Athletistic / Hockey. In the second match of the Gagarin Cup final, Metallurg Magnitogorsk will host Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
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Hockey. KHL. The final. Second match. “Metallurgist” – “Lokomotiv”. Direct
On Saturday, April 20 afternoon, the second match of the Gagarin Cup final series will take place in Magnitogorsk, in which the local Metallurg will host Lokomotiv from Yaroslavl. In the first match, Magnitka won with a difference of one goal, thus delighting their home fans. Although overall the match was even, as it should be in the final.
Interestingly, before the start of the final series, Lokomotiv was called the favorite of the confrontation. Largely due to the fact that the “railway workers” quite confidently faced “Traktor” in the semi-final. However, after the winning streak against the Chelyabinsk team, Igor Nikitin’s team experienced a 10-day break in official matches, which could not but affect the tone of play of hockey players . As a result, Lokomotiv did not show their best game, although they opened the scoring at the beginning of the third period (Berezkin). Later, the Yaroslavl team lacked concentration, Metallurg added aggression and the guests lost the victory. Magnitogorsk scored the decisive goal on the power play just over 100 seconds before the siren. Mikhailis and Petunin distinguished themselves for Magnitogorsk.
As for today’s match, the bookmakers do not see him as a favorite. Only some bookmakers give a slight preference to Lokomotiv – 2.55 against 2.65 for Metallurg.
Today, Igor Nikitin’s team simply needs to play more aggressively and in no case has the right to let Metallurg lead in this series. On the other hand, Andrei Razin’s team already seems to know how to play against the “railway workers” team in such a way as to achieve success. The statistics of the confrontations between teams in Magnitogorsk are also not in favor of the guests. Lokomotiv haven’t won at Magnitogorsk since 2013, and that says a lot.
Hockey. KHL. The final. Second match. “Metallurgist” – “Lokomotiv”. Direct
Live online streaming of this match will begin at SPORT.RU April 20 at 2:00 p.m. Moscow time
Source: Sport
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