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PSG, last season's Champions League finalists, French league and French Cup winners are going after the triple crown this season as their acquired some good international players. One of top Geramn offense players Mittag, Brazilian internationals Erika and Cristiane and Dahlkvist from Sweden joined the team. PSG are to play Cluj without 5 players. Georges,Boulleau and Ebere from defense, midfielder Hamraoui forward Asllani. Regardless of the absences, PSG are a dream team this season. They have 20 equally good players which means they should not have any problems with that today. They are in great spirits after beating Nimes 8-0 in the last French championship round. Cluj are third European league compared to PSG. They mostly didn't even reach Champions League last season after crashing out in qualifying matches. We can take season 2011/12 for comparison since they reached Top 32 back then like this season. They played Lyon back then to concede a total of 12 goals (9-0, 3-0) and I think they're in for a similar outcome today. Details

Over/under margins were set at 47.5, based on statistics and traditional duels these two played in previous seasons, and that's the least important measure for today. Both teams changed their rosters significantly, especially Nykobing. They now play fast fastbacks, with one of the fastest Danish players, Kristina Kristiansen, lead by her long-time coach Niels Agesen, Holstebro's ex coach. A team with the biggest number of shots, among three most efficient offenses of the league, but also the second worst defense. The home team's coach isn't happy with his defense either, they conceded 29.5 goals per match after five matches played (four championship, one cup). Ringkobing gained width this season, and their game got faster compared to the last seasons. Both wing players, Simone Rasmussen and Željka Nikolić, are quite efficient, with 26 goals per match. This pick is generally based on Nykobing's game, with lots of offensive options, and under-average defense. So, as long as we can pick margins under 55 goals on their matches, there is value in betting on over. Details

It sounds amazing that Copenhagen, who currently have in their roster six players who are candidates for the national team, played four rounds and didn't win a single point. The problem is "mental", because of great ambitions and weak results in the last two seasons, they have been characterized as "losers", but it's time for them to show their quality, and today's hosts are the best opponents to start that with. Sonderjyske as former second-league team can't deal with the best Danish teams and this season not only will they hardly save themselves from being knocked-out, but they will hardly reach any points at all. Today they're welcoming Copenhagen who are after points and who have four players n their roster who will play for Denmark next week in the European Championship qualifications. This is too much for the hosts. Details

Even as they beat Randers in the Danish Cup this week Viborg displayed the same kind of problems they've been dealing with since the start of the season that affect both their game and results. They lack consistency, the defense is far from an ideal level, the number of technical errors is too high, which was to be expected to some extent since everyone on the team is new besides left back and pivot. Right backfield is not good and depends on veteran Skov, which is not going to do it against the top Danish defense. The visitors concede an average of only 21,5 goals, while their offense gradually improves too. Right back Burgaard joined from Viborg and is one of only two new players on the team. Their goal keeper Elder was the voted the best goal keeper in the league last season and have now acquired Vojcic from Randers. Four back-to-back wins, three of which by 4 or more goals show that Midtjyland are on a roll and that they will go for the fifth win today. All the prerequisites are there for a win by three of more goals. Details

First league Sola and second tier Stabaek, who were relegated at the end of last season meet today. That is the only advantage for the home team. Only three players left the visitors last summer while the key players stayed and some good acquisitions joined. Stabaek would be able to stand up t most top Norwegian teams. Three convincing wins in three rounds prove that they plan to get promoted very soon Gjovik 24-15, Arendal 31-19, Viking TIF 34-22). They managed to beat top tier Halden in a test game 32-22 while beating the newly promoted Raelingen 32-30.
Sola got promoted after spending two seasons in the second-best Norwegian league. Not much has changed on the team since last season, as only two players left and two joined. They are on a 2-3 record after five round. The last defeat was home to Raelingen home. Since both teams have at least 5-6 players who were here three seasons ago when both teams were in top division, let's just add that Sola lost twice easily back then. The win t Stabaek is worth the stake. Details

I think that between the handicap at Randers and the over at this margin, the over has more value. Randers are one of the main contenders for the title, at least for now as they acquired some good-quality players and experience. They now have a wide spectrum of option, especially in offense. They are currently the most efficient team in the championship with an average off 31 goal per game. They so far recorded three easy wins and a draw against a direct rival Esbjerg (29-29). Viborg need time to get everything working as the team needs more time together since almost the entire lineup got changed. The offense has a new dimension now with one of the top Danish players Norgaard and top shooter Sov. However, instability is their problem at this point. That is more obvious in defense, as the last match against Aarhus proved. Viborg had a 4-goal lead at half time to lose by 5 in the end (23-28). The defense conceded staggering 18 goals to Aarhus's not-too-fast offense. We therefore have good Randers' offense, who went over this margin in 4 our of 5 games in the season easily, on the one hand, and Viborg, who are still looking for their top game, on the other. All of that suggest we'll see at least 2-3 goal over this margin. Details

I'm counting on Silkerborg's poor form and Holstebro's injury struggles here. Those can definitely affect their respective performances in this match. GThe home team changed three players, two of whom were top scorers, which is why they had certain worries about efficiency ahead of the season. But there was no reason for worries, as the players who joined proved to be great help on the offensive end. The goal keepers are good too, which is also important and three of Silkeborg's players moved from Skive, which means they needed less time to get the game organized.

