Optibet League. October 3, 13:00. Riga, Volvo Ice Arena.
This week is entirely dedicated to our team’s matchup against Eriks Miluns’ wards.
The victory on the last day of September marked the eighth win for the Kyiv team in head-to-head encounters against the Riga squad. This helped Oleg Tymchenko’s team extend its winning streak to three games.
Meanwhile, Prizma/RTU has also formed a three-game streak, but a negative one – with losses to Hockey Punks, Energija, and Kyiv Capitals.
Regarding the home game trends for Eriks Miluns’ wards, they have won two out of their four matchups at the Volvo Ice Arena. At the same time, the Kyiv team have played on the road four times and came out on top in three of those encounters.
Kyiv Capitals forward Deivids Sarkanis approaches the upcoming game holding the title of the previous month’s MVP. In the last match between the teams, he recorded four assists, bringing his overall tally to 18 points (7+11).
Among the top scorers in head-to-head meetings, Prizma/RTU forward Roberts Jekimovs managed to improve his stats by scoring one goal. He now has 11 points (9+2) to his credit. The 12 points belonging to Danylo Tsarkovskyi from Kyiv Capitals remained unchanged.
Tomorrow, we will see what conclusions the opponents have drawn following their previous match.
