Spartak - Dynamo Saint Petersburg: betting tip for the MHL playoffs match
On April 14, Spartak will host Dynamo from St. Petersburg in Moscow at the St. Petersburg arena as part of the quarterfinals of the Kharlamov Cup finals. Today, the first battle of the rivals for the right to compete in the semifinals of the Kharlamov Cup will take place. The hosts in the last three playoff games do not know the bitterness of defeats and intend to fight for the honorable trophy. Will the Muscovites be able to win a victory on their ice? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

MHC Spartak

Current form
Spartak beat Dynamo Shinnik from Bobruisk 4-0 in the fourth match of the 1/8 finals of the Kharlamov Cup and reached the quarterfinals of the competition. Let's recall that in Moscow, the rivals exchanged victories (1:2 and 2:0), and in the third match in Belarus, the red-whites won 5:2 in total. Spartak reached the second round of the playoffs for the third time in a row. The club has not passed this stage since the 2013/14 season, when it won the cup for the first time. It should be noted that in the regular season, the Muscovites won the Golden Division of the Western Conference and at the same time have the advantage of the home court. Alexander Barkov's team is the winner of the Kharlamov Cup of the 2013/14 season and became the silver medalists of the 2012/13 MHL season. In the last championship, Muscovites were eliminated at the second round stage, losing to the current winner of the honorary trophy SKA-1946. Let's see what the coaching staff has prepared for us for the confrontation with Dynamo.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has not lost in the last three playoff games.
- On average, the club scores three goals per game in the playoffs.

Dynamo St. Petersburg Juniors

Current form
Dynamo from St. Petersburg beat Mikhailov Academy from Tula 4-3 in overtime in the fourth match of the 1/8 finals of the Kharlamov Cup and advanced to the second round of the competition for the first time since the 2019/20 season. On the opponent's ice, the rivals exchanged wins (1:3 and 2:1), and in the third game on the banks of the Neva, the blue and white turned out to be stronger than 4:2 as a result. The best achievement of Igor Efimov's players in the MHL was the bronze medals of the 2015/16 season, when the team played in the semifinals for the first time in its history, but lost to the Nizhny Novgorod Seagull. For the past four years, Dynamo have not been able to overcome the barrier of the first round, but they have managed to do so in this trophy of honor and intend to fight on equal terms with the winner of the conference. In the last championship, the squad lost in the 1/8 finals to the forty-sixth.
Interesting betting trends
- The club concedes two goals per game on average in the playoffs.
- Dynamo has suffered three defeats in the last five face-to-face games.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total more than 1.5 pucks
In the last two meetings of the hosts, more than one goal was scored in the first period.
1.82Bet 2nd period: Spartak victory
In the last three matches, the red-whites won in the second period.
1.75Tip and bets
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the Moscow club, and the bookmakers give more chances to the home team. Spartak is holding a meeting at its home arena in Moscow, where it is going to set the stage for the first match of the series against an opponent from St. Petersburg. The red-whites are confident on the court in the playoffs, and we believe that they will win with a minus handicap, just like in the last three games.
Betting Tip – handicap (-1.5) pucks for Spartak with a coefficient of 1.68
Bet on the total
In this match, the owners of the ice will take advantage and will act as the first number. It is worth paying attention to the fact that in the last three out of four playoff games, less than six goals were scored, and we believe that there will not be so many of them in this confrontation either.
The betting tip is a total of less than 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.85
Betting on an individual total
Spartak has no problems attacking Dynamo. The team scored 18 goals in the last five face-to-face matches against the club from St. Petersburg. We believe that the hosts will be able to upset the opponent's goalkeeper more than three times, as they have not scored fewer goals in the last two matches of the MHL playoffs.
The betting tip is that Spartak's individual total is more than 3.5 goals in 1.78 minutes.