In one of Friday's Fonbet matches of the Kontinental Hockey League Championship, Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist will play at home with Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik. The forecast for this meeting is presented to your attention.
"Motorist"
Avtomobilist regained its leadership in the Eastern Conference standings, so far ahead of Siberia only in terms of additional indicators, but having a match in reserve. In the last away series, Yekaterinburg defeated only Spartak (7:4), losing to Dynamo from Minsk (2:3 FROM) and Moscow (0:3). In the current home series, they first lost to Barys (3:5), after which they defeated the same Dynamo Moscow (3:1).
Neftekhimik
Neftekhimik is content with 9th place in the Eastern Conference standings, 2 points behind the playoff zone, while having one more match played. In the last away series, Wolves lost to Avangard (0:3) and Siberia (1:4). Returning to the home ice, they defeated Salavat Yulaev (5:2) and Avangard (2:1), but this Wednesday there was a loss in a key match to Amur (1:2 B).
Statistics and figures
- Avtomobilist has won only 2 matches out of the last five;
- In three of the last five matches of Avtomobilist, the "Total less than 4.5" bet was held;
- Avtomobilist has won only 2 matches out of the last six at home;
- Avtomobilist has won 6 matches out of the last seven full-time home matches with Neftekhimik;
- Neftekhimik has won only 2 matches out of the last five;
- In three of the last five matches of Neftekhimik, the Total bet was less than 3.5;
- Neftekhimik has won only 1 match out of the last four away matches.
Forecast
This season, these rivals have already played against each other twice, exchanging victories with the same score 4:3. I think there will be a lot of abandoned goals again in this meeting, given that over the past four weeks, Nizhnekamsk away players have not received less than three goals in their gates, but sometimes they are great at resisting character and score in return.