On September 11, the KHL regular season match between Neftekhimik and Avtomobilist will take place. The game starts at 19:00 Moscow time. The bookmakers have already made a forecast, they consider the guests as favorites: you can bet that the Yekaterinburg team will win in regulation time with odds of 1.84. The experts evaluated the success of the Nizhnekamsk team based on the results of 60 minutes with 3.60.
Odds of bookmakers for the match KHL Neftekhimik – Avtomobilist on September 11, 2023
Bookmakers believe that the match “Neftekhimik” – “Avtomobilist” will be productive: the total of more than 4.5 goals is equal to 1.62, and the total of less than 4.5 goals is 2.20. A draw after 60 minutes is available for 3.90. You can bet that one of the teams will not score at the bookmakers with a coefficient of 5.80.
Analysis and forecast for the match KHL “Neftekhimik” Nizhnekamsk – “Avtomobilist” Ekaterinburg (09/11/2023)
The new season of the Continental Hockey League is quickly gaining momentum. On September 11, five games will be played. In one of them, on the ice of the Neftekhim Arena in Nizhnekamsk, the local Neftekhimik will host Avtomobilist. The first confrontation is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Moscow time.
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At the end of last season, Neftekhimik gained decent momentum. Oleg Leontiev formed a strong team capable of beating the leaders. However, in the playoffs his players did not make it past the first round. Ak Bars did not let us go further – 2-4.
In the summer, the Nizhnekamsk team managed to keep the head coach, but most of the main team left for different teams. The best sniper Pavel Poryadin moved to Spartak Moscow, one of the top scorers Vyacheslav Leshchenko moved to Salavat Yulaev, and the outstanding defender Kirill Vorobyov joined Avtomobilist.
To replace retired hockey players, Neftekhimik acquired several young players, as well as former Edmonton forward Nail Yakupov and CSKA forward Vladimir Bryukvin. In addition, the main defender of the Czech national team, Lukas Klok, returned to the club. He completed the penultimate season as one of the top scorers in Nizhnekamsk.
It would seem that if Neftekhimik lost quality, it was not by much. However, he had a terrible preseason and a very poor start to the new KHL season. In nine friendly matches, Leontiev’s wards only beat Khimik from Voskresensk (4:3) and Lada (5:3).
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In three regular season meetings, the Nizhnekamsk team lost to Dynamo Minsk (4-5 overtime), Severstal (3-5) and CSKA (1-5). It should be noted that in all these games he played in his stadium. The support of the native tribunes did not help. The army team fired up to 102 shots. 46 of them got it right.
At Avtomobilist everything is exactly the opposite. He was classy in the first half of last season, but towards the end he ran out of gas. Because of this, the Yekaterinburg club finished only in fourth place in the Eastern Conference and embarrassingly left the Gagarin Cup, losing in the round of 16 to Metallurg with a score of 3:4.
In summer, “auto” did not waste time in vain. They got rid of unnecessary players and qualitatively strengthened the squad. In addition to the aforementioned Kirill Vorobyov, they acquired Lokomotiv defenseman Maxim Osipov, Amur goalkeeper Yevgeny Alikin, Traktor forward Alexei Byvaltsev and several other promising hockey players.
Nikolai Zavarukhin’s team did not spend the preseason in the best way, but not as bad as Neftekhimik. They participated in seven matches, in which they beat Sochi (8-2) and defeated Dinamo Moscow (3-0). In all the other games we lost in regulation time, but in three of them we forced our opponents to fight hard and looked better in some places.
In four matches of the KHL regular season, Avtomobilist lost only to Avangard (2:3 overtime), away from home. They also defeated Metallurg in overtime (3-2 overtime). In regular time, the Yekaterinburg team beat Salavat Yulaev (2:1) and Sibir (6:1). It is noteworthy that in the meeting with the Novosibirsk team they played away from home.
Alexey Makeev was awarded the title of main hero of the match against Siberia. He scored a hat-trick and scored three goals in a row. The striker scored the fastest hat-trick in the Club’s history. He only needed 7 minutes and 20 seconds to score three goals. The previous record belonged to Anatoly Golyshev – 17 minutes and 45 seconds.
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Last season, “auto” had travel problems regularly. However, a confident victory in the match against Sibir, and even immediately after the defeat in the match against Avangard, inspires confidence that Zavarukhin is gradually correcting this problem. You can bet on the victory of his team in regulation time in bookmakers with an odds of 1.80.
6 of the last 10 direct confrontations ended like this. The only bad thing is that the match against Neftekhimik will be the third in a row for the Yekaterinburg team in the last five days. “Auto” has a good squad, but it is unlikely that he will be able to beat the Nizhnekamsk team as confidently as “Sibir”.
In addition, little by little the game of Leontyev’s players will surely improve. So far, the specialist has not been able to integrate newcomers into his system, fine-tune teamwork and play hockey like he did last season. However, I think it’s just a matter of time.
Prediction and bet on the match KHL “Neftekhimik” – “Avtomobilist” on September 11, 2023
Even though the meeting will take place in Nizhnekamsk, Avtomobilist’s victory is much more credible. Yes, the game will be the third consecutive away game. It will not be easy. However, the history of the last 10 direct confrontations, as well as the results and performances of the teams in the new season indicate that the “auto” is the favorite. So far, Nikolai Zavarukhin copes with his responsibilities much better than Oleg Leontyev.
Tender: Avtomobilist victory in regulation time with an odds of 1.80.
