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This is a default when these two teams are playing, for many reasons. They're the second and fourth best offense, and Nykobing's defense is the worst at the same time. Even though they're the fourth, the number of scored and allowed goals is almost the same, not surprising for a team that force fast, offensive handball. Also, Nykobing have the best scorer and assistant of the league, while Randers have the fastest one. Nykobing are not giving up on their game with nice fastbreaks, as obvious from their last results. They'll definitely try to use their guests' fatigue today, because the guests are competing in two competitions. The margin offered today is based on the result of the first mach in Randers, that ended at 57 (31-26) goals. The rhythm of that game could've ended it at 60 easily, and in those 57, the two best scorers of both teams didn't do their best. Kristiansen scored four, below her average, and Dalby scored only one for Randers, while in the last three matches in the last ten days, she scored five per game. To sum it all up, this is a situation that leans towards 60 goals. Details

Nantes are three points short of spot 6, which would saw them reach playoffs. This is one of the games that can affect their goal for the season significantly. Two potential problems that Nimes have ahead of this game could help the home team as well. The first problem is the European game Nimes played last weekend. Nimes played the second leg of EHF Round of 16 game in Randers in Denmark. After a 27-27 draw in Nimes, they suffered a bad defeat away to get knocked out. Their top scorer and key player Chebahh was not there and won't be here today either. She scored 7 goals in the first game against Randers and is currently 7th best scorer in France. Nimes won the first head-to-head that took place mid-September 39-25. Right win Chesnau was not there at Nanets in that game but they are complete today. They are fully focused and ready for this match. It seems like the moment is just right for getting back at Nimes. Details

Fuchse are to face the defending champions in their first home game of 2016. Thuringer are on a 5-game winning run, the home team on a 2-game losing run. Both of their defeats were to objectively better rivals in CL. In games against top 5 teams, the team from Berlin has 3 overs at this margin, two our of three home a big unders (against Leipzig and Beitighem). They lost all five of those games. What's interesting for this match and our tip is the fact Fuchse will be without both of their starting goal keepers today. Plonger is out with a knee injury, while the other goal keeper Hedermann suffered a tendon injury in the game against Goppingen last round. Both goal keepers will be from their youth ranks (18 and 16 yeards old). They will have a debut against the worst possible rivals, who are complete (only Jakubisova is out for a while now). The visitors want to trash someone to crush all the frustration from the CL defeat. Both h2h games in 2015 finished over this margin. The first one in the championship at 69 goals, the second one in the Cup at 59. Details

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Viborg are in spot 3 and Copenhagen in spot 10, but that can change drastically today since they are only 4 points apart and Copenhagen won the last two games, which means they are very motivated now. They opened the season with high ambitions but had a bad start and only now found form. They have good players at every position and most importantly, they are in fine form. Viborg have had a busy schedule, which is good for the visitors as well. The home team played in Norway on Sunday, where they struggled but won in the end. But, they still haven't secured the next round and play the second leg next weekend. Copenhagen beat Viborg by 6 goals in the first part of the season and have a much better chance here than the odds suggest, not only for this handicap but for winning a point as well. Details

The game Mitdjylland will play in two days in Bucharest in CL is their priority now. They are now set to play a team that is already set for relegation. We had an almost exact situation before their first match in Sonderjyske, which finished at 52 goals. Midtjylland allowed their rivals 25 goals in that match. Since they are almost definitely out of this league, the visitors played the last two matches under no pressure and focused on offense. That resulted in the last two games finishing at 68 and 57 goals. This margin is identical to the one from the first h2h and the situation for it is even better today. Details

