On Thursday, the fifth match of the 1/4 finals of the Gagarin Cup will take place, in which Metallurg Magnitogorsk will play Spartak Moscow at home. We offer you a forecast for this meeting. After the first two matches in this confrontation, the draw is 2-2.
Metallurg
Magnitogorsk performed convincingly during the regular season, taking first place in the Eastern Conference standings, but things are far from simple in the playoffs. Even in the 1/8 finals, she lost two matches to Amur. In this series, the Foxes managed to win the first two home matches dry, but in Moscow they were beaten first with a score of 2:5, and then 0:1.
Spartak
Alexey Zhamnov's team has been stable throughout this season, except in terms of goals scored, which is why it is still the most productive team in the entire league. In the first round of the playoffs, the Spartacists drove quite hard at Severstal, losing only one match in that series. It was surprising that they did not score in the paired matches in Magnitogorsk, but everything turned out well at home.
Statistics and figures
- Metallurg has lost the last 2 matches, although before that it had a 4-match winning streak;
- In four of Metallurg's last six matches, the Total bet was less than 4.5 goals;
- Metallurg have won 8 of their last nine home matches;
- Metallurg has a 4-match winning streak in full-time home matches with Spartak;
- Spartak has won 5 matches out of the last seven;
- In three of the last four matches of Spartak, the "Total less than 4.5 goals" bet was held;
- Spartak has lost 3 of the last five away matches, winning only once in regular time.
Forecast
Spartak gradually managed to adapt to Metallurg's style of play and counteract it, so now it is very difficult for Magnitogorsk residents to create truly dangerous moments in other people's possessions. Most likely, in this confrontation we will not see a lot of abandoned pucks again.