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This should have been a live tip but in the meantime it became available on Pinnacle and with other bookies. We have two very motivated teams. The WC is at stake. Russia are the Olympic champions but Poland have done better in h2h games the last few years. Poland beat 29-26 them last season at EC to eliminated them from the competition. A year later, Poland recorded a new wins over Russia 21-20). Just three months later, the same teams met again in the Olympic qualifiers, which was played in Russia. The home team won 27-25 to get in the Olympics. Poland won 30-22 and Russia won 31-21 back in 2012.
After the gold in Rio, Russia rebuilt the team and there are now only 7 of those who won gold in Rio on the list. Poland, on the other hand, have basically the same team that played EC late in 2016. Poland recorded all three defeats there, all three were unders (France 22-31, Germany 20-22, the Netherlands 21-30). Russia finished in 7 at that EC, 5 of their 6 games finished at under 55 goals (Croatia 32-26, Romania 17-22, Norway 21-23, Czech Republic 26-24, Denmark 26-26 Hungary 26-26).
To sum up, we have two games which will decide the entire year. Also, we have 5 h2h meetings since 2012, 4 of which were unders. One was over with 55 goals but at half time it was at 24 goals. And finally, Russia have two overs and 1 under at the last friendly tournament in Antalia but those teams cannot be compared. Poland played Belarus at 47 in March, Ukrain at 43 and Slovakia 54. That's just another reason to believe in an under now. Details

These two teams meet in the semis second leg which is played today and tomorrow in Bietigheim. Thuringer are runner-ups in Germany, while Metzingen finished in spot 3. What is relevant about the runner-ups is the number of injured players. That has not changed today. They are still without 5 players: Luzumova MB, Niederwieser LB, Scheffknecht LB, Planeta RB and goal keeper Krause. That means they will play with 1 goal keeper and 8 field players. They played like that the last 6 championship games to record 3 wins, 2 draws and one defeat. They beat easily the teams that had nothing to play for and played a draw with Buxtehuder who fought for spot 4. They lost by 11 in the last round to champions Bietigheim.
Metzingen are among the top three German teams. They were in spot 2 after the first part of the season and later started lagging behind because they played two competitions and their top two players hot injured. After the defeat to Oldenburg in April, the coach was sacked and Edina Rott took over. They recorded three convincing wins with her and lost in the last game to Neckersulemr. That was an irrelevant game for Metzingen.
When it comes to h2h games Metzingen won the first one 30-24 while Thuringer retaliated 35-28 in the second. Players who won't be there today scored 15 goals in total for Thuringer. Thuringer can win even with 8 players against teams that have nothing to play for. At the same time, they struggle with top team. Metzingen are just as ambitious as them, they are complete and they are favorites today. Details

Dinamo beat Resita 32-23 yesterday, Slobozia and Resita are to play tomorrow. This is basically the game that will settle the race for top spot and decide who gets promotion. Slobozia finished the season in spot 12, with 3 wins, 2 draws and 17 defeats. They recorded just two wins in the last 10 championship rounds, 3 in total in 2017.In the previous seasons, their opponents were weaker and less ambitious, which is not the case this season. Dinamo finished the season in spot two of the Divison a (second division) and went into this season ambitiously. They have a great coach, some top division players. Dinamo finished the season with 25 wins and just one defeat. The only defeat was to Rapid in November (18-26 without 4 players who came to Dinamo for the second part of the season). Dinamo retaliated in the second part of the season 28-22. The two-goal deficit from h2h matches decided on the top spot in the league. Dinamo played more test games with top division teams during the season. They beat Slobozia 27-24, Braila 29-28, Corona Brasov 29-31, Ramnica Valcea 35-35. All those teams are better than Slobozia. Dinamo's ambition is not only to get in the top division. They want to be competition to CSM Buchustresti. They said some stars are to join the team, some more money is to be invested. All of that depends on these 60 minutes. They even expect ref and federation help is necessary to get the promotion. It seems like their quality will be good enough for that. This is available with multiple bookies, as well as live. The Unirea under 25,5 is a good option as well. Details

Pogon and Koszalisnka are to end their season today. Pogon are in spot 5 and cannot improve, while their opponents sit in spot 6 and will finish there. Pogon won two out of 3 h2g meetings of this season, Koszalin won once (25-17). The last meeting, which was played in Koszalin some 3 weeks ago, was won by Pogon 30-16 (15-11 ht). Koszalin scored just one goal in the last 13 minutes. Two games were unders, but all three took place back when Pogon were in the race for top three spots. Koszalin were close to that as well. All three had the pace for over 50 goals. Let's also add that both meetings of last season finished at over 55 (28-28, 31-27). The margin is ow too high, neither team has much to play for, they both recorded three defeats in the last three games (4 out of 6 finished over 50, one at 47, one at 46). They are exhausted and I expect this to be something they want to just get over with. Details

Just four days after grabbing the Bundesliga title with a win in Leverkusen, Bietigheim are to play the EHF final first-leg game against Rostov-Don from Russia. These teams already met twice in this competition this season. Rostov won both of those games, first at Ludwigsburg Arena23-20 and 34-24 in Rostov. Rostov reached the final through Metzingen (29-18 and 31-21). Rostov controlled the best and the third best offense in Bundesliga in all 4 games and never allowed over 24 goals. Both first games which they played with Bietigheim and Metzingen finished with under 50 goals. The home team has the best defense in Bundesliga with an average of 23 goals conceded. Rostov are dominant in Russia and average 21 goal. They started the European season in CL group stage. They were under 54 goals 4 times against very good defenses. They were at 55 once and 57 once. The home team said they will play for the result, with as few mistakes as possible. When we sum up, the defense numbers and the results of their head-to-head games a few months ago (43 and 58 goals) plus a potential game for the result in the first leg, it seems like the 54-goal margin is at least 2 goals too high. Details

