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Caceres went to this away game without their main play Marco, and the important center Riauka didn't practice the whole week due to back problems and he almost certainly won't play today. Since a few days ago they ended their contract with Nathanaelsson, and they haven't found a replacement, they will have a very thin frontcourt, and Breogan are the strongest in the the paint where players such as Gilling, Stainbrook and Fakuade are great lately. Bereogan are complete and they're in swing again which they've lost for a short time in December. They tied three wings, they beat last weekend the might Burgos who were on an eight-game winning run in an away game with +9, before that the strong Ourense at home with +13. At home they rarely lose, their record is 8-2. They lost to Huesca at the start of the season when they had problems with absences, and recently to Arberri who have been very good in the past month.
Caceres recorded five wins in the last seven rounds. They fell with -15 against Palencia, -22 against Burgos, -24 against Ourense. In away games their record is 1-7. They were beaten by teams such as weak Marin. They only beat Arberri, which is the exception confirming the rule.
In the first head-to-head this season Breogan won in Caceres with 63 points of difference. Today we shouldn't expect something like that, but the circumstances are such that I expect Breogan's convincing win. They're in good shape and complete, in the hunt for the first place, they're strong at home. Caceres have been limited to 6-7 players who will have full playtime. They aren't convincing in away games, and lately they lost to teams the quality of Breogan. Breogan are the owners of the strongest offense of the second league, they're fast, so it's no wonder they don't suit Caceres. Details

Tunisia have certain problems here. First of all, they're missing their first goalkeeper, and that's a handicap for them at the start. After that, they don't even have real replacements for all of the players, and as the tournament goes on, that will be felt. When we talk about Tunisia as a team, their offense is pretty bad. Of course, some will mention they recorded 30 goals against Macedonia, but that Macedonia and defense can't fit into the same sentence. Also, the preparation games in Croatia can hardly be relevant. They served only to paint a better picture about Slovenia and that's it. Tunisia showed their real face at the Olympics where they were terrible. They only played in the group phase, and this was their efficiency: France -2 at the opening, Denmark -8. They lost to weak Argentina, and Croatia tore them apart. Before that Poland did the same, Slovenia twice, and then Germany. Today they're the same team who can't be saved. Spain aren't known was a crusher team, but their progress is visible under the new selector. Still a lot of it is based on defense, but offensively it looks a lot better. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland were smoothly won, and in the preparations for this competition, Poland and Argentina lost with a double-digit difference. Qatar was at -5, but we know they're led by Rivera. They opened up the championship quite weakly against Iceland, they missed a lot, were searching for their game, fell behind at half-time. But, half an hour of real game is more than enough for them to show what they can do. In the end they won 27-21. Today there's no doubt they will be motivated, and that's hard to think of for Tunisia who tomorrow have a very important game against Iceland. Besides, we saw how Tunisia play when they fall apart. What's realistic is to expect that the best players will spend the second half on the bench. As the icing on the cake, we can mention the head-to-head from the last WC when it was 28-20, and you guessed it - Spain won. Today we can expect the same thing. Details

Tipsarevic looks unstoppable. He focused on challenges at the start of the season, avoided the Australian Open qualifications and now he's on the verge of earning new 80 points, one step away from returning to Top 100. Last week he had a tougher fixture, and he didn't lose a set. He's here on an eight-set winning run in which he didn't lose more than three games. Yesterday against Altmaier he had 6-3, 5-0, so it only could have been more convincing. Li, at 30, still didn't manage to make it to Top 200. He has only 31 challenger wins in his entire career, and the matches with Top 100 players clearly show a limit. Against them his record is 1-11, and the one win he has was six years ago against Gabashvilli who spent most of his time outside of this company. He lost the last 10 such matches without an earned set. I'll write in the brackets how many games he won against his opponents: Anderson (4), Cervantes (5), Soeda (5), Duckworth (7), Soeda (9), Golubev (5), Delbonis (7), Bogomolov (3), Querrey (4) and Verdasco (4). So, in nine out of 10 of those defeats he was under 19.5, but the very good Tipsarevic in shape is a stronger players than most on the list. Besides, Li had a very gentle roster here. Only Garin was from Top 250, and he should have/could have lost to him in two sets. Before that he saved a match-point against Maden in the second set. Details