The battle continues in the "Ice Hockey. VHL. Regular Season" championship between the teams Metallurg Novokuznetsk and Gornyak Uchaly. The meeting will take place at the arena ДС кузнецких металлургов (Новокузнецк) - 27 January 2026 year.
When looking for an appropriate prediction for this event, do not focus on the history of the matches between these teams, as it has been quite some time since their last encounter..
Let's try to understand and analyze which team is stronger.
Metallurg Novokuznetsk: It is in sixth place in the standings out of 33. The team is in good form.
In recent matches, the club has shown low scoring in home games. A bit about the previously played games:
Last time год назад the team played an away match against the club Барс. The match was exciting with шайбами scored. The teams played without worrying about their own goals, which resulted in 11 goals scored шайб. In the previous match год назад the team played an away match against the club Нефтяник. An exciting shootout with plenty of goals undoubtedly delighted the fans. The team should forget this painful away defeat and move on..
Gornyak Uchaly: Occupies ninth place in the standings out of 33. The team is in worthy form.
Statistics show that the team has a small difference between goals scored and conceded шайбами. Information for thought:
The last time the team Горняк-УГМК Верхняя Пышма played an away match against the club Олимпия Кирово-Чепецк, it took place год назад. The match was exciting with шайбами scored. The teams played without worrying about their own goals, which resulted in 5 goals scored шайб. One match before this The team played an away match against the club from the city of Красноярск - Молот год назад. The match featured шайбами. Both teams played without looking back at their own goals, resulting in a total of 5 goals scored and a loss for Горняк-УГМК Верхняя Пышма.
Dynamo St. Petersburg
HC Ryazan
Khimik Voskresensk
Rubin
HC Torpedo-Gorkiy
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
HC Norilsk
Molot-Prikamie
Gornyak Uchaly
SKA-Neva
Zvezda Moscow
Ugra
Chelmet
Youzhny Ural
Zauralie Kurgan
HC Tambov
Buran Voronezh
Dinamo-Altai
Neftyanik Almetyevsk
Bars Kazan
Omskie Krylya
HC Rostov
Diesel Penza
Toros
HC Chelny
Sokol Kr
Crystal Saratov
CSK VVS
MHK Olympia K-Ch
Izhstal Izhevsk"Metallurg" is a strong home team, as evidenced by their perfect home record and victories in all five head-to-head matches against "Gornyak-UGMK". Meanwhile, "Gornyak-UGMK" is struggling on the road and has a negative trend in results. Taking these factors into account, the likelihood of "Metallurg" winning this match looks high.
In this match, Metallurg and Gornyak show a good attacking game, which makes it possible to bet on the total goals. Both teams are the top scorers this season, indicating their effectiveness in offense. However, Metallurg has a more reliable defense, which could give them an advantage in the match. Expect an active game from both sides, so the over 5.5 total goals seems to be the most accurate choice for this meeting.
In the match between Metallurg and Gornyak-UGMK, a high-scoring game is expected. Metallurg is the league leader with a strong attack, while Gornyak prefers to play aggressively. Both teams have recently shown high-scoring matches. Metallurg played to a draw in an away game series, and Gornyak returned to scoring goals. Metallurg dominated Gornyak at home and is likely to continue their winning streak. Over 6.5 goals are expected with odds of 2.85.
