Metallurg vs. Amur Prediction on February 22, 2023

Match info

The home team of Metallurg and Amur Khabarovsk will square off in the next men’s ice hockey 2023–24 KHL regular season encounter on Thursday, February 22 at the Arena-Metallurg in Magnitogorsk, Russia. The Bookmaker Expert editors composed the forecast for the Week 25 match, which is set to begin at 7 p.m. local time.

Meeting statistics

The current form of the Metallurg

Metallurg’s season is going really well so far. The Magnitogorsk team still is in contention to end as the Eastern Conference leader, even though it’s unlikely that they could have been anticipated to contend for the top spots following the significant personnel changes made over the off-season. Yet, despite having a pretty easy schedule, they don’t perform as convincingly in February.

Yes, it began with wins over Avangard and Admiral, 4-3 and 5-1, respectively. However, there were defeats to Dynamo Moscow (3-4), Ak Bars (1-2), and Avangard (0-3) after that. Andrei Razin’s wards were on a losing streak until this Monday when they overcame Ak Bars 2-1 to take back the top spot in the Eastern Conference rankings—albeit only momentarily, as Metallurg dropped to second place after Avangard’s Tuesday victory over Avtomobilist.

The current form of Amur

Amur is just one game away from qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since the 2017–18 campaign. It was hard to believe in such a turn of events at the end of January, as the Khabarovsk team had lost nine games in a row, placing them well outside of the top 8, during which time the odds on their wins skyrocketed at online bookies with deposit bonuses which bettors receive right away after depositing money into their accounts. Andrei Martemyanov’s players didn’t stop to compete. Quite the opposite—they went up. And how!

They only had one setback in the next nine games, falling to Sibir 3-4 in a shootout, and they won all eight of the remaining matchups. They not only moved up to eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings but also managed to go four points clear of ninth-placed Neftekhimik during that profitable stretch.

Key stats

In six of the previous seven head-to-head encounters in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg prevailed over Amur.
In all nine of their previous matches, Metallurg has scored three goals or more against Amur.
The past five times that Metallurg and Amur faced off, the bookmaker’s „total over“ was surpassed in four of those encounters.
Metallurg and Amur have scored at least two goals against one another in four of the last five head-to-head encounters.

Match analytics

When playing at home, Metallurg perform exceptionally well practically all the time, especially when attacking. Andrei Razin’s team continued to perform well in the last 10 home games of the current regular season, scoring 39 goals (3.90 on average per game). The Magnitogorsk side’s defense isn’t perfect, though, so the overall total of over 5.5 goals with odds 2.20 on FezBet appears to be the best pick.

Results of the forecast

Forecast failed. Metallurg vs. Amur 3:0