On March 21, the confrontation between Metallurg and Avangard will continue in the Gagarin Cup. The opponents will play the third match of the second round of the playoffs. The Sport24 editors have studied the MELBET wide line for the upcoming match and share a reliable forecast.
When will the Metallurg vs Avangard match start and where to watch the match
The third match of the second round of the Gagarin Cup between Metallurg and Avangard will take place on Tuesday, March 21, at Arena-Metallurg in Magnitogorsk and will start at 17:00 Moscow time. The game will be broadcast live on Match TV, KHL and KHL PRIME.
Odds of bookmakers for the match “Metallurg” – “Avangard”
MELBET experts are leaning towards Metallurg’s victory. If in regular time luck is on the side of Magnitogorsk, the odds will be winning 2.35 (40% chance). You can bet on the victory of Avangard with odds 2.80 (34% probability). In the event of a draw and the meeting goes into overtime, the bet amount will be multiplied by the coefficient 3.60 (26% probability).
Upload to the triumph of the team of Ilya Vorobyov, taking into account overtime, is offered for 1.74 (54% probability). At the same time, the chances of guests from Omsk under similar conditions are quoted for 2.04 (46% probability).
According to experts, there will not be many goals scored in the match between Metallurg and Avangard. Total goals set at 4.5 goals with quotes 1.96 for more and 1.79 for less.
In terms of passing to the 1/2 finals of the Gagarin Cup, the obvious favorite among the bookmakers is Avangard, which leads the series with a score of 2-0. You can bet on the final success of Omsk with a small coefficient 1.15 (81% probability). The passage of Metallurg is quoted for 4.90 (19% probability).
Before the match
Second round playoffs KHL while it develops much more linearly than the first. Ahead are the nominal favorites and the hosts, who took both home matches. Avangard leads 2-0 at this stage for the second time in history. In the first case, the team lost to Metallurg in a 3-4 series, this happened in the 2021/2022 season. Metallurg, in turn, finds itself in a similar situation for the fourth time – the victory over Avangard was the only one for the team in the second rounds with a score of 0-2 following two matches. What scenario will the series follow this time?
Despite the fact that Avangard is ahead and has two more victories, neither the first nor the second was easy for the Omsk team. In the first meeting everything was decided by an accurate shot by Arseniy Gritsyuk in overtime, despite the fact that the main time of the match ended with a score of 1:1. Not the most spectacular character of the match was due to the fact that Magnitogorsk had just completed seven match thriller with Avtomobilist and spent a lot of energy not only on hockey, but also on logistics – the Urals got to matches by bus. The coaching staff of Avangard, according to rumors, in the pause between the series loaded hockey players, which, once more, affected their freshness.
The second match in this series turned out to be much more spectacular. Avangard, on the one hand, kicked off the match. Three unanswered goals flew into the gates of Eddie Pasquale already in the first period. The score did not quite correspond to the alignment on the site, and then, apparently, relaxed the hosts. Metallurg started their comeback at the beginning of the second period, and ended at the beginning of the third. With a score of 3:3, the pendulum might swing in any direction, but for the most part, the hawks’ main sniper, American Reed Bush, had his say.
At the moment, only one player is on the injured list of two teams – Stanislav Galimov. The Avangard goalkeeper has not played since the fall, and Omsk residents have learned to do without him. In the last match, Bogdan Kiselevich did not play for the Hawks, but nothing is known regarding his injury. Apparently, there is damage to the striker of the “steelworkers” Yegor Korobkin. But Alexander Burmistrov and Andrei Chibisov missed the second match in Omsk for sports reasons. Most likely, one of them can play in Magnitogorsk, as the head coach of the Urals admitted that Canadian forward Josh Curry would lose his place in the squad for a fatal removal.
Forecast for the match “Metallurg” – “Avangard”
Despite the fact that the first match of the teams turned out to be ineffective, you can bet on total over 4.5 goals for 1.96. Last year’s series of Magnitogorsk and Avangard turned out to be extremely productive, and the confrontation between Steelworkers and Avtomobilist was also. So you can count not only on 5, but also on 6-7 goals for two. However, we will focus on another bet – the victory of Metallurg, taking into account overtime. The Urals were not much behind in previous games, and a comeback from 0:3 should add self-confidence. On home ice, the Steelworkers will break Avangard’s winning streak, which already has six games.
Our predictions for the match “Metallurg” – “Avangard”:
