In the next match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League, Tractor will play Kunlun Red Star in Mytishchi. Our sports portal gives a forecast for the meeting.
Kunlun Red Star
The Chinese club occupies the penultimate place in the Western Conference table. Greg Ireland's players scored 11 points in 15 games. Now the Dragons are four points behind the relegation zone. Kunlun scores a little (the worst result in the West along with Sochi) and misses a lot (the second indicator in the conference since the end). The Chinese team played the previous match in the regular season with Severstal and was defeated with a score of 2:3 B. At the same time, after the first period, Kunlun won with an advantage of two goals, but allowed the opponent to win back the gap, and then lost in a shootout.
"Tractor"
The Chelyabinsk club cannot find stability in any way. At the end of last season, the team reached the finals of the Eastern Conference, and now it is beyond the playoffs - ninth place. In 15 matches of the regular season, Anvar Gatiyatulin's wards scored only 10 points. Traktor has already conceded 43 goals — only Avangard and Neftekhimik are doing worse in the conference. The Chelyabinsk club played the previous match in the regular season at home with Metallurg and lost with a score of 2:5. The second period of the meeting was decisive, which Magnitogorsk won with a difference of three goals.
Statistics and figures:
- Bookmakers consider "Tractor" the favorite of the upcoming match;
- Previously, the teams met each other 19 times: Tractor won 13 victories, Kunlun — six;
- The last game with the participation of the teams ended with a score of 3:1 in favor of Tractor.
Forecast
Tractor throws at least three goals in each of the last four matches that took place at the Kunlun stadium. In this regard, I believe that the Chelyabinsk club will break through the personal "total" again.