Kazan disgraced themselves in the first game with SKA, flying 1-6, although in the game, such a score should not be. And now Ak Bars needs to take advantage of the fact that the calendar will be quite easy next - first Dynamo Minsk, with which Kazan is playing right at the time of writing this forecast, well, there are 2 points already in the pocket, and then Vityaz near Moscow, who
Knight
Vityaz goes to Kazan immediately after leaving for Nizhnekamsk. Right now, the guests are also playing their match with Neftekhimik, there it is 0-0 after two, but Neft looks much better than Vityaz, and in fact, should lead 2/3-0 already. In this meeting, it will be incredibly difficult for the Vityaz, as the current champion will play against them, who will be very serious
Forecast
With the changes in the rules in the paragraph "scoring", competition has come to the KHL, and such that now there can be a difference of 4-5 points between the teams from the first and the teams from the 8th place by the end of the season. And now every point counts, and Vityaz is definitely not the team that can deprive Kazan of points. Ak Bars win
Vityaz is one of the most uncomfortable opponents for Ak Bars. The last time at the Tatneft-Arena, the Kazan club took 3 points back in 2012. Will Vityaz be able to continue the series of successful matches in Kazan? We think so.
Pre-match information
Hockey. Continental Hockey League. Regular Championship.
Ak Bars - Vityaz
Arena: Tatneft-Arena (Kazan). 09/05/2018. Start of the match: 19:00 (Moscow time).
Team Form
The wards of Zinetula Bilyaletdinov lost devastatingly in the match for the Opening Cup to SKA St. Petersburg, but for the next game they managed to pull themselves together and confidently beat Dynamo Minsk - 2:0. The game went according to the classic Ak Bars scenario: at the beginning of the match, the Kazan club opened the scoring, in the middle of the second segment of the game they increased the advantage, and after that they began to do what they can do best in the league - to maintain their advantage. Ak Bars is traditionally in no hurry to reach the peak of form, so the desire to achieve a decent result with minimal effort is understandable.
Vityaz played the first game of the season in Nizhnekamsk. The teams were in no hurry to take risks, moving on to active attacking actions, so the first abandoned puck had to wait until the beginning of the third period, when Nikita Komarov opened the scoring in the match. Despite the active third segment of the match, this goal remained the only one in the match. This meeting was the second consecutive "dry" for the new goalkeeper of "Vityaz" Yoni Ortio.
History of personal meetings
Within the framework of the KHL, Ak Bars and Vityaz held 21 face-to-face meetings. The Kazan club has 12 victories, the Moscow Region club has three victories less. The puck difference is also in favor of the hosts of the upcoming match - 65:56. Last season, the teams played each other twice and exchanged guest victories: in Podolsk, the match ended with a score of 1:4 in favor of Ak Bars, and in Kazan, Vityaz won a “dry” victory - 2:0.
Bet Options
Despite the fact that Ak Bars is the most titled club in the history of the KHL and one of the strongest clubs in the league, and Vityaz has reached the playoffs only once in history, the Kazan team over "Vityaz" won almost 6 years ago - September 10, 2012. Since then, they managed to win once on shootouts, and the rest of the matches were left for the Moscow Region club. Betting against the current holder of the Gagarin Cup is too risky, but playing a plus head start on Valery Belov's wards is a good option.
Noteworthy is another curious fact in favor of the Moscow Region team. In nine matches in a row, the team from Podolsk certainly beat Ak Bars in at least one period. Too serious a series to ignore it and not bet on the victory of the "Vityaz" in one of the twenty minutes.
Both Zinetula Bilyaletdinov and his long-term assistant Valery Belov play defensive hockey, which does not bring a large number of goals, however, they miss their teams a little. Only now the personal fights of Ak Bars and Vityaz, as a rule, turn out to be quite effective. In 8 out of 12 matches (66.7%), at least five goals were scored. Considering that in the last match both teams had a drought in terms of performance, but the second game should not be enough for them, so the “up” in the match is quite likely.
On the third of September, “Ak Bars” and “Vityaz” simultaneously issued dry wins. Kazan scored two unanswered goals at the gates of the Minsk "Dynamo", and hockey players from Podolsk minimally beat "Neftekhimik" on the road. Now the defending champion will face a potential playoff contender. FutZone experts assessed the state of the teams in the last round and prepared a forecast.
"AK Bars"
The editors were expecting an angry version of the “leopards” who would wipe out the Belarusians after a shameful defeat by SKA. The forecast “came in” and brought profit, but the hosts did not look confident. Equal stats: 28 on 25 on shots on target. The hosts celebrated a triumph thanks to the class of performers. However, even devoted fans from Kazan will agree that teams of the Minsk Dynamo level must be destroyed. An overview will help you run through the events of the meeting on your own:
This time Sharychenkov defended the goal, not Garipov, and the statistics changed dramatically. The first "wedge-shit" of the season for the leader of the Eastern Conference. But if the defense began to act more calmly, but the attack continues to act up. Three goals in two games is a terrible result even for an outsider. And the ambitions of Bilyaletdinov and wards have long been known - the defense of the title. And to justify the forecasts and expectations, there is a lot of work to be done.
