Barys - CSKA Moscow: betting tip for the KHL match
On March 8, in Astana, the local Barys will play against one of the leaders of the Western Conference. Galym Mambetaliev's team finishes the regular season on the last line in the East, but the Army team will definitely play in the playoffs. CSKA is fighting for second place in its part of the table and really needs a victory over the outsiders. This season, the team from Moscow confidently outplayed the opponent on its own ice. How will it be this time? This is stated in the betting tip for the match

Command Analysis

Barys Nur-Sultan

Current form
The club from the capital of Kazakhstan finishes the regular season on the last line in the conference table. Barys scored only 33 points in 62 games and did not show a strong performance throughout the championship. At the same time, the hosts are in pretty good shape right now. They won two out of three meetings, even though they were defeated in Chelyabinsk (0-8) between these victories. Galym Mambetaliev's team managed to take away two points from Tolyatti (3:2, B), and after returning home they unexpectedly outplayed Siberia (4:1).
Over the course of the entire season, the Badgers do not perform well in the other half of the court and score only 1.44 goals on average per match. After the break, the Cats scored more than twice only once, and they played nine games in that span. Anton Burdasov remains the team's top scorer with 17 points (12+5), while he is not even in the top 200 of the league.
Disqualifications and injuries
Nikita Boyarkin, Maxim Mukhametov and Kirill Savitsky will not play in the next meeting.
Interesting betting trends
- Barys scores an average of 1.44 goals per match.
- Kazakhstanis shoot at opponents' goals only 25 times per meeting

CSKA Moscow

Current form
CSKA is not happy with stable results this season and alternates powerful stretches with very weak ones. At the moment, the team from Moscow occupies the fourth place in the conference and has 79 units in its piggy bank after 61 starts. Ilya Vorobyov's team suffered a series of three defeats in mid-February, but then won four matches in a row. They beat Kunlun at home (6:0), and at the beginning of the new month they were stronger than Torpedo (4:2). A new guest tour began for the army team with a misfire in St. Petersburg (2:3, OT) in the derby.
The guests have improved in terms of reliability and have not conceded more than two goals per match for five consecutive games. Pavel Khomchenko recently joined the team from Avangard and became the number one of the red and blue. The goalkeeper reflected only 89.80% of shots in his possession, but the coaching staff regularly prefers him, leaving Dmitry Gamzin on the bench.
Disqualifications and injuries
Vitaly Abramov and Colby Williams will not come with the team to Astana.
Interesting betting trends
- CSKA concedes an average of 2.51 goals per match.
- On average, Muscovites make 29 shots on target.
Trends
Bet period 3: total more than 1.5 pucks
In the last six matches with Barys, at least two goals were scored in the third period.
1.65Bet 1st period: CSKA will score
The Muscovites scored in the first period in three of the last four games.
1.40Tip and bets
In our opinion, there will be a one-goal game in Astana this Saturday. The Army team is extremely motivated to win and cannot afford to stumble in a duel against the main outsider of the league. Barys scores very little and is unlikely to be able to safely enter someone else's zone. This season, the capital's team beat the Kazakhstanis in Moscow without any problems, and now Ilya Vorobyov's wards are also in good shape. We think that the Leopards will face another defeat. We offer a bet on the victory of the guests with a minus handicap.
Betting Tip - CSKAvictorywith Asian handicap (-1.5) in 1.65
Betting on an individual total
Barys plays poorly defensively and concedes 3.23 goals per game this season. CSKA should not have any problems entering the zone and will simply shoot the opponent's goalkeeper. Nikita Boyarkin, who was an important part of the cats' protection, has now been injured by the owners. We believe that the guests will easily score at least four goals against Astana.
We are betting on CSKA's individual total of more than 3.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.85
Bet on the total total
The match in Astana can be productive, because the hosts have no tournament motivation, but they will definitely want to please their fans with goals scored. Galym Mambetaliev's team managed to do this in the last game. CSKA will go on the attack without looking at the defense and may make mistakes a couple of times. We expect at least five or six accurate shots from the teams.
We take a total of more than five goals for 1.73