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This is the late game of the 14th round of the Romanian championship. Craiova secured the first match of the round of 16 in the Cup winner of the cups by beating the Slovenian Krim 30-29 on Saturday. They're playing the return fixture this Saturday in Ljubljana. Today's match against the third-placed Braila isn't something they wish to do, due to all the European matches and the limited roster. This is the first match for Braila after the new year's, and the championship break. In their last two matches, they've beaten Rapid Bucuresti (37-24, 42-33). They don't have injury issues like Craiova, their coach Costica Buceschi had a big role in the Romanians winning the World Championship bronze in Denmark. Also, three Braila's players were starters in Craiova last season. Braila won the first match at the beginning of this season, 33-29, in a home match. Everything today leans toward Braila going home undefeated. Details

After the fail in the group phase of the Champions League, which they ended without a single point won, with four double-digit defeats in six matches and with a minus of 72 goals, Hypo continue their competition in the round of 16 of the Cup Winners Cup finals, with a two-legged meeting against Holstebro. At the beginning of 2016 Hypo played two control matches against the Slovenian Krim. They lost the first one with six goals of difference, and in the other one they reached a draw after a minus of five goals in the first 30 minutes. Hypo are not great, Kaiser, Belik and Berisha missed the first match in Denmark. They're on the list of those players who have been injured for a longer time, while the Krim match was missed by Goricanec, Sanko and Thotova. All three have been applied for today's match, but it's very questionable if they will get any play-time since they didn't practice for two weeks. Even in an ideal situation Hypo can't stand up to other European teams, and their hosts belong there.
Holstebro have six players who have played at the World Championship in Denmark. Goalkeeper Solberg and left wing Herrem have won gold with Norway, Hagman and Roberts were among the leading Swede players. Before today's match they have no problems, they allowed full focus in order to secure a solid number of points before the second leg in seven days. They have the biggest ambitions when it comes to winning the title. Last season Holstebro won in the EHF Cup. Details

The offered odds for the win and odds for the handicap put Metzingen in the position of a "slight" favorite, but the fact is that the Germans are very much the favorites in this match. Metzingen's last three tied defeats may have affected this bet; two in the championship against Dortmund (26-32) and Thuringer (29-26), and the last one in the quarter-finals of the Germa cup against Leipzg (32-27). Thee are all teams who can't be put in the same basked with the Slovakian champions and they're above the. I expect the Germans will react to the last defeat in the cup and the championship, and that Michalovce will pay the price of that today. Details

In the first match of the round of 16 of the Cup Winners Cup, Ardesen came to Russia with a roster of only 10 handball players and three official club representatives. Nine out of those players are foreigners (three players each from Ukraine, Croatia and Serbia) who carry the game this season, but the fact is that in this match against Lada they will have only two extra players in the roster on the bench, and for certain positions in the team (right back, right wing, pivot) they have a single player who will have to play for the entire 60 minutes. That's not enough against a team such as the Russian Lada, a team who have a record of 11 wins and a single defeat in the Russian championship (the defeat was against Rostov, a team with the best efficiency so far in the Champions League), with great width, with a complete back line of Russian national team players (Bliznova, Dimitrieva, Akopian), and a game concept based on quick transition. The Turkish club will have a hard time keeping up with all of that. Ardesen are a team who in the last round sensationally knocked out Team Esbjerg, the leading team of the Danish league, but there's the question of motivation for the Danish club at this competition considering that last season they did almost the same thing in Euro Cups, alto against a Turkish team, in order to completely devote themselves to the home championship. Lada's motivation is not questionable, they're aiming for the title at this cup, in the last round after a two-legged meeting against Oldenburg they crushed them, especially after the first match in Russia with +13 (37-24). Ardesen lost the two seasonal away matches in this competition, they're known as the "home" team where they have the support of their fans, so the Russian will insist on crushing them in the first leg in order to avoid tensions in the second leg. Details

There are a few things that make us believe these match will finish with over 50 goals. Copenhagen's offense finally started doing well. They have a whole streak of good quality options which seem to have slept through the entire first part of the season. That especially goes for their left back international Ann Mete Hansen, who played the WC at a very high level and who kept on doing so after the championship break (8/9 against Nykobing). Wings finally started doing better, as well as middle back Rey. On the other hand, Silkeborg are without their central defender Bjeregaard, which affects their defense. The offense is now much better since it has Swedish national team right back Ek. She scored three goals in her debut in the first match. Troelsen averages 8 goals per game, back field players Wildbork and Iversen are there as well, which should make the visitors much more efficient in the second part of the season. Details

