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Ak Bars - Avangard: betting tip for the KHL match
Avangard has won ten matches in a row and is already close to the top three in the conference. On March 8, Omsk residents can bypass Ak Bars in case of victory in Kazan. Anvar Gatiyatullin's team won the last two games and began a series of home meetings with Victoria over Avtomobilist. The Hawks have outplayed their opponents three times this season, and in regular time. Will they manage to win a fourth victory? Find out from the betting tip for the duel
Command Analysis
Ak Bars Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
Not so long ago, Ak Bars was fighting for leadership in the East, but now the team from the Republic of Tatarstan has dropped to fifth place in the conference table. The team under the mentorship of Anvar Gatiyatullin scored 80 points in 62 games and is five points behind Salavat Yulaev, who is in second place, but has one match in reserve. Kazan had weak stretches at the end of the winter and they lost in series. In the last away series, Dmitry Yashkin's squad did not score points in Yekaterinburg (1:2) and Chelyabinsk (2:3), but finished with a victory in Novosibirsk (6:3). After returning home, the Leopards took revenge on the Motorist (3:1), not allowing the Uralians to score a lot.
The Cats played poorly offensively during February, but since the beginning of March they have started to improve and scored ten goals in the last two matches. The average this season is 3.06 for the hosts per game, but they perform better ahead of home. Two of the team's hockey players are among the top ten scorers in the league. Artem Galimov (33+23) and Alexander Barabanov (22+31) prove their high level of skill and regularly score points.
For a long time, Ak Bars was the most reliable team in the conference, but lost this status due to poor results. Nevertheless, Kazan concede only 1.93 goals on average at home. Timur Bilyalov became the first number of the club. He blocked 92.56% of shots on his possessions and ousted Amir Miftakhov, who scored four shutouts in 28 starts.
Disqualifications and injuries
Egor Babenko and Nikita Evseev will not help their partners in the game against the Siberians.
Interesting betting trends
- Ak Bars earns 6.9 minutes of penalty time per match
The hosts violate the rules of the game more than three times on average per meeting.
- Ak Bars wins 52.8% of face-offs
Anvar Gatiyatullin's team regularly wins the puck for their partners.
Avangard Omsk
Russian FederationCurrent form
Avangard has not even been in the playoff zone for a long time. After the change of coach, the guests transformed and, under the command of Guy Boucher, began to win regularly. Currently, the Omsk team occupies the sixth position in the East and can rise higher if it continues to win. The Hawks have 78 scoring points after 62 games and have won the previous ten meetings. After a break for the All-Star Game, Damir Sharipzyanov's squad shows very strong hockey and constantly achieves the desired result. At the start of the current guest tour, the Siberians won in Moscow against Spartak (5:1), and then celebrated success in Sochi (3:2, OT) and Nizhny Novgorod (3:2). Omsk showed their character in the match against Torpedo and won back from the score 0:2.
The Black and Reds have improved in terms of scoring chances and have scored 15 goals in regular time in the last five games. In the last three out of four matches, they managed to score at least three accurate shots per duel. Nail Yakupov, who transferred from Kunlun during the season, became the team's top striker. The forward has scored 45 goals this season (23+22).
Nikita Serebryakov didn't have much playing practice this season, but Avangard took a risk and signed the best goalkeeper of 2023. He did not let down the coaching staff of the guests and became one of the leaders of the hawks. The 29-year-old goalkeeper has repelled 93.24% of attacks on his possessions and continues to fight for the right to be number one in the team with Mikhail Berdine.
Disqualifications and injuries
Vladimir Tkachev, Emil Galimov, Sergey Boikov and Daniil Stepanov will not come with the team to Kazan.
Interesting betting trends
- Avangard throws 30 times per match on average
The guests began to play more actively in the attack and more often throw at the opponents' goal.
- Omsk wins 50.4% of face-offs
The Siberians' forwards have won more than half of the face-offs this season.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In four of the five matches involving Ak Bars, the first period was not productive.
1.75Bet 3rd period: Avangard will score
Omsk scored in the third period in the last four matches.
1.60Tip and bets
Ak Bars has played well in recent matches and started the home series of games with an important victory. Nevertheless, the hosts often have problems in attack and they rarely enjoy a large number of accurate shots at this stage of the season. Avangard is in its best form this season. Omsk are great at realizing their chances and acting reliably on the defensive. In three meetings during this regular season, the Siberians managed to beat the opponent within the regular time. We believe that Guy Boucher's team will do it again. We offer a bet on the victory of the guests with a zero handicap.
Prediction - the victory of the Avant-garde with an Asian handicap (0) in 2.25
Betting on an individual total
Avangard improved in reliability and after Nikita Serebryakov was signed, he began to miss very little. Damir Sharipzyanov's squad allowed their opponents to score only nine times in the last five games and were very good. Ak Bars is unstable in attack now, so we don't think Kazan will be able to score at least three goals.
We bet on Ak Bars' individual total of less than 2.5 goals with a coefficient of 2.00
Bet on the total total
The teams have played each other three times this season. Two of the matches did not turn out to be productive, and only in February the teams played a really bright match. Now the price of a mistake is very high, so it is unlikely that one of the parties will take unnecessary risks and go ahead without looking at their own gates. In our opinion, the opponents won't score more than four goals on Saturday.
We take a total of less than five goals for 1.95
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