Tough games , some leans but really can end either way so I will stick with one play today .
30 October
Start time : 09:00 AM PST
Dinamo Moscow vs Ak Bars Kazan ( Moneyline , tie at reg time = money back )
My pick is Dinamo Moscow to win
Odds : + 111
Bookmaker : pinnaclesports
5 units to win 5.55 units
First game around 6 weeks ago Dinamo won 3:4 in OT on road in Kazan .
Dinamo has one of the best home records in Russia over the last few years . This year they only had 6 games at home and their record is 5 wins in reg time and 1 loss in their last game against Neftekhimik but I rate this loss at tough schedule one . They had a game in Kazakhstan against Astana that went to overtime then they played in Siberia against Omsk and this game also went into overtime so coming home after that was very hard , today they should be fine coming in after 2 full days rest .
Ak Bars on the other hand is in the tough spot now , in the last 5 days they had 3 games in totally different areas , one game was against Neftekhimik then they went to Latvia and last game they played in Belarus coming into this game against Dinamo Moscow with 1 day rest .
Anyway I don't rate Ak Bars very high when they play on road and now add those factors I think we have nice deal getting such odds on a strong home team like Dinamo Moscow .
Last road games against good teams for Ak Bars resulted in some nasty losses :
<TABLE class=lastgames cellSpacing=3 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=lg_date>24.10.2008 Fri</TD><TD>
Neftekhimik Niz</TD><TD>- </TD><TD>
Ak Bars Kazan</TD><TD>4-
1 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE class=lastgames cellSpacing=3 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=lg_date>07.10.2008 Tue</TD><TD>
Atlant Mytishch</TD><TD>- </TD><TD>
Ak Bars Kazan</TD><TD>6-
1 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE class=lastgames cellSpacing=3 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD><TD class=lg_date>23.09.2008 Tue</TD><TD>
Salavat Yulaev </TD><TD>- </TD><TD>
Ak Bars Kazan</TD><TD>4-
2 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE class=lastgames cellSpacing=3 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=lg_date>21.09.2008 Sun</TD><TD>
Traktor Chelyab</TD><TD>- </TD><TD>
Ak Bars Kazan</TD><TD>4-
1 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
This is a '' 6 points game '' as both teams are in the same division so a great chance for Dinamo Moscow to catch up a bit on Ak Bars playing in their own arena .