SKA-1946 - Loko: betting tip for the MHL playoffs match
On April 15, SKA-1946 will host the Loko Hockey City from Yaroslavl in St. Petersburg at the arena as part of the quarterfinals. The second battle of the finalists of the last Kharlamov Cup will take place today. The hosts are the current trophy holders and intend to fight and take risks again, but the opponent is very experienced and has no plans to lose. Will the army men be able to break the resistance of their opponent and what bets to play? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

SKA-1946

Current form
In the regular season of this season, the forty-sixers took the second place in the Golden Division of the Western Conference and scored 86 points in 52 matches, losing the first place to Spartak Moscow. It should be noted that Ignat Lutfullin became the top scorer of the regular season in the team, who managed to score 66 (23+43) points in 49 games. In the first round of the Kharlamov Cup, the Army team did not suffer a single defeat in regular time and defeated the Red Army from Moscow in three matches of the series. In the first game, SKA 1946 outplayed the opponent with a score of 4:3, and in the other two confrontations with the same result (3:1). Thus, the army team made it to the quarterfinals of the competition and are going to defend the title of the honorary trophy holder. German Titov's team played the first match of the 1/4 finals at the highest level, were able to keep the goal intact, defeated Victoria with a score of 2:0 and took the lead in the series.
Interesting betting trends
- A club in the playoffs scores an average of three goals per game.
- In the last 20 games, SKA 1946 won all the victories in regular time.

Loko

Current form
Yaroslavl took the third place in the Western Conference Gold Division standings, scoring 76 points in 52 matches. In the 1/8 finals, the railwaymen had to spend a lot of effort in a series against Dynamo Moscow, in which the rivals had five duels. First, in Yaroslavl, the opponents exchanged victories (4-0 and 2:3B), then in Moscow there was the same scenario (3:5 and 4:1), and in the final battle, Oleg Tauber's wards snatched Victoria in overtime. Thus, the club made it to the quarterfinals, where it meets with the current Kharlamov Cup winner, to whom it lost in the final of last season 1-4 in the series. Loko played his first match against his opponent unsuccessfully and was defeated with a score of 0:2. In a match up to three wins 0:1. Are the young people of Lokomotiv really waiting for a repeat of last year's final, but at the quarterfinal stage?
Interesting betting trends
- The team scores 2.7 goals on average in the playoffs.
- The club has suffered three defeats in the past six games.
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.
1.75Bet 3rd period: SKA victory-1946
In the last three matches, the home club won in the third period.
1.78Tip and bets
In this confrontation, the bookmakers make the hosts the favorites, and it's hard to disagree with this. SKA 1946 is holding a meeting at the Hockey City arena, will use its ice and continue the victory series over its opponent, which is three matches in a row. The club from the banks of the Neva River is performing brilliantly on the court in the playoffs, and we believe that it will win and move one more step closer to the semifinals of the Kharlamov Cup.
Betting Tip – handicap (-1.5) pucks on SKA-1946 with a coefficient of 1.75
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 matches of the forty-sixth, less than five goals were scored, and we believe that there will not be too many of them in this confrontation either.
The betting tip is a total of less than 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.65
Betting on an individual total
SKA 1946 has no problems in attack, and the team scored 21 goals against the opponent in the last five face-to-face matches. However, we believe that the hosts will not be able to upset the opponent's goalkeeper more than three times, as they did not score more goals in the last three playoff matches.
Betting Tip - individual total SKA-1946 less than 3.5 goals in 1.73