Kärpät has progressed in the League recently from one turbulence to another.
Kärpät is under the command of Ville Mäntymaa. Jaakko Stenroos
The most interesting game of the day
Saturday’s most interesting Liiga match will be played in Oulu, when Kärpät hosts second-placed Tapparaa. The fall season of the flies has been full of drama. The team that tried to activate their way of playing did not succeed Lauri Marjamäki led to achieve their game goals and the coach was changed a couple of weeks ago, when Ville Mäntymaa replaced Marjamäki.
After the change of coach, it took Kärpi a couple of matches to get used to the new one, and just when things seemed to be on the upswing, the team found itself in the middle of a new uproar By Nick Ritchie punch TPS Markus Nurmea insanely in the last match. The brutality and brutality of Ritchie’s case must be compared to 37 years ago, when HIFK Ari “Allu” Lähteenmäki was banned for 27 matches for a similar trick. Ritchie survived now with an eight-match ban, but it is probably very doubtful whether the Canadian will play another game in Kärpi. At least the appreciation of his teammates may be under a rock – and thus also any benefit of Ritchie to the team.
In terms of playing, Ritchie has not brought any added value to the Kärppi’s performance even so far, so the ban does not weaken the team. For his pigs, the absence of a “megastar” from the booth might even have a unifying and healing effect on Kärpi in the midst of a difficult and ragged autumn.
A much more significant deficiency than Ritchie in the Kärppi’s lineup is today the number one player in the team’s internal points market Teemu Turunen. Also Joose Antonen and Kasper Björkqvist are missing. On the other hand, it is a plus for Kärpi that Koivunen, who is second in the team’s internal points market, will return to the playing lineup. Playing in the goal of the Oulu team Tomi Karhunen.
Tappara’s most notable absentees are all from the striker department (Brother Matti Savinainen, Oiva Keskinen and Otto Somppi).
In terms of power relations, Kärpät won’t become the favorite against Tappara today, even with their home advantage. It is worth noting a couple of things about the teams’ two previous meetings in the season. Tappara has won both matches 4-1 and the games have been much more goal-rich in terms of expected goals. Expectations in Oulu were divided between 5.0-3.5 in October and 2.9-2.9 in Tampere in November. The expected abundance of goals is now reflected in the goal number coefficients.
In terms of betting, the best game choice is Tappara’s final win with a coefficient of 1.80. Kärpät – Tappara starts at 16:00.
The best betting tip of the day
The best betting idea for Saturday can be found in the Premier League. In advance, I consider the Nottingham – Manchester United match to be more goal-scoring than Veikkaus. Nottingham changed their coach before Christmas and got a new manager Nuno Espirito Santo management has been at least more generous than by Steven Cooper in the season. In Espirito Santo’s opening match at home, Nottingham lost 2-3 to Bournemouth, who were in a fierce fight, but already in the second match there was a victory, when Newcastle fell 1-3 away. In the last match, the number of goals expected was created as much as six goals (2.8-3.6).
At least based on the first matches, Nuno plays Nottingham more courageously than before.
Manchester United have been very bad in their attacking game in their last away matches. It has remained goalless in its three previous away matches against West Ham, Liverpool and Newcastle, creating a total of only 1.8 goals in those matches despite the expected goals (opponents have been able to create more than the expected 7 goals in their own end). However, I believe that the rejoicing of Boxing Day (United came from a 0-2 defeat at home to a 3-2 win against Aston Villa) released the mental lock from everyone except the Danish striker Rasmus Hojlund, who scored his opening goal in the Premier League. It was also clear from the body language of United’s players on Tuesday that the team is still playing for its coach For Erik ten Hag. All this now increases the probability of Manchester United scoring against Nottingham.
From these starting points, the market’s highest odds of 1.79 offered for more than 2.5 goals is at least a borderline case. Nottingham – Manchester United kicks off at 7:30 p.m.
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Total balance of the day’s games for the year: 149/265/99%
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