Torpedo Nizhniy Novgorod vs SKA prediction
Torpedo Nizhniy Novgorod
Torpedo fans probably had high expectations from their native team after the St. Petersburg matches, where Larionov's wards won one game in regular time, and lost the other in overtime. However, in the very first home match, Nizhny Novgorod lost with a score of 2:5. Personally, this did not surprise me, Kulbakov saved a lot during the two matches, and the army did not stop firing at the gate at the first opportunity, which bore fruit: 44:24, 67:40 — these are throws in the first games, and even if you remove overtime from the second game, it comes out: 39:30. The situation has not changed in Nizhny Novgorod: 34:20 in favor of SKA.
SKA
I don't see any prerequisites for Rotenberg's wards to change their style in the fourth game, especially since it brings results — SKA leads 2-1 in the series.We can again expect a goal-oriented game and a lot of shots, which, against the background of some fatigue of Nizhny Novgorod residents, can become a key factor not only in this match, but also at the decisive moment of the series. Despite the active game ahead, the army is still not without flaws in defense, and in this confrontation they allow Torpedo fighters to create quite a lot at their gates, the latter are often let down by implementation, but this means that it is most likely not worth waiting for a victory in one wicket.
Prediction
Kulbakov saved for two matches, but let's remember that his reliability coefficient was 2.56 for the season, and sooner or later it had to return to these values, and then against the background of fatigue, after all, more than 100 shots were reflected by the goalkeeper in two games in St. Petersburg, what will come out cold in this match I don't believe Guska, which means that again the whole load will fall on Kulbakov, and then either the Torpedo will catch if it responds in an attack, or it will finally fall apart. Both of these scenarios assume a productive match, I think we will see at least five goals in this match.
