Novosibirsk Siberia has not won in regular time at Tatneft-Arena since March 2014. Will Pavel Zubov's wards manage to interrupt the unsuccessful streak?
2 October. 19:30. Hockey. KHL. Regular season. Ak Bars - Siberia. Stadium "Tatneft-Arena". Live broadcast on Match TV channel.
Many experts admire the start of Ak Bars Kazan in the KHL regular championship. However, if you look at the leopard calendar, you can understand that there is nothing supernatural about leadership in the East. Zinetula Bilyaletdinov's team almost never played with the giants. The first really serious test for the Tatarstan hockey players was the away match against Metallurg MG.
In the match against Magnitogorsk, Kazan looked very solid, which is confirmed by an almost two-fold advantage in shots on target. Success in the confrontation with the vice-champion became the fourth for Ak Bars in the last five matches. Despite this, the club's management announced a new development strategy for the club. Rafik Yakubov was appointed to the post of general manager under her.
Considering given fact, Ak Bars will continue to strengthen its roster. It is possible that it will be signed new goalkeeper... After all, a club claiming the title cannot count on two local school graduates on the last frontier. And off-season transfers are still fully justified. Kazan looks much better when selling too much, and the average performance has increased to 3.33 goals.
Siberia solves much more mundane tasks. Pavel Zubov's team is trying to break into the top eight in the East. The start of the season shows that it will not be easy for Siberians to do this. Yes, the Novosibirsk people act selflessly, giving battle even to the grandees. However, on one character to pass so long distance will fail. Well, apparently, no one is going to look for reinforcements for the team.
The statistics of face-to-face meetings do not bode well for Siberia. In ten previous duels with the leopards, the team from Novosibirsk won only two victories. In Kazan, the Siberians have not won in regulation time for five meetings. The absence of two attackers due to injuries - Artyom Artyomov and Gleb Zyryanov - does not add optimism. The status of a clear favorite for Ak Bars is quite fair.
Estimated lineups:
"AK Bars": Goalkeeper: Emil Garipov;
Defenders: Andrey Markov, Roman Abrosimov, Vasily Tokranov, Mikhail Sidorov, Albert Yarullin, Atte Okhtamaa, Rafael Batyrshin, Stepan Zakharchuk;
Forwards: Justin Azevedo, Dmitry Obukhov, Stanislav Galiev, Artem Lukoyanov, Fedor Malykhin, Andrey Popov, Anton Glinkin, Alexander Svitov, Vladimir Tkachev, Anton Lander, Maxim Lazarev, Jirzhi Sekach;
"Siberia": Goalkeeper: Alexander Salak;
Defenders: Artyom Vladimirov, Ivan Vereshchagin, Vladislav Naumov, Maxim Ignatovich, Fedor Belyakov, Adam Polashek, Konstantin Alekseev, Nikolay Demidov;
Forwards: Patrick Zakrisson, Vladimir Pervushin, Sergey Konkov, Andrey Sigarev, Igor Levitsky, Sergey Barbashev, Dmitry Lukin, Stepan Sannikov, Alexey Sopin, Ilya Shipov, Ignat Zemchenko, Jonas Enlund, Alexander Bergstrom, Vyacheslav Osnovnin;
Conclusion:
Ak Bars undoubtedly surpasses Siberia in terms of the individual skill of hockey players. However, the start of the season showed that the leopards periodically present surprises in confrontations with outsiders. That is why, instead of the outcome, it is better to turn to total less than 4.5. In eight of the previous nine duels, the teams played low. As a prediction for the Ak Bars - Siberia match, we recommend TM 4.5 in regular time. Bookmaker Leon rates this event with odds of 1.70.
Siberia just didn't leave a stone unturned from Dynamo Minsk in the last meeting, defeating the team from the capital of Belarus with a score of 6-0, however, the global problems of the Novosibirsk club remained, and such a devastating score can be called an accident, since the game was at least equal ...
