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There will be no third consecutive overtime.
In recent years, the confrontation between Avangard and Ak Bars, thanks to constant intersections in the playoffs, has become a real classic of the Continental Hockey League. On Wednesday, Omsk and Kazan will meet once once more, but within the framework of the regular season KHL. The Sport24 editors have studied the detailed BETCITY line and offer their prediction with a high odds for the upcoming match.
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When will the Avangard-Ak Bars match start and where to watch the match
Regular season match KHL Avangard – Ak Bars will take place on Wednesday, January 11, in Omsk. The kickoff face-off is scheduled for 16:30 Moscow time. The meeting will be shown live by the Match TV channel.
Bookmakers’ odds for the Avangard-Ak Bars match
According to BETCITY analysts, the hosts are the favorites of this game. The success of Avangard is estimated by the coefficient 1.96, which is 48% probability. While you can bet on the victory of the guests with a coefficient 3.70 (26% probability), and for a draw – for 3.70 (26% probability).
The victory of the team of Mikhail Kravets outside of regular time is quoted for 1.50 (63% probability), and the success of Ufa under similar conditions will multiply the amount of the corresponding bet by the coefficient 2.60 (37% probability).
There is also an opportunity to make an unusual bet. For example, for a goal by any of the teams in the first minute of the match (12.50), or on an abandoned puck in the minority (4.00).
Experts suggest that they will see regarding 4-5 goals. The total is set at 4.5 pucks with odds 1.77 for more and 2.05 for less.
The most likely outcome of the confrontation is a draw with a score of 2:2. You can bet on such a development of events for 7.90.
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Before the match
If you try to summarize the opinion of journalists and experts regarding the current season in the performance of the Omsk and Kazan clubs. Avangard, despite the failure at the start of the regular season, is impressive and is called by some the main contender for winning the Gagarin Cup. Ak Bars, on the other hand, often finds itself in various tops of the main disappointments of the season. Such polar scores are doubly surprising if you look at the standings – there the “hawks” and “leopards” are separated by only 5 points.
But the head-to-head matches of Omsk and Kazan in the regular season-22/23 confirm that these teams are absolutely equal and it would be very interesting to watch their next confrontation in the playoffs. In mid-November, Avangard turned out to be stronger in Kazan – then everything was decided by the puck of Alex Broadhurst 3 minutes before the siren. A week later, the rivals met in Omsk, the “hawks” won once more and once more with a difference of one goal – Vladimir Tkachev did his best in overtime. And in early December, in the Siberian city of Ak Bars, he took a partial revenge – Dmitry Yudin brought his club two points also in an additional five-minute period.
Teams are united by the fact that in the past off-season, both made a mistake with the candidacies of head coaches. Omsk believed in Dmitry Ryabykin, who, it seems, should have gained experience from Bob Hartley, Kazan – in Oleg Znarok, whose achievements are well known to everyone. As a result, both had to be changed already in the first months of the season: Ryabykin lasted until mid-October, Znarok – until the first days of December. It took some time for Mikhail Kravets to adapt in Omsk, but in the last 25 matches the hawks scored 20 victories. Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, who was first hidden as an assistant, was also able to lead Ak Bars out of the crisis – 8 wins in 11 games.
“Vanguard” at the same time looks brighter and more diverse in terms of the game. Significantly more productive, in comparison with Ak Bars, are the stars of the Omsk club. But Bilyaletdinov’s team often does not gain, namely, it gets points. However, the result was the main task for the new old head coach – at some point, questions began to appear regarding the Leopards getting into the playoffs.
Forecast for the match “Avangard” – “Ak Bars”
The third draw in a row once morest any rivals is an unlikely event, so it is worth trying to predict the winner of the upcoming game in regular time. There is every reason to believe that freshness will play a big role here – Ak Bars, whose leaders are not at all young, will enter the Omsk ice two days following a very difficult match in Novosibirsk (they had to save themselves from 0:2, and everything ended only in the series shootouts), while the owners had one more day of rest. Add here the home walls of the brand new Omsk arena, where more than 11 thousand fans regularly gather, and the favorite of the meeting will become obvious to you.
Our prediction for the match “Avangard” – “Ak Bars”: the victory of Omsk for the odds 1.96.
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