Magnitogorsk - Metallurg Novokuznetsk: betting tip for the VHL playoffs match

On April 3, Magnitogorsk will host Metallurg from Novokuznetsk in the sixth match of the 1/8 finals of the Petrov Cup at its arena in Magnitogorsk. The hosts are playing the series against the winner of the regular season brilliantly and intend to triumphantly reach the quarterfinals. However, the guests show character and are not going to just give the series away. How will the sixth contest of the rivals end and what bets should I place? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Magnitka Magnitogorsk

Current form
Magnitogorsk lost the fifth match of the series to Novokuznetsk Metallurg in the 1/8 finals of the Petrov Cup, but the score in the series was 3:2 in favor of the Magnitogorsk club. The squad continues to have a good chance of creating the main sensation of the first round of the playoffs and knocking out the best team of the regular season. In the last confrontation, Evgeny Polozov's wards did little in attack, but the club was not much inferior to its opponent in terms of play. The only difference is that the owners of the ice had everything in order with the implementation, and the farm club of the steelworkers could not turn the created scoring chances into abandoned pucks. In terms of the number of shots (63-58), including on goal (35-34), the advantage was even on the side of the South Ural team, but the score on the scoreboard spoke for itself – 0:4 after 60 minutes of the game. It is worth noting that Magnitogorsk did not score for the first time since the beginning of the series.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, since the beginning of the season, the club has scored three goals per game.
- The team has suffered only three defeats in the last 15 games.

Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Current form
In the last match of the series, Metallurg won the second victory in a row, after three defeats from an opponent, and reduced the gap to a minimum. The forge as a whole, with an equal game in the first period, but with a little more control of the puck, took the lead. By the middle of the second period, the team created many dangerous chances, which could have predetermined the outcome of the meeting, but the puck did not go into the goal. But at the end of the second 20 minutes, Andrei Lunev's team doubled their advantage. Magnitogorsk could reduce the gap in the score, but the bar and the crossbar saved the owners of the ice. In the third period, the guests failed to make any kind of assault. The Novokuznetsk team played defensively and waited for a chance in the majority, scoring the third goal, and soon the fourth puck flew into the gates of Magnitogorsk – 4-0 in total. It is worth noting that 6,654 spectators gathered for the match in Novokuznetsk.
Interesting betting trends
- In the last two games, the club has conceded only one goal from the opponent.
- The team has averaged 1.6 goals per game in the last five games.
Trends
Betting period 1: victory of Magnitogorsk
In 1 of the last 3 meetings, the hosts won in the first period.
3.40Bet period 2: total less than 1.5 pucks
In the last three matches of the opponents, fewer than two goals were scored in the second period.
1.87Tip and bets
In our opinion, the hosts are the favorite in this confrontation. Magnitogorsk lost to their opponent in the last two games and intends to create a big sensation in the Petrov Cup playoffs. Today, the hosts intend to win their fourth victory and reach the quarterfinals in their first season in the VHL and send the regular season winner on vacation. The Magnitogorsk squad will use their ice, and we can assume that the young backbone of the team will allow them to win the series.
Prediction – victory of Magnitogorsk in the match with a coefficient of 2.12
Bet on the total
In this pair, a game is planned to be dictated by the hosts with many dangerous attacks. Magnitogorsk implements the created scoring chances well, but in the last four matches of the opponents, the total was less. We believe that the scoring extravaganza will not take place in the confrontation.
The betting tip is a total of less than 4.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.90
Betting on an individual total
The hosts have no problems attacking, and the club has scored nine goals in the last five matches. We can assume that the Magnitogorsk team will score more than two goals, since in the last three matches out of five, less than two goals were not scored.
Betting Tip - Magnitogorsk's individual total is more than two goals in 1.80