Avangard vs. Ak Bars Prediction on December 19, 2023

Match info

The home team of Avangard Omsk and Ak Bars Kazan will square off in the next men’s ice hockey Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) regular championship game on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, on the ice of the G-Drive Arena in Omsk. The Bookmaker Expert editors wrote the prediction for the match in Week 16. The scheduled start time of the encounter is 7:30 p.m. local time.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Avangard

It was a very tough start for Avangard during the current regular season of an international professional ice hockey league (comprising teams from Russia and surrounding nations) founded in 2008. The “Hawks“ struggled mightily in road games, where they hardly ever managed to hang on for a point, but their run of bad luck was short-lived. When all of the new players joined the club by November, the star players’ play returned to normal, and the team’s performance significantly improved.

Avangard pulled off a winning run of 10 games, which ended with a 1-3 loss to Salavat Yulaev. After that, they didn’t lose again for a long time, defeating Vityaz 4-1, Neftekhimik 4-3, Amur 2-1, and Barys 5-1. The team from Omsk is the leader in terms of lost points, plus they are second in the Eastern Conference rankings.

Avangard have scored three goals or more in seven out of the last nine games.

The current form of Ak Bars

Ak Bars didn’t so much validate their status as one of the season’s biggest favorites than that they disappointed during the first half of the season. Yes, the Kazan club had a poor start to the last regular season as well, but Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, the great coach, took over for Oleg Znarok and quickly found a solution to every issue.

What actions ought the Tatarstan club’s management to take right now? Indeed, there have been some lineup adjustments, but they haven’t improved the performance of the team yet. The “Greens“ fell to Severstal and Lokomotiv in consecutive games, 1-4 and 1-3, respectively, on their final trip before the break, which resulted in them dropping back to fifth place in the Eastern Conference rankings.

Six of the previous seven games that the Ak Bars have played ended in regulation time. They’ve scored fewer than two goals in five of their previous six road games.

Match analytics

Throughout the latter portion of the regular season, Avangard outperformed Ak Bars. Let’s just sum up by saying that the “Hawks“ have won 14 of the last 15 games and haven’t lost a single point in their previous eight home games. With only two points from a potential 14 in their last seven games, the Kazan team has worse results and a dreadful away record. Yes, a protracted break might tip the scales in favor of the underdogs (as per bookies on the Internet with the most appealing betting bonuses), but Avangard is still the favorite especially because the stands should additionally assist them in keeping a steady rhythm.

Less than five goals have been scored in four of the last five games between Avangard and Ak Bars. Hence, we suggest betting on Total Under 4.5 Goals with odds of 2.00 on 1xBit.

Results of the forecast

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