Spartak - Sochi: betting tip for the KHL match

Russian Federation

Spartak Moscow

Russian Federation

KHL

20 March 09:30 UTC

HC Sochi

Russian Federation

On March 20, we will have a curious match in the framework of the KHL championship - Spartak will host a fight against Sochi on its ice. The Muscovites had previously shown decent results, but still stumbled in the final meeting. The Leopards, in turn, have just come off a long series of defeats. Previous matches between the teams ended with a confident victory for the home team. Is it worth betting on their success this time? You will learn about this from the betting tip

Spartak Moscow vs HC Sochi Prediction and Betting Tips (20.03.2025)

Command Analysis

Spartak Moscow

Russian Federation

Current form

Spartak is in the third position of the Western Conference and has 83 points in its asset. The team is currently doing everything possible to maintain its current position, as it is already unable to claim second place, as it is six points away from it. We would like to emphasize that recently Muscovites have been playing exclusively in series and followed a series of defeats with successful streaks.

So, after three successful duels, they still stumbled. Let's remind that they managed to deal with Ak Bars (5:3), Lada (4:2), and after a confident victory against Severstal (4:2), they still lost to Neftekhimik at home with a score of 2:4, being the clear favorite. In that match with Nizhnekamsk, Alexey Zhamnov's team had a terrible second twenty minutes, during which they allowed their opponent to score three times, and subsequently could not fully return to the game, although they acted exclusively as the first number and created many dangerous moments.

At the same time, oddly enough, Spartak players rely most of all on the second period, in which they have a ratio of 86:70 in goals scored and conceded, so they rarely go to the second break without distinguishing themselves by a single effective action.

Disqualifications and injuries

At the moment, Spartak is not experiencing any problems with the squad.

Interesting betting trends

According to statistics, Spartak wins 47% of face-offs
Spartak gets an average of 6.32 minutes of penalty time.

HC Sochi

Russian Federation

Current form

Sochi had an unsuccessful KHL season and will finish it in the last position of the Western Conference. At the same time, the team has lagged far behind its closest competitor in the person of Vityaz, so it has not had the proper motivation for a long time. That's why no one was surprised by her long losing streak, which lasted almost a month and consisted of nine matches.

Fortunately, after the defeat of Kunlun at home (2:5) and unsuccessful away matches against SKA (0:2) and Avtomobilist (3:6) Sochi nevertheless pulled themselves together and in a tense struggle snatched two points in the confrontation with Dinamo Minsk (3:2). Then it was not without luck, because the Leopards scored the winning goal at the very end of the third period, and Will Bitten became the hero, who took over the game and took advantage of his moment perfectly.

We emphasize that Pavel Zubov's team also played well defensively, not allowing the opponent to score three times, although there are usually three goals in his net. The Leopards feel most uncomfortable in the first half of the game, in which they have a 37:71 ratio in goals scored and conceded.

Disqualifications and injuries

Sergey Ivanov will not be able to participate in the upcoming match.

Interesting betting trends

Sochi wins 48.1% of face-offs
According to statistics, leopards can make 35 shots at their own goal.

Trends

Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks

In four out of five matches between the clubs, the first period was inconclusive.

2.00

The bet of the 2nd period: the victory of the hosts

In three out of five matches against Sochi, the Muscovites kept the second leg behind them.

1.75

Tip and bets

1.6Spartak with a head start (-1.5)

Spartak cannot afford to stumble in two consecutive matches, because in this case it can allow itself to overtake CSKA in the standings. Muscovites are significantly superior to their opponent in class and will certainly do everything to ensure that Sochi residents do not have a single chance for a favorable outcome. Moreover, Zhamnov's squad ended the previous two matches against the leopards in their favor with a score of 4:0 and 3:1, respectively.

Prediction - Spartak wins with an Asian handicap (-1.5) on goals in 1.60

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1.65Total more than 5.5 goals

Bet on the total total

All the previous meetings with Spartak turned out to be spectacular and took place with a higher total. Even before the start of the playoff matches, the team continues to play on opposite courses and often operates without a middle zone. Sochi, in turn, always counts on open hockey, because it has catastrophic problems in defense. We think that in this confrontation we will witness at least six goals.

We take a total of more than 5.5 goals for 1.65

Betting on an individual total

Spartak has scored no less than four goals in many previous matches. Sochi has never been known for reliable defensive play and usually concedes at least three or four goals, especially when playing on the road. In the last three out of five meetings, Sochi also conceded at least four times. Based on this, it makes sense to take the individual total of Muscovites.

We bet on Spartak's individual total of more than 3.5 goals for 1.60

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