After the victory over the Minskers, Siberia left the last place, substituting the Vladivostok Admiral in its place, however, a team of the level of Siberia will not be able to play two perfect matches in a row. I think that already in the game with AK Bars, Siberia can collapse in the same way as Minsk collapsed. Novosibirsk lost five out of eight home matches, the statistics are very disappointing, and all five defeats were from teams of the level of today's rival: Avangard, CSKA, Avtomobilist, Torpedo, Neftekhimik, so we can conclude that the youngsters of the Novosibirsk club are simply being extinguished in front of serious rivals .. ...
AK Bars
AK Bars played just perfect in the last match - the team from Kazan on their ice was able to win the “green derby”, and AK Bars won absolutely on the case - the Ufa team looked dull against the background of the Tatars. I think that in a game with one of the weakest teams in the KHL, reigning champion will not experience problems ...
The match in Novosibirsk will be the first in Ak Bars's away series, so the Kazan team will be fresh, and they have more time to recover. V recent times Kazan clearly caught the game away - in the last five meetings away from home, Ak Bars won four times, losing only to Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. Ak Bars has a full roster, only Sharychenkov is injured, but he hasn't played for a decent amount of time, so Kazan played well without him ...
Forecast
Now the guests look much stronger than their opponent. Yes, Siberia was able to crush the Minsk Dynamo 6-0, but the score was clearly not in the game, Dynamo could score more than once, and the Novosibirsk team just got it all. And frankly speaking, Ak Bars is clearly higher in level than Minsk. I am confident that, inspired by the victory in the derby with Salavat, Ak Bars will squeeze Siberia from the first minutes. Victory for Kazan!
On Monday, October 22 at 15:30 Moscow time, in Novosibirsk for ice arena Siberia-Arena Siberia will host Ak Bars in the next game of the Kontinental Hockey League.
Experts of BC "1xStavka" are betting on the victory of the guests from Kazan. The coefficient for the victory of Siberia is 3.68. The odds for a draw are 4.40. Bookmakers bet on the victory of Ak Bars - 1.80. Interesting and high odds for the total of the match, in the match between the outsider and the leader of the Eastern Conference, the bookmaker offers the following quotes: TB5 - 2.17, and TM5 washers - 1.66.
Siberia is gradually getting out of the hole it fell into at the start of the season. AT 6 recent games of the season Novosibirsk scored points in 5 matches, although they could win only in three meetings. In the last round, Siberia did not notice Dynamo Minsk, having won a crushing victory 6: 0. In that game, 11 hockey players from Siberia scored points at once, among them Bodrov 1 + 1 and Taylor, who played to zero, reflecting 32 shots, should be distinguished. After 20 matches, Alexander Andrievsky's wards have 10 points, with a goal difference of 37-63 and 12th position in the East table. The average indicators of Siberia in attack are 1.9 goals, in defense 3.1 shots are allowed per game. In 8 games on their ice, the team from Novosibirsk scored 5 points, scoring 20 goals and conceding 21 goals. Pervushin and Zyryanov will not be able to help the ice owners in the upcoming match due to damage.
Ak Bars has won 4 wins in the last 5 meetings of the season. Bilyaletdinov's charges were stronger than Severstal 2: 0, Spartak 1: 0, Sochi 5: 1, and Salavat Yulaev 3: 1. Kazan lost only to Jokerit 2: 3. In the last round, Ak Bars in the Green Derby won Salavat 3: 1, best player in that match was Garipov, reflecting 28 shots on target. Powerful play in recent meetings allowed Ak Bars to move up to 3rd position in the East table with 28 points in the asset and a goal difference of 54-44, after 20 games played. On average, Kazan scores 2.7 goals, allowing 2.2 shots into their own net. Away Bilyaletdinov's team played 8 matches, gaining 12 points, scoring 20 and conceding 16 goals. In the attack of Ak Bars, legionnaires, the Swede Lander 6 + 10 and the Czech Sekach 7 + 10, are soloing. Bilyaletdinov is carrying 26 hockey players for a series of 4 away matches:
Goalkeepers: Emil Garipov, Artur Misbakhov, Vladislav Podyapolsky;
Defenders: Roman Abrosimov, Rafael Batyrshin, Nikita Lyamkin, Andrey Markov, Andrey Pedan, Paul Postma, Dmitry Yudin, Albert Yarullin;
Forwards: Justin Azevedu, Alexander Burmistrov, Stanislav Galiev, Mikhail Glukhov, Danis Zaripov, Vladislav Kara, Rob Klinkhammer, Anton Lander, Artyom Lukoyanov, Fedor Malykhin, Artyom Mikheev, Andrey Popov, Alexey Potapov, Irzhi Sekachev., Vladimir Tkachyov.
