Lokomotiv vs Vityaz. Which of the opponents will take two points?
Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, as part of the KHL regular championship, will play a home game with Vityaz on January 24. The meeting with the Moscow Region team will take place on the ice of the Yaroslavl Arena 2000 Lokomotiv.
Railway workers are going through hard times, having got into an obvious gaming crisis in January. Only two victories in eight matches played, absolutely not the result that a team should be guided by, claiming to be in the top three in the regular season. Moreover, victories were won over Severstal and Kunlun, that is, those teams that have been at the bottom of the standings throughout the championship. At the same time, in the lost matches, the railway workers did not look doomed, losing four times with a difference of one puck, twice more - by two.
The unsuccessful series also affected the standings of Igor Nikitin's wards. If at the end of 2022 Lokomotiv finished in second place in the Western Conference, second only to St. Petersburg SKA in terms of points scored, now Yaroslavl is already fourth in the West, leaving Moscow CSKA and Dynamo ahead of them. However, Lokomotiv still has a chance to finish the regular season in the top three. Now the railroad workers have 70 points, while CSKA and Dynamo, who are in second or third place, have 74 and 72 points, respectively. Now the team has to play four matches on home ice, which in the end can become decisive in terms of fighting for prizes in the West.
Vityaz
The Moscow Region club is sixth in the Western Conference, but the team does not have to dream of moving up the tournament ladder. A kind of watershed between the top five and sixth place, which Vityaz takes, at the moment is already 12 points, which is almost impossible to win back for the remaining month of the regular season. Thus, the main task of the Vityaz for the rest of the regular season is to maintain a place in the top eight, which gives subsequent participation in the Gagarin Cup playoffs. In this regard, everything is quite optimistic for the Vityaz, the team has 58 points, while the ninth Severstal has 52 points in its asset.
As for the current form of the Moscow Region team, everything is pretty good here. In January, Vityaz confidently collects his points, taking 10 points out of 14 possible. To some extent, Vityaz's successful performance became possible thanks to the calendar, which gave the Moscow Region team a convenient schedule in January. Of the truly serious rivals, there was only Ak Bars, to whom Vityaz eventually lost with a score of 0-2.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Lokomotiv vs Vityaz
LokomotivRailway workers are going through hard times, having got into an obvious gaming crisis in January. Only two victories in eight matches played, absolutely not the result that a team should be guided by, claiming to be in the top three in the regular season. Moreover, victories were won over Severstal and Kunlun, that is, those teams that have been at the bottom of the standings throughout the championship. At the same time, in the lost matches, the railway workers did not look doomed, losing four times with a difference of one puck, twice more - by two.
The unsuccessful series also affected the standings of Igor Nikitin's wards. If at the end of 2022 Lokomotiv finished in second place in the Western Conference, second only to St. Petersburg SKA in terms of points scored, now Yaroslavl is already fourth in the West, leaving Moscow CSKA and Dynamo ahead of them. However, Lokomotiv still has a chance to finish the regular season in the top three. Now the railroad workers have 70 points, while CSKA and Dynamo, who are in second or third place, have 74 and 72 points, respectively. Now the team has to play four matches on home ice, which in the end can become decisive in terms of fighting for prizes in the West.
Vityaz
The Moscow Region club is sixth in the Western Conference, but the team does not have to dream of moving up the tournament ladder. A kind of watershed between the top five and sixth place, which Vityaz takes, at the moment is already 12 points, which is almost impossible to win back for the remaining month of the regular season. Thus, the main task of the Vityaz for the rest of the regular season is to maintain a place in the top eight, which gives subsequent participation in the Gagarin Cup playoffs. In this regard, everything is quite optimistic for the Vityaz, the team has 58 points, while the ninth Severstal has 52 points in its asset.
As for the current form of the Moscow Region team, everything is pretty good here. In January, Vityaz confidently collects his points, taking 10 points out of 14 possible. To some extent, Vityaz's successful performance became possible thanks to the calendar, which gave the Moscow Region team a convenient schedule in January. Of the truly serious rivals, there was only Ak Bars, to whom Vityaz eventually lost with a score of 0-2.
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