Сибирь Новосибирск - Витязь Подольск

The main question for Siberia is when the results will improve, there is certainly hope for the calendar, as I wrote above. But it's not that big.

The Hero of Balashikha
No, but what can we expect from the penultimate Western team, which almost lost its playoff chances, of course, mostly defeats in the last 5 meetings, the team from the Moscow region lost 4 matches, and the only victory turned out to be sensational against Salavat Yulaev, when one of the leaders of the East came to Balashikha in an incredibly disassembled state and I lost there with a score of 1:3.

But as soon as Siberia lost one meeting to Metallurg, everything fell apart and now the team has 5 defeats in a row. And now Vadim Epanchintsev's team is only 6 points away from 9th place. That is, literally 3 defeats and now the competitors have overtaken Siberia, so Novosibirsk clearly does not have peace of mind right now, although if you look at the calendar, it seems that everything is not so bad. But at the same time, with the game that Novosibirsk players are showing, the team frankly has no special prospects and only the disgusting results of the opposing teams can save the team. On the other hand, the same series with the points scored by Siberia started completely unexpectedly, so maybe Novosibirsk will start the series again with nothing.

Face-to-face meetings
"Siberia" Novosibirsk and "Vityaz" Balashikha held 1 meeting this season and the team from Novosibirsk turned out to be stronger in it, with a score of 4:1.

Forecast for the match Siberia Novosibirsk – Vityaz Balashikha
As for me, the most predictable match, I will bet on the victory of Siberia in this meeting, because the team from Novosibirsk has already lost quite a lot, and here comes an outsider, whose opponent the team fighting for the playoffs must beat, and the odds are good, so my choice is P1.

Total forecast
Again, there is another option, namely TB(4.5), the teams have been playing well lately, and they still broke through this total in a personal meeting, so my bet is more confident going to this total.