The match of the VHL regular championship between teams from different halves of the tournament table is set to start. Russian hockey fans are looking forward to a clash between Kazan's "Bars" and "Zauralye".
The duplicate squad of Kazan's "Ak-Bars" has participated in 28 official matches of the VHL regular championship season 2023-2024. "Bars" has played 28 matches and managed to gather 23 points, allowing the team to hold only the 24th place in the tournament table of the VHL regular championship. Throughout the current regular championship, Kazan's "Bars" only snagged 10 victories, emerging stronger than "Diesel", "Sokol", "Kristall", HK "Rostov", "CSKA VVS", "Izhstal", HK "Chelny", "Rubin", "Chelmet" and "Dynamo-Altai". For some time, "Bars" had a prospect of contending for the Petrov Cup, however, a series of 8 straight losses has pushed the club from Kazan into the outsiders group.
"Zauralye" hockey players have participated in 28 official matches of the VHL regular championship of the 2023-2024 seasons. Over the 28 matches, the team from Kurgan managed to tally 43 points, allowing it to hold the 3rd place in the tournament table of the VHL regular championship. The club from Kurgan had an excellent second half of the previous regular championship and, due to this, managed to make it into the play-offs.
Now, there is a continuation of the successful campaign of "Zauralye", which could conclude with advancing to the late stage of the Petrov Cup. "Zauralye" has been conducting its recent matches of the regular championship successfully, maintaining a high level and stabilising its standing in the tournament table. At the moment, "Zauralye" is undefeated in 7 straight matches.
"Zauralye" and "Bars" have faced off in 17 official matches. "Zauralye" holds 11 victories, while "Bars" has emerged stronger in 6 clashes.
"Zauralye" to win within the main time. Currently, the clubs from Kurgan and Kazan are in different states, both physically and mentally. "Bars" has just come from a long trip and surely did not have time to recover in 2 days, while "Zauralye" is just starting a series of away games, and prior to this, had seized 4 straight victories at home turf.
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