Pardubice – Hradec Kralove: 1

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March 23, 2024

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Our tip: Pardubice – Hradec Kralove: 1

23.03.2024 17:00

Pardubice confirms its role as the favourite in the quarter-final series against Hradec Králové. The best team of the regular season is leading 3:1 in the games, after two home wins they managed to win once on the opponent’s ice. The fifth game of this series will be played again in Pardubice, where the home team will try to reach the semifinals.

The last encounter offered an unusually defensive spectacle. Pardubice only needed one goal, scored by Paulovic in the sixth minute, and went on to a slim 1-0 victory. Overall, the games in Hradec were a bit out of the trend set at the beginning of the quarterfinals in Pardubice, when both games saw a lot of goals and hard hockey, often over the edge.

Hradec will have an imaginary knife to their throat on Saturday. If the visitors can’t succeed and win on Pardubice ice for the first time since February 2022, their season will be over. Because of that, they will try to create pressure and play offensively to quickly take the lead, but that will also open up loopholes for counterattacks. And Pardubice, who were the best offensive team in the league in the regular season, can punish such things.

What to bet on:

Pardubice have a chance to end their quarterfinal series with Hradec in front of their home crowd. They will take this opportunity by the scruff of the neck and get an important win on Saturday that will send them to the semifinals.

Confidence:

8/10

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