Omsk Hawks - Kuznetsk Bears: betting tip for the MHL playoffs match
Omsk Hawks will host the Kuznetsk Bears in the quarterfinals of the Kharlamov Cup on April 14 at the G-Drive Arena in Omsk. The guests are in amazing shape and proved it in the 1/8 finals by sending the winner of the Gold of the Eastern Conference, Irbis, on vacation. The bears lost in the first match, but they are not going to give up the series for the right to fight in the semifinals. Will the Novokuznetsk club be able to stand up to the opponent and resist in today's confrontation? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Omskie Yastreby

Current form
Omsk Hawks became one of the three teams of the 1/8 finals who won their series with a dry score, beating the youth of Avtomobilista. Moreover, the car was defeated with a total goal difference of 15:2. In the first meeting, Omsk won 7:1, in the second they won 4:1, losing 0:1 after the second period, but in the third battle they kept the gate intact and defeated Victoria with a score of 4:0. Thus, the club has made it to the quarterfinals and is fighting one of the main discoveries of the current Kharlamov Cup. The Hawks have met the Bears twice in the playoffs in their history. In the 2011/12 season, in the semi-finals of the conference, Vitaly Chernochub's team won 3-1 in the series, and in the following, at the 1/4 finals stage, the squad won 3:0. In the last first match of the confrontation, the opponents could not open an account in 60 minutes of the game, and in overtime the team from Omsk turned out to be stronger. The series is 1-0 and there is another home game.
Interesting betting trends
- In the last 10 games, the club has not lost in regular time.
- On average, the team scores 3.8 goals per game in the playoffs.

Kuznetskie Medvedi

Current form
The Kuznetsk Bears became the first in the history of the MHL after the division of the league into divisions, who managed to defeat the Silver and then the Gold champion. Metallurg's youth won a play-in series against Ufa's Tolpar (2:0), after which they proved stronger than Kazan's Irbis (3:2) in the 1/8 finals, sending the main contender for the trophy on vacation. Let's recall that the rivals met four times in the regular season. The Novokuznetsk team lost in all the matches. Omsk had the same score of 1:4, and at home – 1:2. The last time Fedor Polishchuk's team reached the quarterfinals of the Kharlamov Cup was in 2017. Then the Bears won the bronze medals. In the first match of the series against the youth of Avangard, the opponents finished the main time of the match with a score of 0:0, and in overtime the team was weaker and lost 0:1 in the series.
Interesting betting trends
- On average, the team scores 2.2 goals per game in the playoffs.
- In the last 10 matches, the club has suffered only three defeats.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In the last meeting of the rivals, less than two goals were scored in the first period.
1.65Betting period 3: victory of the Omsk Hawks
In 2 of the last 3 matches, Omsk won in the third period.
1.80Tip and bets
Omsk Hawks are playing a great game on the home court and intend to win the second victory in the series and the fifth in a row. Omsk have been looking confident throughout the championship, and we believe that we have worked on the mistakes after the last game. We believe that the hosts will take advantage of a more balanced squad and win the second victory in the series.
Betting Tip – handicap (-1.5) pucks for Omsk Hawks with a coefficient of 1.78
Bet on the total
In this match, the hosts will take advantage and act as the first number. Omsk Hawks will gain a comfortable advantage, score three or four goals to the opponent and bring the game to a logical conclusion. We believe that the scoring extravaganza will not take place, as in the last two games of the Hawks in the playoffs.
The betting tip is a total of less than 4.5 goals with a coefficient of 2.02
Betting on an individual total
The Omsk team has scored 12 goals against the opponent in the last five face-to-face games and has not scored less than three goals in two of them. We believe that it will not be difficult for the owners to throw more than three times.
Betting Tip - Omsk Hawks' individual total is more than three goals in 1.72