SKA vs Ak Bars. What will the championship leader show in the match against the Kazan club?
The central match of the next game day in the KHL will be held on February 3 in St. Petersburg. The best team of the championship is St. Petersburg SKA, the home arena will host guests from Kazan - hockey club Ak Bars.
The army machine slowed down somewhat, which, however, has a logical explanation. An almost perfect performance in the first half of the championship allowed the St. Petersburg team to create a decent points lead over their direct competitors, killing the championship intrigue by January. Separate misfires, which have become noticeably more lately, do not affect the standings of SKA, for several months now the points gap has been in the range of 10-15 points. At the moment, the Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo is closest to the St. Petersburg team in the championship, lagging behind the St. Petersburg team by 13 points.
By the way, it was against Torpedo that the army team played their last game in the championship at the moment. The result was surprising, despite the support of the home stands and the absence of several key hockey players from the car factory, the St. Petersburg team could not win. The main time of the match ended with a 1-1 draw, and in the shootout series, all 5 shots of SKA hockey players were unsuccessful. Avtozavodtsy implemented one of their attempts, thereby gaining a sensational away victory.
Ak Bars
If the St. Petersburg club in recent matches does not particularly please its fans, then Barca, on the contrary, after a resounding failure in the first half of the championship, seriously added, at least in terms of scoring. The Kazan miracle has a specific name - Zinetula Bilyaletdinov. The venerable specialist, who led Ak Bars to the Gagarin Cup three times, once again returned to his native club. It is too early to call the return triumphant, but in terms of scoring, Barça have noticeably improved.
If before the appearance of Bilyaletdinov on the coaching bridge, Bars were balancing on the border of the cup eight, risking at some point to be left without the playoffs, now Ak Bars is already seriously claiming the championship in the Eastern Conference, having come close to the leaders. At the moment, the Kazan club has 73 points and the current third position in the East. Kazan is only two points away from top-ranked Siberia, while Barca have played two games less, meaning they are potentially the best team in the Eastern Conference right now. The only complaint about the current playing style of the team is excessive pragmatism, which results in extremely low performance. Thus, the average performance of the team in the last 10 matches is at the level of 2.5 goals per game. Rescues the defense - only 12 missed goals in 10 matches played.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on SKA vs Ak Bars
SKAThe army machine slowed down somewhat, which, however, has a logical explanation. An almost perfect performance in the first half of the championship allowed the St. Petersburg team to create a decent points lead over their direct competitors, killing the championship intrigue by January. Separate misfires, which have become noticeably more lately, do not affect the standings of SKA, for several months now the points gap has been in the range of 10-15 points. At the moment, the Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo is closest to the St. Petersburg team in the championship, lagging behind the St. Petersburg team by 13 points.
By the way, it was against Torpedo that the army team played their last game in the championship at the moment. The result was surprising, despite the support of the home stands and the absence of several key hockey players from the car factory, the St. Petersburg team could not win. The main time of the match ended with a 1-1 draw, and in the shootout series, all 5 shots of SKA hockey players were unsuccessful. Avtozavodtsy implemented one of their attempts, thereby gaining a sensational away victory.
Ak Bars
If the St. Petersburg club in recent matches does not particularly please its fans, then Barca, on the contrary, after a resounding failure in the first half of the championship, seriously added, at least in terms of scoring. The Kazan miracle has a specific name - Zinetula Bilyaletdinov. The venerable specialist, who led Ak Bars to the Gagarin Cup three times, once again returned to his native club. It is too early to call the return triumphant, but in terms of scoring, Barça have noticeably improved.
If before the appearance of Bilyaletdinov on the coaching bridge, Bars were balancing on the border of the cup eight, risking at some point to be left without the playoffs, now Ak Bars is already seriously claiming the championship in the Eastern Conference, having come close to the leaders. At the moment, the Kazan club has 73 points and the current third position in the East. Kazan is only two points away from top-ranked Siberia, while Barca have played two games less, meaning they are potentially the best team in the Eastern Conference right now. The only complaint about the current playing style of the team is excessive pragmatism, which results in extremely low performance. Thus, the average performance of the team in the last 10 matches is at the level of 2.5 goals per game. Rescues the defense - only 12 missed goals in 10 matches played.
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