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Kuznetsk Bears - Irbis: betting tip for the MHL playoffs match
On April 7, the Kuznetsk Bears will host the Kazan Snow Leopard in the 1/8 finals of the Kharlamov Cup at the Ice Palace in Novokuznetsk. The hosts are showing brilliant hockey in the playoffs and again intend to leave their opponent from Kazan with nothing and make it to the quarterfinals. Let's see how the opponents' coaching staffs prepared their players for the next battle. Who will be the winner in the confrontation and what bets should I place? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Kuznetskie Medvedi
Russian FederationCurrent form
Kuznetsk Bears continue to be tested by the leaders. In the play-in, the club met with Tolpar– the winner of the Silver Division. The youth of the forge won 2-0 in the series. In the 1/8 finals of the Kharlamov Cup, the team reached the Snow Leopard, the winner of the Golden Division. In the first match, the Novokuznetsk team showed character, fought on equal terms with the opponent and snatched Victoria in a shootout – 3:2 in the end. In the second game in Kazan, the club gave the initiative to Snow Leopard from the first minute and was defeated 2:5, but in the third game on their ice, the bears played a brilliant match, turned the tide of the meeting in the 10th minute of the third period, losing 2:3, and eventually won (5:4). It is noteworthy that in 2024, the youth of Metallurg also played at the same stage against the team from the first place, which at that time were the Mammoths of Ugra. In the first meeting of the series, the squad won 2-1 in a shootout, but then lost three matches in a row. However, last year's playoff scenario will not happen again, as Fedor Polishchuk's team leads 2-1 after three confrontations.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, the team scores 3.6 goals per game in the playoffs.
- In the last five matches, the club has suffered only one defeat.
Irbis Kazan
Russian FederationCurrent form
Kazan is determined to rehabilitate itself for the defeat in the last match against its opponent today. The series against the Kuznetsk Bears for the Ak Bars youth started unsuccessfully. The first meeting brought defeat to the club, and no one thought that the winner of the Eastern Conference Gold Division would stumble on his ice. But that was not the case. The defeat (2:3 B), which forced the coaching staff, led by Maxim Ovchinnikov, to make adjustments to the game of their players. As a result, the second match of the 1/8 finals of the Kharlamov Cup bore fruit – the unconditional victory of the Kazan team 5:2 in the end. Meanwhile, the series moved to the opponent's ice, and the problems started again. In the last match, nothing foreshadowed trouble until the middle of the third period, but the opponent seized the initiative, scored three goals with the score 3:2 and inflicted a second defeat on the Snow Leopard - 4:5 by the final siren. It will be extremely difficult for the squad today, as the hosts intend to make it to the quarterfinals and represent Novokuznetsk in the tournament after the departure of the adult team from the Petrov Cup to the VHL.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has been scoring an average of 3.5 goals per game since the beginning of the season.
- In the last five games, the club has won three victories.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In the last three meetings of the rivals, more than 1.5 goals were scored in the first period.
1.95Betting period 3: victory of the Kuznetsk Bears
In 2 of the last 3 matches, the hosts won in the third period.
3.35Tip and bets
In this confrontation, the bookmakers are again making the guests a small favorite, but we disagree with this. Kuznetsk Bears are holding a meeting in their arena and the club intends to win the third victory in the 1/8 finals, having mastered all the shortcomings of the last full-time match. The Novokuznetsk team has worked on the mistakes, and we believe that they will win and make it to the quarterfinals.
The betting tip is the victory of the Kuznetsk Bears in the match with a coefficient of 2.40
Bet on the total
In this match, the opponents will play openly from the first minutes and intend to once again throw a lot of pucks at each other. It is worth noting that in the last two face-to-face matches of the rivals in the playoffs, more than five goals were scored. We believe that the scoring extravaganza will take place in this confrontation.
The betting tip is a total of more than 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 2.10
Betting on an individual total
The youth of the forge have no problems attacking in matches against the Snow Leopard. The team has not scored less than two goals against the opponent in the last four out of five matches. We believe that the hosts will be able to upset the goalkeeper of the Ufa team more than twice.
Betting Tip - the individual total of the Kuznetsk Bears is more than 2.5 goals in 2.25 minutes
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