On Wednesday, September 12 at 19:30 Moscow time, in Balashikha at the Yury Lyapkin Arena-Balashikha, Avangard will host Ak Bars in the next match of the Continental Hockey League.
The experts of BC "1xStavka" bet on the victory of the owners of the ice. The coefficient for the victory of the Vanguard is - 2.02. For a draw in regular time, the quotes are 4.30. For Ak Bars Victoria, the coefficient is 3.28. Interesting and high odds for the total of the match, in the match of teams that started the season differently, the bookmaker offers the following quotes: TB4 - 1.57, and TM4 pucks - 2.47.
Bob Hartley took the bull by the horns from the very start of the season, his Avangard won all 4 matches in this championship, scoring at least 4 goals against opponents: Lokomotiv 4:0, Dynamo Moscow 5:1 and Severstal 4:1 on the road. Plus, in the first game in Balashikha, Neftekhimik was beaten 4:2. In that match it is worth noting Semenov 2+0, Pokka 1+1 and Mikheev 0+2. In 4 games, Avangard scored 8 points, with a 17-4 goal difference, on average, the team scores more than 4 goals, passing 1 time into its own net. There are also snipers Mikheev 0 + 6, Shirokov 4 + 0 and Galimov 2 + 2 in the “hawks”. Note that the best goalkeeper Last week, Igor Bobkov from Avangard was recognized in the KHL, having won three away matches, in one of them he played to zero. The goalkeeper of the Omsk club saved 97.33% of shots on goal with a safety factor of 0.68.
Ak Bars this season alternates defeats with victories. Bilyaletdinov's team started the season with a 1:6 loss to SKA, then beat Dynamo Minsk 2:0, lost to Vityaz 3:5, and finally beat Barys 4:3. Having lost the first period 0:1, after the second period Kazan were already leading 3:1 and managed to keep the advantage until the end of the match. Individually in this meeting, it is worth noting the Swede Lander 1 + 1. With 4 points and a negative goal difference of 10-14, Ak Bars is in 6th position in the Eastern Conference. The best sniper The owner of the Gagarin Cup is Lander with a score of 1+3. Ak Bars went to the away series with the following line-up:
Goalkeepers: Emil Garipov, Vladislav Podyapolsky, Alexander Sharychenkov;
Defenders: Roman Abrosimov, Rafael Batyrshin, Nikita Lyamkin, Andrey Markov, Andrey Pedan, Paul Postma, Dmitry Yudin and Albert Yarullin;
Forwards: Justin Azevedo, Alexander Burmistrov, Danil Voevodin, Stanislav Galiev, Mikhail Glukhov, Danis Zaripov, Vladislav Kara, Rob Klinkhammer, Anton Lander, Artyom Lukoyanov, Fedor Malykhin, Artyom Mikheev, Alexei Potapov, Jiri Sekach and Vladimir Tkachev.
Last season Avangard won both games against Ak Bars 4:3 and 5:3. Considering the start of the current season, in upcoming match"hawks" are quite capable of achieving another victory over Kazan. Now Avangard looks much stronger than Ak Bars.
Prediction for the match Avangard – Ak Bars:
Avangard victory - P1 (odds 2.02)
Omsk "Avangard" gave an impeccable start in the KHL championship, scoring four victories in a row. But will Omsk residents cope with reigning champions- Kazan "Ak Bars"?
12-th of September. 19:30. Hockey. KHL. Regular Championship. Avangard - Ak Bars. Stadium "Arena Balashikha" (Balashikha). Live broadcast on KHL TV channel.
Omsk Avangard is a team that can never return to its previous level. For six years, the hawks have not been able to overcome the barrier of the quarterfinals of the Gagarin Cup. Moreover, in recent years there have been a lot of intrigues around Omsk players that have damaged the club's image. However, the start this season shows that all this is in the past. Avangard won four victories with a total difference of 17:4.
In the last match against Neftekhimik, it was not easy for Bob Hartley's men. The Wolves play hockey similar to the Hawks, so it was not possible to push them through in the opening of the match. And yet Omsk, as befits a great team, were able to put the squeeze on their opponent. In the third period, Avangard materialized a serious game advantage in two unanswered goals, winning with a score of 4:2.
The Avangard selection looks very rational. The team refuses players who are not suitable in style, for example, Vitaly Menshikov. At the same time, the hawks sign very decent newcomers. Thus, defenders Aleksey Emelin and Cody Fransson joined the team. The attacking potential of the “hawks” will also be strengthened by star forward Chris Vestig.
"Ak Bars" in the current off-season is a quiet champion's haven. The team from Tatarstan retained 80% of the composition of the winning season. Tatarstan players replaced the retired hockey players with good newcomers, namely Andrey Pedan, Paul Postma and Pavel Padakin. True, such a rational selection did not allow the "leopards" to start the season successfully. The champions were humiliated by SKA in the Opening Cup, and they also lost to Vityaz.
Two forwards are in the infirmary at Ak Bars - Andrey Popov and Alexander Svitov. Avangard will definitely not be helped by goalkeeper Kari Ryamyo. The state of health of Mikhail Fisenko, who was injured in the match with Neftekhimik, is unclear. Statistics face-to-face meetings recent years indicates the advantage of the "Vanguard". In four out of six previous fights, Omsk citizens won victories over the "leopards".
