time. After returning home, Kazan beat Neftekhimik (3:2, OT) and won against Lada (2:1), although they could not show a confident game. Dmitry Yashkin's squad led by two goals in the duel against Tolyatti and was only one goal ahead until the last one.
The Badgers are playing very poorly offensively at this stage of the season and have scored only eight accurate hits in the previous five games. The leaders of the attack in the person of Artem Galimov (30+22), Dmitry Yashkin (30+18) and Alexander Barabanov (19+28) have lost their former form and have rarely helped their partners to win lately. On average, Kazan players score 3.07 goals per match during the regular season.
Timur Bilyalov almost always took to the ice at the start during February. The 29-year-old goalkeeper lost three out of five games with the team, and during the regular season he reflected 92.43% of shots. Amir Miftakhov makes a lot of mistakes this winter, although he still has very strong statistical indicators. The goalkeeper made 93.27% of his saves and scored four shutouts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Ilya Safonov, Egor Babenko and Mitch Miller will not be able to take part in the upcoming confrontation.
Interesting betting trends
- Ak Bars gets 7.14 minutes of penalty time per match
On average, Kazan players are eliminated about four times per game.
- According to statistics, Ak Bars makes 33 shots on target
Kazan are distinguished by their high throwing activity and try to threaten the opponent's goal from any position.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In seven out of ten matches involving Ak Bars, the first period was not productive.
1.65Bet period 3: Ak Bars will score
Kazan scored in the third period in 8 out of 12 games.
1.63Tip and bets
In our opinion, the Uralians are in the best shape now and are ready to take revenge on Kazan for defeats this season. Nikolay Zavarukhin's team is very good on home ice and very rarely loses points on home ice in the new year. As for the guests, they slowed down after a strong stretch and did not look so powerful in the second half of February. Yes, the cats were able to win the last two games, but they were far from ideal in terms of the quality of the game. We believe that it is the drivers who will take two points in this match. We offer a bet on winning first with a handicap of zero.
Betting Tip - the victory of the Motorist with the Asian handicap (0) in 1.80
Betting on an individual total
The car was good offensively throughout the month and regularly scored a lot of goals. The team from Yekaterinburg should be able to shoot through the goalkeepers of Ak Bars without any problems. Recently, both Amir Miftakhov and Timur Bilyalov have not been very successful. Kazan have conceded 15 times in the previous five starts, so we don't believe in Kazan's defense.
We bet on the individual total of the Motorist more than 2.5 washers for 2.05
Bet on the total total
The matches between the teams have been quite productive this season. In the last game in Yekaterinburg, the opponents scored eight times for two and played without their own goal. Avtomobilist holds its home games vividly in February. We believe that the confrontation will not become boring. We expect at least five accurate hits between the two teams.
We take a total of more than 4.5 goals for 1.80
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