"Knight"
The Podolsk team visited Nizhnekamsk and was also marked by an extremely ineffective game. Spectators for 60 minutes saw one goal, but no joy - the puck on the account of Komarov - the forward of the "Vityaz". Belov deliberately imposed a similar playing style. The mentor relied on a tight defense and the guests' players simply did not allow them to throw from open positions. Therefore, 30 shots did not make the Finnish goalkeeper miss, and most of them were warm-ups at all. Below you can listen to the post-match opinion of the head coach of the guests:
Defensive playing style will be appropriate in the confrontation with “Ak Bars”. The hosts are superior to opponents in skill and the width of the bench. This means that the residents of Podolsk will again return to viscous tactics with a quick transition from defense to attack. The appearance of Semin in the first link is not entirely clear. The veteran has noticeably passed and does not pull the amount of work, although the technique and talent still live. Dmitry's negative impact on the "five" is visible even without analytics and statistical indicators.
Match statistics: Ak Bars - Vityaz
Contrary to forecasts and places in the final standings and the Gagarin Cup, Vityaz has won more often over the past three years. Of the six meetings, four remained for Podolsk, and Kazan rejoiced twice.
The hosts do not confirm the reputation of the Gagarin Cup holders and the kings of the East. Execution from the St. Petersburg top club, a dubious success against an outsider. It is obvious that the “leopards” will get in shape, but so far the team is too raw. Guests are inferior in class, but the bookmakers overestimate the difference. Therefore, a plus handicap is an excellent bet. As the main bet, we will offer a total under: the away team will dry the game.
Hockey 05 September 2018Forecast - TM (5) behind 1,62 on the “1xBet” line.
On Wednesday, September 5 at 19:00 Moscow time, in Kazan on the ice of the Tatneft-Arena, Ak Bars will host Vityaz Podolsk in a continental hockey league match.
The experts of BC "1xStavka" bet on the victory of the hosts of the ice in a match with a team from the Moscow Region. The coefficient for the victory of Ak Bars is - 1.63. For a draw in regular time, the quotes are 4.80. For Victoria Vityaz, the coefficient is 4.68. The odds for the total of the match are interesting and high, in the game of the teams that played in their previous meetings to zero, the bookmaker offers the following quotes: TB4 - 1.52, and TM4 pucks - 2.61.
Ak Bars will play the third match of the new season, after a crushing fiasco in the first game against SKA 1:6, the Bars defeated Dinamo Minsk 2:0 on home ice, Postma and Azevedo scored goals in that game, plus Sharychenkov was reliable, reflecting 25 shots out of 25 in a duel. Kazan continues to complete the composition, on September 3, Yaroslav Kosov went to Spartak, and Dmitry Yudin moved to Ak Bars. In the 2017/18 season, Dmitry played 45 matches in the regular season and scored 11 (3+8) points.
Vityaz started this season with an away victory in Nizhnekamsk, beating Neftekhimik with a football score of 1:0. The heroes of that match were debutant goalkeeper Ortio, who scored a clean sheet, parrying 30 shots, and the author of the first goal of the Moscow Region club in the season, Komarov, also a newcomer to the club. In the summer, Vityaz changed, releasing not very important performers, and signing good newcomers, Belov's wards can be expected to fight for a place in the playoffs this season.
Last season, the teams exchanged victories on the road, Ak Bars won 4:1, and Vityaz 2:0. Barsam will need to justify themselves to the fans in the coming weeks, for 1:6 with SKA, so it is unlikely that Vityaz will be able to score points in the second match in a row in Tatarstan.
05.09.2018
Ak Bars will play Vityaz at home in its third match of the KHL regular season that started. The meeting will take place on September 5 at 19-00 Moscow time.
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the site notes that in the last game year, the clubs exchanged victories on the road.
AK Bars
Ak Bars won the regular season in the Eastern Division last season, and then confidently went through the entire distance in the playoffs, defeating CSKA Moscow 4-1 in the final confrontation. At the same time, on the eve of the current championship, the team from Kazan did not look very confident in sparring, losing twice in the last four and winning twice. In the very first match of the championship, the club completely lost at home to SKA 1-6, but then they calmly beat Dinamo Minsk 2-0.
Knight
Vityaz in the last championship in the Western Division was only 11th, respectively, left without a playoff. As for the preparatory stage for the current championship, the team beat Spartak Moscow and Admiral in the final two friendly matches, and on the eve of the opening round of the championship on the road it turned out to be stronger than Neftekhimik 1-0, having scored in the third period.
Ak Bars - Vityaz expert prediction
Vityaz was not bad in recent meetings, but in the away match with the reigning champion, the club has little chance of success. So the site makes a prediction for the match Ak Bars - Vityaz: Viktoria Ak Bars in regular time.
We also note that both teams are not very productive, and they are unlikely to score more than 5.5 goals for two. Let's also bet on the total of Vityaz's goals under two.
Important statistics and interesting facts
- Note that in the last ten head-to-head matches, each of the teams won five times.