Avtomobilist vs Neftekhimik is the next match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. Our sports portal gives a forecast for the game.
"Motorist"
On January 25, the Ural club beat Dynamo Moscow (3:1) on its site and regained first place in the Eastern Conference table. Patrice Cormier, Brooks Maysek and Oleg Lee scored goals for the winners. Thanks to this victory, Avtomobilist interrupted a mini-series of two defeats. In total, this season Nikolay Zavarukhin's team played 54 matches in the regular season and scored 70 points. The next match "Avtomobilist" will hold at home, and then will go on the route Yaroslavl — Nizhnekamsk.
Neftekhimik
The Wolves have scored points in three consecutive games. First they beat Salavat Yulaev (5:2) and Avangard (2:1), and then lost to Amur (1:2 B). In the match with the Tigers, Mikhail Nazarov scored the only goal in regular time as part of the hosts. Oleg Leontiev's team will hold the next two matches in Yekaterinburg and Ufa, and then play on their ice with Avtomobilist. The Wolves are currently ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference table. This season they played 55 regular season games and scored 54 points.
Statistics and figures:
- "Avtomobilist" is the favorite of the match according to the bookmakers.
- In the last face-to-face meetings, Avtomobilist won 33 victories, Neftekhimik - 15.
- The previous game ended with a score of 4:3 in favor of Wolves.
Forecast
I will give preference to the owners. In my opinion, they will succeed. At the same time, I will add to the bet that both teams will figure out more than four goals for two.