KHL day intrigues: expected! Avtomobilist checks Avangard – News from KHL – Hockey

"Love" – ​​"Sochi"

Plot: "Cupid" continues his series at home.

The match with "Sochi" will be the fourth in this segment, before the "tigers" beat "Spartak" and lose against Minsk "Dynamo" and "Siberia". The people of Sochi have a slightly better schedule than their previous performances: they have lost three games in a row and are clearly not heading to the Far East with the best mood. These teams met four times in Khabarovsk and the guests of the Black Sea won only once. It was the 2014/15 season. Now that the two teams are far from ideal, today we are expecting Khabarovsk an equal and viscous match with roughly the same chances of victory for both teams.

Forecasts: We give preference to the owners, they will win thanks to the support of their public.

Salavat Yulaev – Metallurg

Plot: Ufa will today be the central meeting point for the match. "Salavat" and "Metallurg" have already met in the current season. It was Oct. 16 in Magnitogorsk, and then Nikolay Tsulygin's charges won in overtime with a score of 2: 1.

Ufimtsy great started his regular season, but now he is slightly slow, winning only half of the games in November.

"Magnitogorsk" in the last eleven matches has suffered only two defeats, which testifies to its excellent form and the well-established mutual understanding of hockey players with their mentor, Joseph Yandach.

It is unlikely that Metallurg scores much today, as Salavat currently has the second most missed defense in the East.

Less often, Avtomobilist goalkeepers withdraw from their goal. However, this is largely due to Juha Metsola, who currently accounts for 94.6% of shots in his possessions. Indicator, of course, impressive.

Forecasts: but even Metsola will not stop Metallurg. We put the winning guests in the main time.

"Tractor" – "Admiral"

Plot: in recent matches, the admiral has won two consecutive victories. At home games, the "sailors" beat Dynamo and Sochi in Minsk – teams that are now far from their ideal condition. In general, the same thing with the "Far Easterners" occurs only for the second time this season. Up to here about some It is too early to talk about the Admiral's rise, but even such a small positive momentum in light of the team's disappointing performance should please its fans. But fans of "Tractor" are still far from delighted: their favorites have lost two of three games in the current home series. Today 's match is therefore an excellent opportunity to improve your position and liven up your audience. And "Admiral", even though he's won two consecutive games, is a good opponent to do it in a match with him.

Forecasts: Earn "Tractor" in normal times.

Avangard – Avtomobilist

Plot: Another game that will attract more attention to itself will take place today in Balashikha. The regular championship with the speed of the Avtomobilist supercar has slowed down considerably lately. Andrei Martemyanova's team won just two out of seven matches after the November break at the Eurotour.

A very important victory in terms of psychology was obtained in Ufa against the local Salavat Yulayev. We have already said that Avtomobilist was the best defense of the East and that in this match, the Ural had won a victory "dry". "Avangard" is back home and, in the native walls, the "hawks" are playing pretty well with the Yekaterinburg team. The last time she had won a meeting at Avangard five years ago, in November 2013.

Today, we are waiting for a brilliant and uncompromising game, the winner in which it is difficult to determine.

Forecasts: and always put on the "motorist". Martemyanova's team had an excellent defensive match in the match against "Salavat". She will help her win today.

Spartak – Severstal

Plot: The changes in Severstal happen almost every day. The day before yesterday, for example, a new general manager arrived at the club. Mikhail Shchedrin, 27, had previously worked as a sports director at Metallurg Novokuznetsk and had also worked with Lokomotiv's selection and badysis departments. Yesterday, we learned that the team was led by Andrei Razin. Alexander Bumagin and Denis Kulyash left the team, which did not justify the hopes of management. In fact, Razin has absolutely no time to somehow affect the game of the team, so we will see nothing fundamentally new in the match against Spartak. Red and white in turn, returned home after a trip to the Far East. Recently, they alternate victories and defeats, but I think today they will continue the victorious initiative begun in the previous match with Kunlun.

Forecasts: victory of "Spartacus" in the main time.