Is Ingolstadt more motivated than Bremerhaven?
A top-class catch-up game awaits us at the Saturn Arena. The two DEL teams with the best form curves meet at 7:30 pm on Tuesday. ERC Ingolstadt welcomes the Pinguins Bremerhaven with a broad chest thanks to four wins from the last five games
The home side is not lacking in confidence at the moment. In terms of points, however, it is not possible for them to be in an even better position than the Northern Lights. Bremerhaven are on a run of five matches in a row in which they have not lost a point. A thankless task awaits the Schanzers:
Just before the playoffs, the question of motivation inevitably arises for the visitors, who are used to success against the Panthers. In the meantime, not only has direct entry into the playoff quarter-finals been secured, but also home ice in the first match and even qualification for the Champions Hockey League.
ERC Ingolstadt – statistics & current form
Erc Ingolstadt is the team that has played the least at home so far this season. Instead, the Schanzers spend the rest of the main round at home. Head coach Mark French’s team will host the remaining four games Ingolstadt has to play before the pre-playoffs. In the most recent match against table-topping Mannheim, the Panthers ended the final game away from home with a satisfactory result in front of 900 fans who had traveled on a special train.
At first, it looked as if the runners-up would have to go into overtime for the fifth time in a row due to a 1:1 draw against the more powerful Adler. In the end, a healthy dose of luck and mental strength, but above all thanks to the two match-winning goals from Edwards and Krauß, put a 1:3 triumph on the scoreboard. According to the betting odds in the Happybet app, the Schanzer enter the ice this time as the wafer-thin favorite in the clash between ERC Ingolstadt and Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven. Will the next three-pointer follow on home soil?
The ERC Ingolstadt is currently scoring at home
A direct entry into the quarter-finals of the playoffs is increasingly unrealistic for the Panthers in ninth place in the table. However, participation in the pre-playoffs is already in the bag with a 13-point gap to eleventh place. While there is not much room for improvement in terms of the Fischtown Penguins’ possible achievements in the main round, Ingolstadt can at least secure home ice in the first qualifying match if they fail to make the play-offs directly.
There is no doubt that the Schanzers are in a comfortable starting position, as there are no more away duels on the remaining matchdays. However, in tenth place in the DEL home table, the runners-up are not particularly strong at home. However, the Panthers currently like to score in the Saturn Arena. With the exception of the goalless 2-0 draw against Iserlohn, Ingolstadt have scored at least three goals in each of their last five home games.
It is also encouraging that the runners-up can boast the second-best form curve in the German Ice Hockey League with four wins and ten points from the last five games. Less pleasing is the fact that attacker Travis St. Denis is still suspended. Will the Schanzers still be in a scoring mood in the Saturn Arena? The bookmakers are skeptical. Ahead of the match between ERC Ingolstadt and Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven, high odds of 2.60 for over 5.5 goals are available at Bet365.
Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven – Statistics & current form
At the moment, the Fischtown Pinguins are almost unstoppable. After Bremerhaven had clinched both direct entry into the playoff quarter-finals and home ice for the first playoff game, the Northern Lights achieved another important success with their recent 1:2 triumph against Schwenningen. Three points against the league’s strongest team at home ensured that second place in the table in the current main round is already secure. The surprise team from the north has thus qualified for the Champions Hockey League and returned to the big European stage.
The northerners now have the chance to overtake record champions Berlin in the 45th matchday catch-up game against Ingolstadt and secure their place at the top of the table. Ahead of the away game between ERC Ingolstadt and Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven, our carefully compiled betting tip predicts that we can look forward to an evenly-matched game
Pinguins Bremerhaven have not dropped a point in five games
Bremerhaven is the only team in the DEL that is in better form than the host of the upcoming duel. The Penguins have not dropped a single point in their last five games and have collected the full 15 points. Nevertheless, the bookmakers are of the opinion that the Northern Lights will travel to Ingolstadt with a slight disadvantage. What is surprising between ERC Ingolstadt and Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven is that a bet on a lot of goals is valued with such high odds. Bet365 only implies a probability of 38.5 percent that more than 5.5 goals will be scored and thus an above-average number of goals.
There is not much left at stake for the Fischtown Penguins. Nevertheless, it should be borne in mind that Bremerhaven are the second-strongest away team in the league and have not been stingy with goals of late, scoring 17 in their last five matches. What’s more, the northerners are extremely dangerous when outnumbered: no other team in the German Ice Hockey League can hold a candle to Bremerhaven’s powerplay goal rate of 24.53 percent. Will the visitors to the upcoming showdown take advantage of the fact that Ingolstadt is one of the three teams with the most penalty minutes?
ERC Ingolstadt – Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven head-to-head / H2H record
Although the predictions of the sports betting providers in the run-up to the match between ERC Ingolstadt and Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven imply a different balance of power, the northerners have the better end with 18:14 wins from 32 meetings. Although the Schanzers have only triumphed 14 times, they are hot on the Penguins’ heels with a 90:88 goal difference.
The H2H record of the current season speaks even more clearly in favor of Bremerhaven. Ingolstadt has not won any of the last three duels against the Fischtown Pinguins. However, the triumph was never crushing. After winning twice only after overtime, Bremerhaven last won at home by a final score of 2:1 in regulation time
ERC Ingolstadt – Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven betting tip
On Tuesday, the two teams with the strongest form in the German Ice Hockey League will face each other in a catch-up game. Bremerhaven have left absolutely nothing to be desired in the last five duels and are in much better shape than the home side, at least in terms of points scored. However, in view of the milestones they have already achieved, the Northern Lights are gradually running out of goals ahead of the play-offs.
Despite everything, will the Penguins travel to Ingolstadt highly motivated to claw their way to the top of the table, or is coach Popiesch making tactical moves to save energy and avoid injuries ahead of the playoffs? In any case, the Panthers would be well advised to use the upcoming home game marathon to possibly secure a direct spot in the quarter-finals – or at least home ice in the first qualifying duel – despite having secured their place in the pre-playoffs.
In view of the fact that Ingolstadt and Bremerhaven have not delivered any goal festivals this season, the skepticism of experienced and also new betting providers about many goals in the upcoming duel is justified. However, the Schanzers are currently in a scoring mood at home. The visiting Penguins are also hungry for goals at the moment and also have the third-best offense in the DEL. Despite the bookmakers’ understandable doubts, a bet on the high odds for many goals between ERC Ingolstadt and Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven is particularly interesting this time.
In order to reduce the risk a little, we are using betting tips for more than 4.5 goals. There are still top odds of 1.86 available for this. With this bet, success is even possible if the number of goals is below average.