Ak Bars won against Siberia this season on 24 September 3: 2 on home ice... In the upcoming match, although Kazan are playing away, they have excellent chances of success, now they look stronger, more playful and balanced the ice owners.
Novosibirsk Siberia is the only club in the league that has not yet won a single victory. Will the team of Alexander Andrievsky be able to score their first points in the tenth match of the season? We think not.
Team form
The Kazan club finally interrupted a series of matches, when victory alternated with defeat. In the five-match away tour, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov's wards scored points in every game: defeat against Avangard Omsk in shootouts - 1: 2, strong-willed victory over Ufa "Salavat Yulaev" - 5: 4, defeat in shootouts from "Barys" - 3: 4, after which "Ak Bars" won two victories in a row over Nizhny Novgorod "Torpedo" and Nizhnekamsk "Neftekhimik" - 4: 2 and 2: 1, respectively. After not the best start of the season, when it was noticeable that the club from the capital of Tatarstan was in a bad physical condition, the team's affairs are beginning to improve markedly. At the moment, the Kazan team is on the fifth line of the Eastern Conference standings.
Everything is hopelessly bad for Siberia. Nine consecutive defeats at the start of the season already make the team's chances of reaching the playoffs minimal. While the general manager of the club, Kirill Fastovsky, is trying to explain why the former Main coach Vladimir Yurzinov and the players whom Sibir refused, the current characters continue to suffer one defeat after another. Three matches were played under the leadership of Alexander Andrievsky: home games against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (2: 3) and Avangard Omsk (1: 3), as well as a guest game against Salavat Yulaev Ufa (1: 3). It is impossible to notice any changes in the quality and results of the team. Ahead of the club from Novosibirsk is an exit on the route "Kazan - St. Petersburg - Minsk - Podolsk", where to earn the first points in standings will be extremely difficult.
Personal meeting history
Within the framework of KHL teams spent 31 face-to-face meeting... In 20 matches, the Kazan team turned out to be stronger, and in 11 games the victory remained with the club from Novosibirsk. The goal difference is also on the side of the hosts of the upcoming meeting - 88:72. Last season, the rivals met twice: in Kazan, the Ak Bars player was stronger - 3: 2, and in Novosibirsk, the victory was celebrated by the Siberian players - 4: 1.
Betting options
Siberia and Ak Bars are in third and fourth place among all teams in the league in terms of penalties earned in the championship. The Novosibirsk club received 125 penalty minutes in nine meetings (13:53 on average per game), while the Kazan team in the same nine games received only seven penalty minutes less (13:06 on average per game). In addition, both personal meetings last season between these teams were very rough: in the Novosibirsk game, the clubs earned 42 minutes, and in the Kazan match, even more - 61 penalty minutes. Based on this, in upcoming game it is reasonable to put on the "top" on the fine. BC "1xStavka" offers to make a bet that there will be more than 16.5 minutes of penalty in the match with a coefficient of 1.85.
As for the winner of the match, the undisputed favorite is Ak Bars, which is gradually feeling its game, while the Novosibirsk club is in a grave crisis. If in home games Siberia is still trying to resist, then in five away games the minimum difference in the score was only in the opening game of the season with Severstal. In all other games, there were defeats with a difference of two goals or more. Based on this, a good option is