Lada - Barys: betting tip for the KHL match
The two outsiders of the Eastern Conference will play each other on February 28 in Tolyatti. Lada is on the tenth line in the conference and dropped out of the fight for entry into the playoffs. The Cats have completely failed the season and are unlikely to claim at least the penultimate place in the East. Since the beginning of the year alone, the teams have met each other three times, and the owls were stronger in all the games. How will it be this time? Read the betting tip for the confrontation

Command Analysis

Lada Togliatti

Current form
Lada is in tenth position in the conference table and will no longer be able to reach the playoffs from the East. Togliatti scored only 46 points in 58 matches, while they are now 13 points behind Siberia, which is in eighth place. Pavel Zubov's squad completely failed at the start of the new year and scored the first points after a series of ten defeats in a row only on February 15. The Filins beat Barys on the road (4:2), and then sensationally won against Salavat Yulaev on their own ice (3:0). Before returning to Tolyatti, Mikhail Fisenko's squad did not show a strong hockey level in Chelyabinsk (1:4), Kazan (1:2) and Ufa (2:3). Now the hosts intend to beat at least the main outsider of the league.
The hosts are playing poorly offensively at the current stage of the regular season. They scored only 11 accurate shots in the last five matches. Nikita Mikhailov has become Lada's new top scorer, but even he is not among the hundred best strikers in the league. The forward scored 29 points (8+21) in the goal+pass system and made two assists in the last two games.
Konstantin Volkov got his chance in Ufa, but failed and so far has only 88% of deflected shots in four meetings with the new team. The first number of the hosts remains Alexander Trushkov, who replaced Vladislav Podyapolsky after the latter's departure to Dynamo. The goalkeeper made 91.31% of saves and three shutouts in 29 regular season starts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Evgeny Groshev, Egor Chernikov, Mikhail Fisenko, Pavel Koltygin and Vladislav Chervonenko will not be able to help their team in the game against Barys.
Interesting betting trends
- Lada makes 27 shots on goal per game
The hosts don't throw much, trying to miss as little as possible, so they have a fairly modest performance on offense.
- Togliatti players earn 7.78 minutes of penalty time on average per match
The owls move away a lot, but they neutralize 80.6% of the opponents' attempts to implement the excess.

Barys Nur-Sultan

Current form
Barys has not claimed anything for a long time and is unlikely to even be able to compete for the penultimate place in the conference. Currently, the club from the capital of Kazakhstan has only 29 scoring points and is the only one in the league who has not scored at least one hundred goals. The Cats have never won in February and are currently on a nine-game losing streak. After the break for the All-Star Game, Galym Mambetaliev's team lost to SKA (2:5), Lada (2:4), Metallurg (1:3), Severstal (2:6) and Admiral (2:4) on their home ice. The Leopard's guest tour began with a crushing defeat in Magnitogorsk (1-4). They scored their only goal only two minutes before the end of regular time.
The problem in terms of implementation haunts Barys throughout the season. In the last five matches, he scored only eight goals, but he never left the court without scoring. Anton Burdasov remains the leader of the Cats' offense, but he scored only 17 points (12+5) in the goal+pass system. Other forwards are much worse than the Russians.
Nikita Boyarkin was injured in the game against Lada two weeks ago and this is an irreparable loss for the guests. Andrei Shutov, who played for Slovan Bratislava this season, will now play in his place. The goalkeeper from Kazakhstan has blocked 89.43% of shots in 14 matches and has never left the ice without conceding goals.
Disqualifications and injuries
Nikita Boyarkin, Kirill Savitskiy and Maxim Mukhametov will not play in the upcoming match due to injuries.
Interesting betting trends
- Barys gets an average of 5.51 minutes of penalty time per match.
Leopards are usually not eliminated more than three times per game.
- According to statistics, Astana players make 25 shots on target per match.
As a rule, the team shows low throwing activity, since it is forced to act as the second number.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In five of the last eight games with Lada, more than one goal was scored in the first period.
2.18Bet period 3: Lada will score
In four out of eight matches, Lada scored in the third period.
1.40Tip and bets
Lada is no longer claiming anything this season and can just calmly finish the regular season. Pavel Zubov's team looked good in individual matches, but in general they looked rather weak, only sometimes beating strong teams. Barys, on the other hand, lost any chance of reaching the playoffs a long time ago and remained the least promising team in the league. Nikita Boyarkin, who was the only bright spot in the Leopard squad, is currently injured. It's hard to believe that Roman Starchenko's squad will be able to grab onto the points. We offer a bet on the victory of the hosts in regular time.
Betting Tip - Lada wins in 1.60
Betting on an individual total
Lada is scoring only 2.21 goals per game on average this season. Nevertheless, Pavel Zubov's wards should easily break through the defense of the guests, who were left without a main goalkeeper. Barys concedes 3.2 goals per match and plays terrible defense. We believe that the hosts will easily score at least three goals against the opponent.
We bet on an individual total of Frets of more than 2.5 washers with a coefficient of 1.60
Bet on the total total
Both teams have lost motivation for the rest of the season, so we can expect a pretty productive match. In three games earlier this year, the opponents only failed to score at least five times in a match. The guests will also play with the second goalkeeper, which further increases the chances of a bright match. Let's play a bet on the total of more goals.
We take a total of more than 4.5 goals for 1.87