Riga will go on a visit to the Russian Knights as part of the regular MHL championship. A confident victory for the hosts?
"Russian Knights"
The Russian Knights started 2022 quite confidently, winning four victories in the first five matches, and then made two misfires in a row, losing to Dynamo Moscow. In the first game, it came to shootouts, after which the final score was 4-5, and in the second, the Russian Knights again lost minimally, but already in the main time - 3:4. The Russian Knights are still in the playoff zone, in seventh place, but in dangerous proximity are the Wings of the Soviets, who have three points less - 58 against 55.
"Riga"
Riga continues to lose in every match, which is why its current 15th place may change to the last 17th. In the round before last, Riga was defeated by the Captain (1-2 after a shootout), thanks to which it scored one point, which is the only one in the previous five games. Now Riga has 30 points in its asset, the Varangian SKA, which is one point lower, has one point less, and the Captain, who closes the Western conference, has two.
Statistics and figures:
- "Russian Knights" lost in the previous two matches;
- "Riga" lost in regular time in four of the last five games;
- "Russian Knights" are the favorites of the confrontation.
Forecast
The "Russian Knights" are unstable, but they are obliged to cope with one of the weakest teams of the conference.
