Ak Bars vs Metallurg KHL Match Preview: When, Where, and How to Watch

On Thursday, in the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League, the battle of the leading teams of the East – Metallurg and Ak Bars – will take place. The Sport24 editors have analyzed the opponents’ chances and offer their predictions for the match with high odds. We also tell you where the game will take place, when it will start and where to watch it.

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When does the match “Ak Bars” – “Metallurg” start?

Regular season match KHL Ak Bars – Metallurg will take place on Thursday, February 15, at the Tatneft Arena in Kazan. The game will start at 19:00 Moscow time. You can watch the match “Ak Bars” – “Metallurg” live absolutely free on the website and in the FONBET application.

FONBET analysts consider the hosts to be slight favorites of the match. The victory of “Ak Bars” within regular time is quoted as 2.40 (40% chance). You can bet on Metallurg’s triumph 2.75 (35% probability). Quotation 3.95 and 25% is given for a draw.

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The victory of Metallurg in the match is estimated by the coefficient 2.00 (47% probability). It is proposed to bet on the Kazan team with a possible overtime and a shootout series with odds 1.80 (53% probability).

Experts are confident that the teams will score about 4-5 goals. You can bet on a total of more than 4.5 goals with odds 1.90a total of less than 4.5 is assessed with the same coefficient.

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Before the match

The meeting between Magnitogorsk and Ak Bars is a fairly classic, albeit not the most fundamental confrontation in the East. These are two proven top clubs over the years, which this season turned out to be almost complete opposites. A young and daring team has gathered in Magnitogorsk, which surprises with a plus sign and leads the conference. Whereas Ak Bars, with almost the most star-studded roster in the KHL, has been teetering on the brink of the playoffs for a long time, and now is vying for fourth place at best. If the teams finish the regular season in these positions, they will meet in the first round.

However, before the hypothetical clash of the two giants in the playoffs, they will have two more meetings in a smooth championship. February 19 in Magnitogorsk and the 15th in Kazan. The previous two matches this season ended in favor of Andrei Razin’s team. He beat his teacher Zinetulu Bilyaletdinov, for whom the head coach of Metallurg played at Dynamo Moscow, quite confidently on the home court – 3:0, and in Kazan, with the same numbers, Ak Bars still lost the score, but soon received the same difference “-3”.

What form are the teams in at the moment? The Kazan team recently lost the Green Derby, scoring only one goal to Salavat Yulaev. An even more serious setback for Bilyaletdinov’s team occurred in the home game with Siberia – 1:4. Otherwise, the Kazan team usually concedes few goals and have been playing well on the road lately. In four consecutive matches involving Magnitogorsk they score at least seven goals between them, and in Khabarovsk Razin’s team conceded that many goals themselves. Not the most reliable goalkeepers sometimes become a factor of unpredictability for Magnitogorsk.

Ak Bars still cannot count on Dmitry Yashkin. One of the main stars of not just the Kazan club, but the entire league, missed most of the championship. The Russian Czech should return approximately for the playoffs. The Kazan team is forced to climb up the table without his help. Metallurg, in turn, has not been able to count on Yegor Korobkin since mid-January. He is not the undisputed leader of Andrei Razin’s team, but he has more points than Igor Geraskin or American legionnaire Luke Johnson.

Forecast for the match “Ak Bars” – “Metallurg”

The fast and daring team from Magnitogorsk seems to be almost the most inconvenient opponent for Ak Bars. Judging by the first two games of the season, it is contraindicated for Kazan to get to Metallurg in the first round. Should they “run away” from this opponent, looking at the table? It is quite possible that yes. But even without taking into account the tournament strategy, it will be difficult for Ak Bars to win this match. If only because the guests will have two more days before the meeting. This freshness will only enhance Magnitogorsk’s superiority in speed.

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Our forecast for the match “Ak Bars” – “Metallurg”: victory for “Metallurg”, taking into account overtime and shootouts for 2.00.

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2024-02-14 11:00:00

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