This is a unique chance for both teams to get placed to the German cup final tournament. Blomberg are the 10th in the Bundesliga, while Neckarsulm are the leader in the second league with 12 wins and a tie after 13 rounds played. Both teams have very good young lineups. Blomberg are the third best offense of the championship with 297 goals in 10 games, showing that they're a great offensively-oriented team. They're only two goals behind the current champion Thuringer. Their last two results show their current mood - they've beaten Buxtehuder 32-29, and lost to Leipzig in the final moments, 31-34.
Neckarsulm are also focused on talented players they're raising themselves. They've got a few players who played the best German league, and now they're dominating the second league where they score 31 goals per game. For comparison sake, they played a few games against the teams from the first league, losing to Metzingen 17-24 (the match was played in 2x20 minutes form), with one win (19-19) and one loss (10-17) to Goppingen in matches of 30 minutes. Up until this quarterfinal, they haven't played a first league team, but they demonstrated their efficiency in those duels, Koblenz (32-30) and Mainz (32-29).
These two teams are quite similar, relying on young players who like to shoot, where offense holds more priority than defense, and with 30 games scored per game. The margin is more likely to be about 60 goals, and the one offered today definitely has value for the stake set. Details

The home team seems to realized that this season is over for them. Their approach in the Holstebro match suggested that. hey played a pressure-less game with over 60 shots and with 13 players. Coach Kecman introduced two under 18 players to the team and I think their focus will be the young players. Today should be no different. Aarhus are much better in offense now since right back Tranborg got back. She scored 6 goals from 13 attempts and we can expect even more from her today. Sophie Okkels, the second best scorer in the league, is at Aarhus as well. We can expect Aarhus to be very deadly today, which should result in more than 55 goals in total. Details

I already explained the situation at Bysen a few days ago. They are without two experienced players, they are particularly weak in defense. Goal keepers Odegard and central defense figure are out. Their struggles in defense were obvious in the Raelingen match already. Byasen won by one goal (allowed 27). They are set to face Sola today, who are much better in offense than Raelingen. Sola are lead by the well experienced Nosvold. She scored 9 goals in the first match after a 14-month break to display quality. Nostvold is, by the way, a former Byasen star. She's been there for 13 years. Going with an over at Byasen again is a good choice, especially when they meet a team that has a player who can score 10 goals in each game in Norwegian championship. Details

Kuban lost nine of their last ten head-to-head clashes against Zvezda, but traditions are there to be broken and the preconditions for that today are more than great. In the last days of 2015, Kuban ended their negative tradition of 19 defeats in the last 20 games against Dinamo from Volgograd by defeating them 33-31. Under impression from this win and with much bigger confidence they are awaiting today's game against Zvezda who are nowhere near their quality from previous seasons. With the fact that they started this season without four important players in the rotation, Zvezda had problems with injured players throughout the season, and currently injured are four of them, mostly younger players (Zakordonskaja, Arefyeva, Egorova, Amelchenko), while standard middle-back Potapenko ended the season early in late November due to pregnancy. With reduced roster, Zvezda lost to favored teams at the end of 2015, first to Rostov (23-30), than to Lada (29-40). Kuban don't have a quality player width like these two teams, but the 7-8 crucial players are experienced and some of them previously played for Russia's best teams. Home team's goalkeeper Basarab could have a crucial role today, she played for Zvezda last year, started the season for Rostov, but since she was the third option there, she moved to Krasnodar over the season and became one of Kuban's best players. Their last two games confirm that she is in great form, against Atrakhanochka and Dinamo and she had 14 saves in each game. Handicap on Kuban (+1.5) is widely available online and is worth at least the set stake. Details