Holstebro have 3 defeats in the first 4 rounds, with the last one being especially painful (to Ringkobing 30-37 away). Solkeborg beat Rongkobing the previous round 24-23. Laerke Moller, top backfield player hot injured meaning only Jensen is left for the middle back position, even though she played left back position more at Vippers in the last two seasons. Top goal keeper Solberg is also questionable, and left backs Roberts and Hansen aren't even close to top form. I think that makes the handicap at Silkeborg a good option. Details

Bietigheim have 18 equally good players in their roster, 12 of them who were or still are playing for the German, Brazilian, Dutch or Danish national teams. They were shocked when they lost to Blomberg at the beginning of the championship with a minimum difference, and then they got the first win in the second round against Celle (23-21). They repeated the mistakes from the first match again - they were leading with a big difference, and then relaxed, which almost cost them the result this time. They can hardly allow themselves such luxury for the third time in a row. They do need some time to perfect their game with 12 new players in the team, but they were formed early in the summer, and had a very good preparation period where they won two tournaments. In one of those tournaments, they convincingly beat their opponent for today, Goppingen, 33-21. Have something big changed in the home team that they'd now fear losing to Goppingen, less than a month later? I expect Bietigheim to win for sure.
Goppingen got two defeats at the beginning of the season, but were competitive in both matches for 40-45 minutes. Their game would go down big time in the final minutes because of their lack of good players in the rotation. Nine players were used both directions.
This means Bietigheim are better in almost any position, they've got max width in the roster, and not even a month ago, they showed there's a big difference between them and their rivals. Details

Celle displayed a number of shortcomings in the fist two rounds. They talked about changes, especially in offense but those changes (11 players) did nothing to help. They have only one pivot while their current results are mostly affected by the injury struggles. Middle back Milica Covic missed the last match in Bietigheim and might not play today. A few other players are injured which left the coach with 9 players on the roster for the Bietigheim game. That made Celle seem even more limited in offense as they scored only 43 goals in the last two games. On the other hand, Wildungen opened with two wins and scored 65 goals. Vasilescu scored 25 and is currently the top scorer. The fact almost nothing changed on the team over the summer helps this early in the season as well. They have no injury struggles at the moment and have a much bigger roster. They are better organized that Celle, all of which makes them the favorite today. Details

This game would be the greatest challenge for the defending champions Thuringer even under normal circumstances. Borussia have two wins so far, courtesy of three of their well experienced players from the German national team. One of them (Nadgornaja) played at Thuringer last season and was even their top scorer. Another well-experienced player Schmele made a comeback to score 9 goals in the second match. Thurniger, on the other hand, are hit by injuries. The list of three players grew last week as Jakubintsova got injured again. The new left back Buceschi missed the last round too, just like Reshetinkova, who will not play today. Pivot Snelder missed almost all the practices during this week.

With Voltering on the goal and Nadgornaja and Muller at central defender positions made Dortmund a powerful defense. The average of 21,5 goals conceded proves it. They are to meet a team with powerful fast break, which is what it would be a mistake to rush into anything since all the players that are important in defense mean a lot in offense as well. The fact a few Thuringer's wing players a out and that they struggle with backfield as well means the situation is perfect for a game at around 50 goals. Details

Two defeats for the current vice champions and Cup winner Buxtehuder are no surprise. 8 players have left and that affected their game as players from the youth ranks cannot do equally well. They are to face Leverkusen today, who lost the season opened to Thuringer 23-30 but then beat Fuchse 32-27 in the second round.

