SKA-Neva - Khimik: betting tip for the VHL playoffs match

On April 17, SKA-Neva will host Khimik from Voskresensk in the fourth match of the Petrov Cup quarterfinal series at its arena in St. Petersburg. The hosts failed to please the coaching staff with Victoria in the last three face-to-face games and have a great opportunity to go on vacation. The opponent is very experienced and just won't give up today's match. Will the club from Voskresensk be able to win and what bets will be played in the match? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

SKA-Neva

Current form
The Army team is having an unsuccessful quarterfinal series and may soon go on vacation and prepare for the new season. In the last confrontation, Nikolay Voevodin's wards dominated most of the opening period, created dangerous moments more often and practically did not leave the opponent's zone, but by the first break they were losing 0:1 in the score. In the second 20 minutes, the club from the banks of the Neva spent a lot of time in the minority, but conceded the second goal in equal formations. At the start of the final segment, the team from St. Petersburg pulled the third puck out of the net of their goal, and in the last minutes of the period they changed the goalkeeper to the sixth field goal. However, the squad failed to open an account, they missed the last puck into an empty net. As a result, it was 0-4 at the end of the match, and the second home game was 0-3 in the series.
Interesting betting trends
- In the last three games, the club has conceded an average of five goals.
- The team has suffered four defeats in the last five games.

Khimik Voskresensk

Current form
In the last match in St. Petersburg, Spartak Farm Club scored its third victory in the series with SKA-Neva, winning 4-0. One of the main heroes of the meeting was Khimik's top scorer Prokhor Korbit, who scored three (2+1) points, opened the scoring in the first period and thus marked the beginning the defeat of the army. In the second half, the Voskresenskys scored one goal and, with the score 2-0, went into the final stretch. In the third 20 minutes, Egor Bashkatov's team consolidated their advantage by scoring two more goals, one of which was into an empty net. Let's note the goalkeeper of the team Dmitry Kulikov, who celebrated the first biscuit in the current Petrov Cup draw and blocked all 28 shots. After the third victory, Khimik leads 3-0 in a series of up to four wins and can already go to the semifinals in today's match.
Interesting betting trends
- In the playoffs, the team concedes an average of 2.3 goals per game.
- In the past six games, the club has not lost in regular time.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In 2 of the last 3 meetings of the opponents, less than two goals were scored in the first period.
1.90Bet period 3: victory of Khimik
In 2 of the last 3 matches, the Voskresenskys won in the third period.
2.65Tip and bets
In this confrontation, we will give preference to the visiting club. The team from Voskresensk, near Moscow, has been in good shape and has been playing a great game lately and intends to inflict a fourth defeat on the opponent and make it to the semifinals. The chemist, quite possibly, will emerge victorious today and leave his rival from the banks of the Neva River with nothing.
The betting tip is that the Chemist will win the match with a coefficient of 1.90
Bet on the total
Both teams prefer an attacking style of play. In the last three face-to-face matches, the opponents scored 19 goals between them, and the three previous meetings out of five against each other were very productive. We believe that the scoring extravaganza will take place.
The betting tip is a total of more than 5.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.82
Betting on an individual total
The Chemist has no problem with abandoned washers. In the last four matches, the team from Voskresensk near Moscow has scored at least three goals, and the home team has not conceded fewer goals from the opponent in three consecutive games. We expect that the visiting team will score at least three goals against the opponent.
The betting tip is that the Chemist's individual total is more than three goals in 2.20