Avtomobilist - Metallurg: betting tip for the KHL match

Russian Federation

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Russian Federation

KHL

22 March 04:30 UTC

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Russian Federation

Avtomobilist and Metallurgist will play in the most important match on March 22 in Yekaterinburg. The teams still have a chance to improve their position before the start of the playoffs, but for this you need to win both one and the other. For the foxes, the meeting on the ice of the Uralets Arena will be much more important, because they can avoid confrontation with a club from the top six of the East in case of victory and defeat of Salavat Yulaev. Will Nikolai Zavarukhin's players let themselves be beaten? Look for the answer in our betting tip for the match

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg vs Metallurg Magnitogorsk Prediction and Betting Tips (22.03.2025)

Command Analysis

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Russian Federation

Current form

Avtomobilist could well become the winner of the Eastern Conference, but after a powerful winning streak, the team from Yekaterinburg began to lose momentum. The machinists slipped to fourth place, having 87 points in their piggy bank after 67 games. They won't be able to get into the top three, but they can still be overtaken by Ak Bars, which has the best goal difference. The Uralians are playing well in the second half of March and have won three out of four meetings. In the current home series, they managed to beat Sochi (6:3), Torpedo (2:1) and SKA (3:2, B).

The hosts still lack sharpness up front and continue to score points mainly due to their strong defensive play. In the previous five matches, Anatoly Golyshev's squad scored only 14 accurate hits, while six of them came in a duel against Sochi. Stefan Da Costa remains the club's top scorer. The Frenchman scored 56 points (14+42) in the goal+pass system.

Disqualifications and injuries

Curtis the Wolf will not participate in the game against the foxes.

Interesting betting trends

Machinists win 47.7% of face-offs
The hosts receive an average of 7.45 minutes of penalty time.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Russian Federation

Current form

Metallurg did not have the best time in the first part of the season, but gradually the team under the leadership of Andrey Razin improved the quality of the game and eventually reached the top three teams of the conference. The Foxes currently occupy the third place in the East, scoring 90 points in 67 starts. They can still beat Salavat Yulaev, but only on condition that the latter loses in Astana, and Yegor Yakovlev's squad beats the Car. The guests have now won four in a row. They had a perfect series of matches on their ice, ending with victories over Vityaz (3:2, B) and Admiral (5:4, B).

Magnitogorsk is the best defensive player and is the most reliable team in the conference. On average, the Steelworkers concede only 2.25 goals per game, while in the last four games they allowed their opponents to score only nine goals. Ilya Nabokov remains the main goalkeeper of the team and will play in the playoffs from the first minutes. The goalkeeper blocked 92.39% of shots and made three shutouts in 48 matches.

Disqualifications and injuries

Vladislav Yeremenko and Danila Yurov will not help the team in Yekaterinburg

Interesting betting trends

Metallurg throws 33 times per game on average
Magnitogorsk players earn 4.97 minutes of penalty time per match.

Trends

Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks

In six of the last eight matches with the participation of the "machinists", the first period was not productive

1.65

The rate is the 2nd period: The hosts will score

Avto scored in the second period in three out of five matches

1.63

Tip and bets

1.87Metallurgist with a head start (0)

The motorist was not stable at the final stage of the regular season and lost quite a lot. The hosts have problems in terms of creating chances and realizing them, and the goalkeepers of the team do not always help out their partners. Metallurg was only gaining momentum during the season and reached its peak head start by spring. Andrey Razin's team has lost only one match since the beginning of March and is unlikely to be ready to give success to their opponent. We think that the foxes will be a little better than the drivers and will be able to beat them in the main time. Let's play a bet on winning the second one with a zero handicap.

Our betting tip is for Metallurg to win with an Asian handicap (0) in 1.87

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1.68The motorist has less than three washers

Betting on an individual total

The motorist can't solve his problems ahead in any way and still scores very little. The Yekaterinburg team has scored more than twice only once in the last four games, and Stefan Da Costa is not in the best shape right now. Metallurg is the most reliable team in the East and rarely misses much.

The betting tip is that the Motorist's individual total is less than 2.5 washers in 1.68 seconds.

Bet on the total

We do not think that the match in Yekaterinburg will be effective. The motorist needs points, but they can't score, so the hosts will try to sit on their side of the ice. Metallurg is very good on his side of the ice and rarely makes mistakes in defense, so we are waiting for a rather boring and closed hockey game on Saturday. We bet less on the total.

The betting tip is a total of less than five goals in 1.70

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