Both of the opponents here are young. Leverkusen have the youngest roster in the league (average age of 22,5) as well as a few new players on both tams which suggests we'll see close to 60 goals today. Captain Klein should be back on the home team. She is important on both ends of the floor, which will lift some pressure off of Gubernatis, who is the key figure in offense. She averaged 4,5 goals in the first two games. We can expect her bigger efficiency today. At Leverkusen, we have two new goal keepers who have not done that well so far. In offense, there are two new wins Schilk and Janouskova. The two of them have taken a lot of responsibility regarding efficiency, which is mostly down to top scorer Nadzinavicius this season as well.
Leverkusen played a more offense oriented test games (Lubin 28-28, Hypo Vienna 31-25, Pogon Sczecin 30-30), which suggested that defense will be the weak link. The fact that these teams played 8 overs and only 2 unders at this margin over the past few seasons suggests an over today. Details

The draw against Metz in the last round and 4 points out of the total of 6 in the last three rounds, Toulon are in high spirits ahead of the meeting with Besancon. Unlike the visitors, the home team lost their last away game in Dijon (23-25), which was the third straight defeat after 4 rounds. Toulon results are much more significant since they played 4 teams that ended in top 5 last season. Player-wise, neither team changed much since last season. The home team lost their top player and there are also two acquisitions from Spain, alongside Nunez, who is there to step in for last season's top player Lazic. Toulon changed almost the entire backfield. Most of the players that arrived came from Scandinavian teams. Jurisic was fourth top player in the Danish league who had high efficiency in the Denmark and carried on in the same rhythm in France. She is averaging 7 goals per match. Wallen missed the first two matches with a knee injury but her comeback and performances in the last two rounds had a direct affect on Toulon's results.
In this match against Besancon, I think the visitors have the upper hand i quality and backfield dynamics, and in pivot and goal keeper positions. Their goal keeper is currently thrid best in efficiency, averaging 11 goals per game. She had 10 goals in total more than Munoz from the home team.
Another thing, Toulon beat the home team 28-27 mid-last month at the Venus Cup. Toulon lost their two starting backfield players Wallen and Van Plphen. To sum up, the option that Toulon will stay undefeated tonight is worth going for with this stake. Details

Over at this margin has value and not only because this is a clash between league's top two scorers. There are a few arguments for this tip. Viborg are still at the stage of building a new team. Their defense was deemed a problem a few times in preseason. They were conceding an average of 26 goals in test matches. At seasons start, they are averaging 25.3 but they conceded 29 to Nykobing and 27 to Esbjerg in the last two games. Esbjerg could have gone over 30 goals easily in that game but they brought the intensity down as they had a 10-goal lead in the last 10 minutes to score only one goal. As for Viborg's offense, it is lead by Lina Udo, who is a former Viborg player. She has made the offense much faster this season and she can take advantage of all the potential problems in the defense she knows very well. There is also the result from a test match that took place late last month, which was 36-29 for Viborg. The top scorer Norgaard and the aforementioned Uno scored 5 goals each and finished at top scorers in that match. And finally, both of their last season's h2h matches also finished over the margin (27-25, 26-26). Details

Molde are without a single win and with only one point after three rounds. Sola are one spot above with one point more because of the win over Nordstrand in the second round. The game taking place today is a meeting of two newly-promoted teams. Sola were by far the best second division team while Molde finished as 1st Division runner-ups to get promoted to top league. Sola changed almost nothing. They have the starting roster from last season and also, they acquired a new player at the right back position, which was a problem last year. Their new right back is junior international Kallesta, who turned out to be one of the key figures in offense after three rounds. On the other hand, there is Molde. They acquired a few good internationals like Khouildi and goal keeper Blazek. The central figure on this team is the 20-year-old middle back Obaidli, who had a debut for Norway's A team to score her first two goals. She is back on the list for Norway's games mid-October. Molde sound better than Sola player-wise but they need time and their problems are quite visible.

Both teams have a lot of potential in offense, especially Molde. They are averaging 53 shots per game and have players like Obaidi and Khouildi, who can do pretty much what ever they want, which results in up to ten goals for each per game. Lack of organization and defense quality is the problem. Sola are similar in that respect as both teams currently hold Top 3 spots in goals conceded. Sola concede almost 30, Molde 27 per game. The h2h games from last season (28-27, 31-27) suggest we'll see at lest 2-3 goals over the margin today. Details

Belgium are quite ambitious with their "EC 2017 qualifications", and they have good reason for it. They got into a relatively easy group in which, except for the first seed England, are Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Estonia, and realistically Belgium are the biggest favorites for winning the second place. The Belgium "new wave" of good players is led by forward Tessa Wullaert.
I the last check-up a few days before today's match (September 16th) Belgium beat Poland 5-0, after the first half it was 3-0. That same Poland in the WC 2015 qualifications beat and scored a draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina (3-1, 1-1). The fact that Belgium are on a rise has been confirmed by the result by the end of May this year and beating Norway (3-2) who are a team at the top of women's football.

