In the next KHL game, Avangard will host Sochi in Arena Balashikha. Let’s check how these teams are performing so far and make a prediction for the outcome of this game.
Avangard
Omsk team plays very confidently in the current regular season: the team won 31 matches out of 49 and occupied the second line of the standings in the Eastern Conference.
The Avangard works well in the offence: the team scored 131 goals and is the seventh top-scoring team in the league, according to statistics.
On the defensive side, Omsk Avangard is doing even better: the team conceded just 92 goals, which is the third result in the entire league.
It is worth saying that the “Omichi” game is entirely balanced: they have practically no weaknesses, and excellent mutual understanding between the players at all levels is visible.
At the beginning of the regular season, they conceded a lot and won only due to excellent actions in the attack, however, now it is a team of a completely different level, which is good in all aspects of the game.
In their last game, Avangard away played a draw with Vityaz, 1-1. In this match, the team was good defensively, but in the offence, they were simply unlucky.
Sochi
Sochi plays very weakly in the current draw of the KHL regular season: the team managed to win only 19 matches out of 49 and takes the penultimate place in the Tarasov Division.
Sochi doesn’t score many goals for a team with such weak defence: the team managed to score just 98 goals, which is one of the worst indicators in the league.
In defence, the Sochi hockey club is just as unimportant: the team conceded 130 goals and is one of the worst in the league, according to this indicator.
Hockey club Sochi is an objectively weak team that does not have any strengths that could compensate for the weak ones.
In their last match, against CSKA, the team predictably scored only once but conceded six goals.
Avangard vs Sochi prediction
In this match, the Avangard is a clear favourite. HC Sochi will not be able to score more than one goal to such a strong defensive team and to keep such a quick and well-coordinated attack. The last match, with CSKA Moscow, showed that Sochi HC makes a lot of mistakes when the game is played at high speed.
In our opinion, the best option for betting on this match is betting on the victory of the Avangard, because the team is much stronger in all aspects of the game and the game will be held on their home ice.
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