Gornyak-UMMC - Norilsk: betting tip for the VHL playoffs match
On March 25, Gornyak-UMMC will host Norilsk from the city of the same name in the 1/8 finals of the Petrov Cup at its arena in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. The hosts have been playing a good game on their ice this season and have recently looked no worse than their opponents. Today, Norilsk will seriously fight for victory, as it lost in the first meeting of the series. How will the confrontation end and what bets should I place? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Gornyak Uchaly

Current form
Let's remind that last year the club from Verkhnyaya Pyshma did not get into the Petrov Cup playoffs, taking only 19th place in the standings, and now confidently entered the cup spring from the fourth position. It is worth noting that Alexey Alekseev's team failed to score points in only a damn dozen matches in the regular season — no one has fewer, only Novokuznetsk Metallurg and St. Petersburg Dynamo have the same number of battles without points. During the season, the team proved to be an unyielding team — 26 of the 64 games ended outside regular time. The team had no problems offensively, as 213 goals were scored, only Chemist had more. Gornyak-UMMC has never gone beyond the quarterfinals of the Petrov Cup before. In the first match of the series, the game against Norilsk was fought fiercely and ended 1-1 in the end, but in overtime, the ice masters found the strength and were able to break the opponent's resistance. The series is 1-0 and there is another game against a club from the Arctic.
Interesting betting trends
- Gornyak-UMMC suffered only three defeats in the last 10 matches.
- On average, the team concedes 2.7 goals per game.

Norilsk

Current form
Norilsk joined the VHL only last season and reached the Petrov Cup playoffs for the second time in a row following the results of the regular season, and improved its result - rising from 15th (last year's result) to 13th place in the standings. It is worth noting that the team has the most productive three this season: Danila Dyadenkin (52 points, 26+26), Vladislav Kaletnik (56 points, 24+32) and Nikita Kolesnikov (56 points, 21+35). In its history, Norilsk has not faced its current rivals in the playoffs, as the club has not yet had such a long history of playing in HSE. In personal meetings, the opponents exchanged victories: in Norilsk, the game ended in overtime with a score of 5:4 in favor of the hosts, and in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Gornyak won (4:2). In the first game of the series, Vladimir Gusev's team showed a decent game, led 1-0 in the score after the first period, but could not hold the advantage and lost in overtime. Let's see if the second confrontation will be more spectacular than the first one.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, since the beginning of the championship, Norilsk has scored three goals per game.
- The club has never won in Verkhnyaya Pyshma in its history.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In the last two meetings of the hosts, less than 1.5 goals were scored in the first period.
1.75The bet of the 2nd period: the victory of the Miner
In the last four matches, the home club won in the second period.
2.35Tip and bets
In this confrontation, the bookmakers make the hosts the favorite, and it's hard to disagree with this. Gornyak-UMMC has won at home in the last four games, and the guests in Verkhnyaya Pyshma have never won before. A miner needs a victory before leaving for Norilsk, and we can assume that the developed game plan will allow the team to win the victory and become a decisive factor in the duel.
The betting tip is a Miner's victory in a match with a coefficient of 1.60
Bet on the total
In this pair, most likely, a closed game on counterattacks is planned. In seven of Gornyak's last 10 matches, less than 5.5 goals were scored, and we believe that the scoring extravaganza will not take place, as in the last match of the rivals in Verkhnyaya Pyshma.
The betting tip is a total of less than 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.70
Betting on an individual total
Gornyak has no problems attacking, and the club has not scored less than two goals in the last three out of five games. We can assume that the hosts will score more than two goals.
The betting tip is that the Miner's individual total is more than 2.5 pucks per 1.70