Suggested line-ups:
"Vanguard": Goalkeeper: Igor Bobkov
Defenders: Ville Pokka, Nikita Pivtsakin, Evgeny Medvedev, Nikita Lisov, Maxim Berezin, Alexei Emelin, Cody Fransson, Maxim Chudinov;
Forwards: Denis Zernov, Kirill Petrov, Sergey Shirokov, Andrey Stas, Ansel Galimov, Dmitry Maltsev, Ilya Mikheev, Semyon Koshelev, Alexander Perezhogin, Valentin Pyanov, Kirill Semyonov, Chris Verstig, Artyom Manukyan;
"AK Bars": Goalkeeper: Emil Garipov
Defenders: Andrey Markov, Andrey Pedan, Mikhail Sidorov, Albert Yarullin, Paul Postma, Nikita Lyamkin, Rafael Batyrshin;
Forwards: Stanislav Galiev, Artem Lukoyanov, Vladimir Tkachev, Pavel Padakin, Anton Lander, Mikhail Glukhov, Jiri Sekach, Justin Azevedo, Alexander Burmistrov, Alexei Potapov Rob Klinkhammer, Vladislav Kara, Daniil Voevodin;
Conclusion:
Avangard impressed at the start of the season, Ak Bars did not convince. However, you should not blindly believe the impressions from previous matches. Barça know how to squeeze results by playing pragmatic and boring hockey. It is this scenario that seems likely for the next fight. Therefore, as a prediction for the Ak Bars - Avangard match, we recommend TM 5, estimated by BK Leon with a coefficient of 1.56.
Last match "Vanguard" on his ice, he dealt with Neftekhimik (4:2), having won his fourth victory in a row. At the moment, the Omsk club does not know the bitterness of defeat in the regular season, but there are two heavy match against Ak Bars and Metallurg.
In the duel with Neftekhimik, the team's newcomers took to the ice for the first time - defender Alexei Emelin and forward Chris Verstig. But the main actors turned out to be Kirill Semenov and Ilya Mikheev - the first scored a goal double, the second - an assistant double. In the fourth game in a row Sergei Shirokov scores.
So far, Bob Hartley's wards are without loss. But the match with Neftekhimik turned out to be the most difficult one - the opponent fought back twice, and it was possible to finish it only in the third period. Omsk still concede little and so far have scored at least four goals per game - this is the best indicator in the league at the moment.
"AK Bars"
Last match "AK Bars" on the native ice not without problems finished off "Barys" (4:3). The current holders of the Gagarin Cup are entering the season hard, having won only two victories in four fights, and ahead of them is the toughest five-match away series.
In the game against Barys, the defenders showed themselves well - Andrey Markov, Rafael Batyrshin and Paul Postma each scored a puck, but only Anton Lander scored an accurate shot from the forwards. As for the injured, striker Alexander Svitov is still not playing, forward Andrey Popov is also in the infirmary.
Ak Bars is only rolling into the season, and so far it is not doing it very well. Kazan played only one match "to zero", and conceded 14 goals in the rest, despite the fact that the defense was the head of Ak Bars' strength last season.
Forecast
Avangard and Ak Bars are two top clubs in the KHL, so the outcome of the match could be anything. But taking into account good move Omsk and the current problems of Kazan, we recommend that you take a closer look at the bet on the victory of Avangard in the match with a coefficient of 1.70.
12.09.2018
On the next game day of the KHL regular season Avangard in Balashikha will play with Ak Bars. The fight will take place on September 12 at 19-30 Moscow time.
Content:
the site notes that in the last championship both meetings ended with Avangard victories.
Vanguard
The avant-garde last season managed to get into the playoffs, but already in the 1/8 finals, the team turned out to be weaker than Salavat Yulaev in a 7-match confrontation. At the same time, the club from Omsk started the current season very confidently, having won all four meetings, and is among the leaders in the East. It should be noted that in the last match, the team defeated Neftekhimik 4-2 at home, and before that they won victories away three times.
AK Bars
Ak Bars, in turn, is the owner of the Gagarin Cup. Note that in final series the team was stronger than CSKA Moscow. In the same championship, the team from Kazan is not yet distinguished by a stable game. IN starting match the club completely lost at home to SKA 1-6, and then beat Dynamo Minsk 2-0 and Barys 4-3, and also lost to Vityaz 3-5.
Avangard - Ak Bars expert forecast
Vanguard at the start of the season shows strong game, and also in Lately the club from Omsk was not inferior to Ak Bars at home. From here, the site makes a prediction for the match Avangard - Ak Bars: a victory for the "hawks" with a zero handicap.
Also, we note good game The avant-garde is in the attack, and we will bet on the total of goals of the hosts more than two. Along with this, with high chances, the number of goals scored in the match will exceed 3.5.
Important statistics and interesting facts
- Note that in the last ten head-to-head fights Avangard won four times and Ak Bars won six times.
Avangard is a team that found itself in a very difficult situation, but this only helped the hawks. Now the hosts will play in Balashikha, and not in Omsk, as there are problems with the arena. With their results at the start of the season, the team shows that the work in the pre-season was done a lot, and the transfer campaign was carried out just fine. Avangard's problem is only that they will have less rest, but now the beginning of the season - there is hardly any fatigue among the players
AK Bars
Ak Bars started the season badly. Yes, now the team is fifth and has a 50% result, but if you look at Kazan's rivals, there should have been a maximum. Now the guests are extremely unstable and do not show the hockey that they can, so it will be very difficult in the game with a team that adapts very quickly to the opponent's game, Ak Bars, with his straightforward hockey
Forecast
The avant-garde, despite the situation around it, just flies around the site. The Hawks are now first in the East with six points and a 13-2 goal difference. Very interesting match is waiting for us, but I don't see that at the expense of Kazan could take points here - the victory of the Vanguard.