We have several details ahead of this game because of which I believe that we will see at least 2-3 goals over the offered margin. After a break of almost a month and a half, Relingen are going into the rest of the season with four new players. Buset and Stromberg have returned after a year long break, Wollik was acquired from the youth team, and acquisition of Brazilian back Goncalves should be a refreshment in the remainder of the season. She came to Norway as the best scorer in the play-off finale in which her team Metodista won the title. She can play well on both back positions, she was Brazil's best scorer this Summer in Korea. Since most of the weight in Relingen's offense was on Hansen (leading scorer with 64 goals after nine rounds) so far in the season, the expectations are that their offense will be more diverse and concrete now.
On the other side, Byasen will go into the remainder of the season without two important defenders. Goalkeeper Odegard has finished her career, and Byasen announced that they will rely on the remaining two goalkeepers, Pedersen (21) and Lerstad (19). The second change is the departure of Alstad who will finished the season with the Hungarian Gyori. Alstad played in both directions, and she was especially important as central defender.
Considering these changes in the home team's offense and away team's defense, and considering the fact that Raelingen are a team that conceded the most goals in the championship, as well as the current moment the game is played at (both teams out of competitive rhythm), all the preconditions suggest the game will be close to 55 goals. Details

The margin is set too low when Oldenburg are in question, even if they are about to face the top goal keeper from recently finished World Championship. Oldenburg have the fastest transition, the third best offense in Bundesliga, which was the best one after five rounds. Their average was brought down by three players from the lineup not playing (Caroline Muller, Nadje Jensen and Kim Birke). Jensen and Birke made a comeback before the break. Almost the entire team was complete during the break and they'll be ready for for the games to come. Dulfer was at WC and finished with most blocks as she played defense only, but she plays offense in Oldenburg as well. When talking about Bietigheim, their Dutch trident won the silver medal at WC in Demark and joined the rest of the team on Sunday. They had one practice session before this game. Talking about goal keeper Wesster, she was at Oldenburg the last 4 years. She was made as a player here but that doesn't mean she will hold back. Oldenburg's players know her very well.
On the other hand, the visitors have top German scorer from the WC Susan Muller. They also acquired left wing Baudouin from Metz, who scored 12 goals in her first three games at the new club. And finally, even though Bietigheim's roster was complete overhauled, the h2h record says all the 6 games that took place from 2010-2015 finished under this margin. Details

On one side we have Nykobing who have the most efficient offense, but at the same time the 'second worst' defense based on the number of conceded goals, and on the other side we have Copenhagen who have, in the last 10 rounds, had the most efficient offense and defense that cannot brag with its level in the last few seasons. The only weak link in today's prediction is connected with Copenhagen's offense, it is only a matter of day when it will start working properly, and the conditions for that happening tonight are good. Their left-back, Anne Hansen, was one of Denmark's best players at the World Championship, winger Anne Pedersen is in good form, on the right-back position they have Cecilie De la Cour who was the second best scorer in the league last season with Silkeborg, and she still hasn't played a game in accordance with her profile, with at least 5-6 goals per game.
Nykobing like to dictate the pace, they are a team with the biggest number of shots on goal and goals, a team that always plays for an extra goal. In the 10 previous rounds, only one of Nykobing's games finished under today's margin, it was at exactly 51 goals, the game against Denmark's best defense, defending champions Midtylland, finished at 52 goals, other games were at 55 or over. If we add to this the period in which today's game is being played (after six week long break in the championship) the preconditions are ideal for a game at some 55 goals. Details

In a situation when we had a long holiday break and Holstebro practiced with only a third of their roster and when players learned that there will be budget cuts and that they would most likely have to look for a new team at the end of the season, we cannot expect a proper approach and a game that will have the proper competitive side to it. On top of everything, they are meeting a team without a single win this season and most importantly, they will concede more goals than any other team on average - 31,5 per game. That means we should see a match with at least more than 55 goals. Details