This is the third match of this series. The result after the first two match in this final is 1-1. Both were played in Stara Pazova. Vizura took a 1-0 lead 1-3 (16-25,25-22,12-25,23-25) while Jedinstvo retaliated with a 3-0 win (25-29,25-17,25-21). It's a best of three three format and Vizura are set to host the third and fourth match. This will be their 7th meeting of the season. Jedinstvo won 5 times, Vizura just once. At the start of the season (13 October), Jedinstvo won the Supercup final against the defending champions Vizura 3-2 in sets. They recorded two wins in regular season as well, In the Cup final, Jedinstvo recorded their third straight sets wins for their second trophy of the season. The 5th win for Jedinstvo was the last one, in the second final match. Why did they put up a poorer performance in the first match? Mostly the fact Jedinstvo played two games more in the semis against Tent and that the final fifth match was very long and took place only three days before the start of the final series. Vizura dealt with their semifinal opponents in three matches. Things went back to normal in the second match. Jedinstvo are more experienced, have a better quality bench unlike Vizura who mostly play with the same 8 players. Vizura changed 3 coaches this season and that needs to be notes as well. Home court advantage means nothing in this league and I expect Jedinstvo to respond today. They deserve to be the favorites based on results from this season. The game is widely available and paying more than the limit at Pinnacle isn't a problem. Details

Fenerbahce won the second match of the final series in straight sets(25-20,25-23,25-21) to get just one step away from the title. Fener opened well from the start, they did better and were more stable on reception and blocking. They struggled a bit only in the second set. Overall, it was a well deserved win but we need to note two things from that match. In the second set when Galatasaray controlled the result at 13-14, their fans made a sound of a bomb going off for the third time which suspended the match +. Early in the third set, coach Ataman had an altercation with Fener's coach Abbondanza. Both were sent off. That affected the final score.

Only Galata's fans will be in the stands today, which was arranged beforehand. Their fans were under a constant pressure from the stands in the first two matches. Fener's fans are expected to be under pressure today. Being in the final is success for Galatasaray and they are under no pressure here. That means they will be more open and won't go down easily. They will get at least one set. They won one in the first final series match, had a lead of 24-20 and missed out on 5 set points. They had a good ryhthm in the second set of the last game, before the aforementioned break. Details

There are 4 rounds left until the end and there is no room for slips for teams that need points. Neckarsulmer are in a spot that would see them relegated. Looking at their next games, they can expect points here and against Nelligen. That means this game is very important to them. Bad Wildungen have 7 overs in the last 10 games, they like to control the pace. Their opponents were no different. Their today's rival, however, have the second worst offense in Bundesliga, with an average of 23,5 goals and just 3 overs in the last 10 games. The first h2h finished at 25-22 (12-10 HT) for Wildungen. Let's just say that the two h2h matches before that finished as unders (26-23, 30-27). The home team will be without third best scorer Busch (55 goals, 5 in the first h2h), which is another good news for this tip. All of visitors games against teams in the danger zone finished at under 50 goals. When it comes to home team's meetings with the same opponents, they have one over, one under and 23-20 and 31-29 against Nelligen. Details

If Ferencvaros win today, they will earn the first place in the group, until the finish of the match in the French Metz where Vardar will be rushing after a win against the home team. In case Vardar fail, record a draw or defeat, FTC will definitely take over the first place, and practically have an open road to the final CL tournament. That means there's no room for calculating, since if they get defeated, they would endanger the runner-up position as well. They cam to the German Nordhausen with a series of five tied wins (they have four out of four in the main phase of the CL), they were all with a bigger difference than today's offered handicap. In thelast two matches they crushed Buducnost in Podgorica with +8, and reached a safe win against the French Metz with +6. A month ago they were convincing against today's hosts in Budapest and they won with 32-24 (at certain times FTC has an advantage of +12). We have two more games from the CL last season which ended with the Hungarian teams' wins (32-28, 30-27). FTC demonstrated the great shape they're in in a derby against Gyori (28-28), a team who are one of the biggest favorites for the European champions in this season. Thuringer's chances to pass into the quarter-finals after the defeat in Russia are practically non-existent. They need at least three points in the last two remaining games, today against FTC and in an away game in Skopje, and on the other hand Metz should lose both games. Their edition in Astrakhan and three tied defeats in the CL tell us that they will focus on the German championship later in the season. Details

Except for the pick for the set handicap, another great bet is the sum of points which can pass in three sets. Details

The the 6th placed team and the third-placed team. This is their 4th clash this season, UVC Graz won all of them. Twice in the championship it ended 3-1: 26.10 SG Eisenerz/Trofaiach W - UVC Graz W 1-3(26-24, 23-25, 20-25, 16-25); 10.12 UVC Graz W - SG Eisenerz/Trofaiach W 3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 21-25, 25-19). Their last head-to-head was two weeks ago, in the Austrian Cup final, Graz won 3-0 (21:25, 12:25, 21:25) and won the cup title for the first time. And that is where I see our chance today. Only domestic players can play in the cup, of all 4 teams at the Final Four, UVC were the only ones who had no problems with that limit since their roster is made up of only domestic players. Eisenerz played there without four key players. With complete roster, like they will have today, Eisenerz won a set against Graz in both championship games, and they were close to winning two more. Eisenerz finished regular season with five straight wins, which tells us they are a team in top form. One won set on their account today has a great value, and it is paid in unrealistically high price. Details