They have great results in the preliminary season, an ambitious line up, quality offense and the rivals whose main forte are their offense (two players, Kulis and Krso). This suggests we will see a match full of goals today. Details

I expect the team who have a bigger player width in the draw to win, who don't have a problem with organizing the defense. The problem is the offense. But, better and more talented players came along, primarily right back Cecilie De La Cour who was the best scorer of the league last year. Her goals are expected today, she scored only seven goals in three matches, maybe she's under pressure of expectations, but it's a matter of time when she will break free. They're playing against Odense who have a couple of very good names, such as Jakobsen, Adler and Haugsted, but they're also a team with a lot of injuries (main problem in organizing the game). Copenhagen should use all of these weaknesses. In the preliminary season their match was a draw (24-24), but Odense were stronger at the time because of Offendal and Kristiansen, both of whom are not today in Odense's team. Details

England are to play their first match after the World Cup, where they won te bronze medal. According to their manager, the English players want to turn that bronze into an European gold. They are faced to met Estonia at the start of that road to Euro. Estonians are the worst team in that group (Belgium, Serbia, Bosnia), they opened the qualifying cycle with a defeat to Serbia last week. In that match, Estonia had only 2 shots on target, while Serbia controlled the game and had 8 shots on target. In the end, Serbia finished with only one goal from the late stage of the first half to get the job done.

England will definitely not stop at just one goal. These two teams never met before but we can take a look at a few results that could be indicative of this match. Estonia finished the WC qualifiers on a 1-8 record, having lost to Spain 0-5 and 0-8, Italy 1-5 and 0-4, the Czech republic 1-4 and 0-6. That same Italy lost to England 2-0. Furthermore, in 2013 Euro qualifiers, Estonia lost all 8 games (Finland 0-6, 0-5, Ukraine 1-4, 0-5, Belarus 1-2, 2-4). Against those same teams, England had the following results from early 2014 until mid-2015: two wins over Finland 3-0, 3-1, two over Ukraine 4-0, 2-1 and two over Belarus 3-0, 6-0.

Estonia are simply one of the worst Euro teams, as their top team Parno's results prove. Half of the team plays at Parno. They regularly lose to Romanian, Slovenian and Hungarian teams in qualifiers by two or more goals. They conceded 27 goals to Wolfsburg in two matches two seasons ago when on account of a favorable draw Parno made it into top 32. England are without 4 players that were inn the bronze-winning roster, two of them were starters. That means they are nearly complete and ready to open qualifiers with a great result. Both options - the 4,75 over and the handicap at England are both good. Details

Today someone should pay for Larvik's weaker edition and a lot point against Byasen, and Tertnes is on the menu. Tertnes have one of the youngest rosters. In between two seasons they lost three starters, and their third pivot left them in last season. A lot of things tell us today that we will see Larvik's two-digit win. Details

Both teams had a successful start to the new season, Thuringer home against Leverkusen (30-23), Oldenburg against Goppingen away (31-26). Before that first round, Thuringer bat Buxtehuder in the Cup final 24-22 to claim their first trophy of the season. What is bothering Thuringer's coach Muller at the start of the new season are injuries that 7 of his players currently suffer. 4 of them were injured from before much two more joined the list, while wing Reshetnikov remains questionable. Given the bad situation, new backfield player Hruscakova joined immediately from Michaelovce and will play today.

Oldenburg have 4 new players, while 7 left over the summer but only 2 of them played an important role on the team. The most important part of the team was preserved and the new acquisitions are of good quality. Duler joined to help defense while the most important part of the team left by Geschke stayed. Oldenburg played two test tournaments and won one after beating Buxtehuder in the final 35-24. They played the final in the other one as well but lost to Lada from Russia. Their roster this season can stand up to top German team and since they beat Thuringer in German Cup semifinals late last season, I don't see any reason for them not to win today again, given the injury struggles on the home team. We'll go with the safer option that is this handicap. Details

Esbjerg convincingly lost in the qualifications finals for the Champions League against the Romanian team Baia Mara. They were shaken with the defeat and how the Champions League slipped out of their hands. But, they did lose to a better team who had the same ambitions and who has been preparing themselves for more than two months for that final match. This defeat can't ignore a couple of facts: Team Esbjerg are still the biggest favorites for the Danish championship title, they have an almost unchanged line up which has been made stronger thanks to two back shots Alm and Rigeluth, they're a team with biggest width and they started preparing early for the season. Further on, they started the season with two wins over the current champions Midtjylland, first in the Supercup finals (27-19), and two weeks later in the first round of the new championship (29-23). In the second round they scored a draw in a "hot" away match against Randers in which they were at +3 a couple of minutes before the end. Viborg are all over the place with their shape, their game and their results which is to be expected since they have nine new players, a new coach, and that they will need time to score important results. Maybe during the season, but at this point, they're not a threat to Esbjerg. Details