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Clavijo and Melilla's head to head games last season ended at 159 and 167 points and neither team in the mean time gave up on offense-oriented game. Clavio played unders against defensively more powerful teams, like Navarra and Qurense. Their games with Oviedo, Prat and Palma were more efficient. Coach Perez said he will try and fasten the pace today to overpower the opponent. They scored and concede around 77 points on average home, almost managing to score 80 against the tough Breogan. Melila played unders with Qurense and Navarra, but just like Clavijo, played more efficient games with teams like Oviedo, Prat and Palma. Melilla are the team that will embrace the faster pace Calvijo will attempt to set up and I think point over seems like a good choice at this margin. Details

Szolnoki seem to be a weaker and less competitive than last seasons. They've done 4 serious home games until now, losing to Parizan who were without Macvan, to Olmpija who took a lead by 20 points in the last quarter, to Zvezda who got 23 points up in a single quarter, managing to beat only Zenit. Igokea was a lucky win. Szolnoki's game is bad, Bader is out of shape, the new American is trying, but they're still well below Besktas' level. Besiktas' Holland trained with the Spurs up until recently, Broekfhoff was a starter for Australia at WC, Tunceri has the experience, Armstrong a lot of NBA seasons, Lofton is a great shooter...While Szolnoki struggled with Igokea and beat ailing Levski and Metalac, Besiktas brought down Himki, Gaziantep away, the wealthy Trabzon by 10 points and Zenit in Russia. Their motivation is running high since they lost the last championship game. Plus, they have the quality and form. Details

I fail to understand why the odds are set like this. The book makers are clearly influenced by Nikars' win over Kairat, who underestimated the Lativian team, allowing them to make a comeback after taking a 5-2 lead. The 'Czech' Baltiforca, who host these three rounds and like so many other teams are lead by Brazilians, meet the Latvians today.
On the other hand, Riga now have only two foreigners on the team - Portuguese Arnald and former Portuguese national team coach Duarte.
After playing a draw with the mighty Tulpar the first round, Balticflora lost to better Sinar 3-6. They are doing great in the Czech championship, currently holding top spot in the table. Since they have only one proper opponent in the Czech Republic, Eremenko Cup is a great chance for the team to get ready for those matches.
Home team coach Giva was angry and disappointed after the defeat to Sinara. He want to win today and I think the odds should be reversed because of the fact they're playing home and because of their quality. I think these odds at double chance bet call for higher stakes. Details

Even if we leave behind the fact that Bagins are fighting for the Top 100, and there's no doubt that he will bite hard here, I'd put him in the role of the good favorite here. The Argentinian lost all of the latest matches from good players or the ones who are in shape. During the season he showed a couple of times that he still has the quality (the win against Benneteau, main roster of the USO, finale of a strong challenger in Caltanissetta), and the Argentinian is playing more or less on one level during the whole season and has 24 wins on this level. Munoz at some times seams like a player who doesn't care about anything. In two challengers he fell out in the qualifications, on six of them in the first rounds. Out of 18 tournaments on this level, only six of them were victorious. He plays with a lot of oscillations, and he's playing against a more consistent player who, by the way, beat him in all three mutual meetings. Last year Bagins gave him only two games. When I was writing the preview, I expected 1.55 odds. Details

This story couldn't be simpler. All of Nexe's seven matches of the SEHA League were under 56 goals. Zagreb, out of 12 official has 10 overs; the only two more efficient ones were 61 against Vardar and 57 against Meskov. Since Vujovic's arrival it is a team of different defense views: during the last six they were below 55.5, with the fact that only a single one went over 50. Nexe were left at the beginning of the season at 18 goals, and I doubt something will change regarding that. Vujovic will again ask for a serious match, and the fact that they're playing the LP during the weekend could mean that he will be resting his main players in the second part. The same was against Vojvodina and Radnicki dom, and both of those games were under 50 goals. Details

Galatasaray are not even close to being at their level from last seasons, with foreigners Meijners, Bosetti and Centoni as team leaders and two players who were there last year. These odds at Galatasaray winning are probably result of their previous results, but they cannot count on Centoni today, which will force coach Barbolini to reshuffle the line-up. Meijners will probably play the opposite position which will weaken Galatasaray's reception. The bookies are overrating them today. Le Cannet are a good team, Lichtman and Davis won gold at WC with the American national team. Brcic is playing with the Croatian national team, Fedele, Orle, and Kloster with the French. They are a good team, maybe even better than they were last year when they reached Challenge cup quarter finals. They lost to Besiktas, winning the first leg game home in straight sets, and losing the second one in Turkey in straight sets. The golden set decided Galatasaray would reach the next round. The French will be under no pressure here, they don't seem bad, while Galatasaray isn't as trustworthy without Centoni. I think we shouldn't miss out on a set for the home team bet here. Details

The odds are quite off if we take teams' quality into consideration and underestimate the visitors greatly. Olomouc have underwent great changes over the summer, both with regards to players and budget. Nine players left the team in between the seasons, four of them starters. The most important players that left are Jana Napolitano Senkova, Olomouc's most efficient player last season, blocker Tomsenkova, and libero Dreskova. Four players joined from Sokol Sternbek. After four rounds of the Czech championship, they have three wins and three defeats. They beat only three bottom-table clubs.
Zoersel ended as the fifth best team in Belgium last season, and got in the CEV Cup on an invitation. This will be their first European Cup, but regardless of that, don't seem to lack quality or experience. On the contrary, Zeorsel seem to be better than Olomouc when it comes to that. Some of their players have played in Belgian national team youth ranks, and more importantly, their team has not changed significantly since last season. Because of that, Zoersel are more than capable of at least winning one set today. In my opinion, they can do even more that. Details

The Eremenko Cup is taking place in Teplice today once again, with teams from Czech Republic, Latvia, Russia and Kazakhstan participating. Third round game between two teams from Kazakhstan will be played today. Kairat and Tulpar are great rivals, but following a shock defeat to Nikars, possibly the weakest team here, I expect the former European champions to respond. There aren't many player from Kazakhstan on either teams, with Brazilians, Russians and Ukrainians making up most of them. One thing is sure though, no matter how much Tulpar invest in their team, they are still not at Kairat's level.
This mini-league is extremely important for Kairat, being a rare chance for them to play top-level clubs, what with their league being less than competitive, and to prepare for the elite stage of Futsal Cup. They were definitely not expected to lose to Nikars and a convincing win over their rivals Tulpar is therefore expected today. Kairat's coach especially, after causing the defeat to Nikars. He decided for an approach different from Kairat's usual game style with a goal keeper-player constantly in the game. On the other hand, Tulpar had a good start, having played a draw with the home team. They went on to beat Tyumen from Russia, but the game with Kairat will be something completely different. I expect a great match and Kairat's usual performance that will see them win by at least two goals. Details