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Last year, Denmark and Montenegro played two matches, first for the palcement to EC U17 qualifications (ended 24-24), second in EC U17, where Denmark won 23-17. Year later, this WC, we have Montenegro whose players play in the same club the whole season, Danilovrad, they played a regional league against the better senior team and their main players played for the Montenegro senior team in the EC 2014 qualifications for the first time. Compared to those two matches previously mentioned, they have two strong players from the starting roster, wing Bulatovic and forward Ramusovic, while Denmark lack two players that made the Danish backbone in EC last year, Flader and Christensen. On this WC, Montenegro had seven consecutive wins till the semifinals, they lost the semi in the last three minutes of the match. Denmark don't have a strong individual player, but their collective is strong, there's a great goalie, but she showed lots of weaknesses during this WC, especially against the defensive teams, Montenegro leading the list of defensive teams. They got away with a tie against the Romanians in the group, they saved themselves against the Russians in the quarterfinal by scoring a goal in the last offense, and were outplayed by the Germans in the semifinals, even though the Germans' reputation was worse and they had less individual options in the offense. The Montenegrins also have the psychological momentum on their side because they fulfilled their goal by being placed among top four teams, and they'll definitively go after the medal today, while Denmark wanted to get to the finals at least, and pointed out their goal was to win the title here. I expect a match where the difference will be a goal or two for one of them, the value is the handicap offered for the Montenegrins, and a valuable pick is a smaller stake on their win, too. Details

The very statement from Denmark's coach that the game against Germany marks the start of the WC for them is a good indicator of how focused his team is for today. Denmark's game against Argentina yesterday was nothing than practice for them as they rotated all their players and this represent an advantage over the Germans who had a more difficult match against the Netherlands and feared until the last moment for their points. Their right-back Smits and right wing Rast played the entire game without a substitution. The Danes have the imperative of winning the title and Russia are their only real rivals, as they've won all their friendlies before the tournament, and only one of them by less than 4 goal. Among other teams, they played against Germany and beat them by 25-21. Many experts say this generation is one of the most talented in the past decade and the expectations are huge which means they should handle today's game with full concentration and win by at least 5 goals. Details

This is the third decisive match of the final series in the Greek handball league. The game was scheduled for 30th May but was rescheduled due to riots between AEK's fans and the police right before the game. Because of that, the game was forced to be played almost a month later, on neutral turf and without any fans, which is a big downside for the home team, whose fans were a huge help in the games against Diomidis throughout the season. Among other things, AEK's fans interrupted the games by getting into the pitch, threw fireworks onto Diomidis's bench, tossed a bag filled with yogurt next to their bench. In terms of stats, AEK have fours wins in four games against Diomidis this season, and the biggest win were was 4 goals, but Diomidis very close in both games of this final series. In the first match that AEK played at home, the final score was 25-25 and AEK won by 31-28 after overtime. The second match was played in Diomidis's court and they dominated the whole game and won it by 29-24, thus tying the score in the series for the title. Both teams have experienced former and current Greek national team players and other experienced internationals. Considering the results from the first two games and the fact that AEK will not be supported by their fans, Diomidis are going into this game as an equal opponent and one can expect a tight match, which will come down to one or two goals. Details

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Both Nantes and Nice managed to avoid relegation in the penultimate play off round. Nantes beat Nimes 32-30, while Nice beat Besancon 27-23, meaning there's no pressure on either team today. They don't have to win, but still, there are a few things that suggest a serious approach, and a win by at least 2 goals for the home team. First and foremost, Nice will have to do without Bijana Fiipovic, one of the best back players, who broke a finger in the last round game. She was Nice's most efficient player in the last meeting with Nantes early this month, having scored 7 goals. Secondly, this will be a farewell game for two of the players at Nantes - Maris Balsi and Marion Anti. Both are retiring after this game, and both, having joined the club in 2010, left a trace at it. This will also be the last performance here for goal keeper Tomasevi and line woman Dzono. They are leaving and joining other clubs next season. All of that should be enough for motivation. Nantes also claim that they want to finish the season in position 7, which was the goal set ahead of the season, and they want to beat Nice for the first time this season to get back at them for that defeat a month ago (25-24). That game was not a reflection of home team's quality. And lastly, both their goal keepers recorded 4 saves combined. Details

Oldenburg and Metzingen are in positions 5 and 6 with the same number or points. The fifth position they are fighting for today is no better than the 6th, at least when it comes to Europan cups positions. Oldenburg are the second most efficient team in the championship (the best German team and this season's champions Thuringer are the most efficient team), but Oldenburg are at the same team the team that conceded more goals than any other team in this play off. The tendency for their games to end as overs is more and more obvious, Oldenburg have only one under in the last ten games, at the margin set for this game. They went over the 60 goals margin in the last four games (65, 61, 96, 71), and managed to score 31 goal even to Thuringen. Metzingen are not a very efficient team, they have 4 unders and only one over in the last five games. But, if we take a look at the teams they played against, we realize those teams are in the battle for the third, very significant position (Buxtehunde and Leverkusen). They also played the champions Thuringer (best defense) away, and in the end scored 23 goals. Oldenburg will be deciding this game, this is the farewell game for six of their players, and they will surely want to end their time here in a good way. Since this is the last game of the season and Oldenburg tens to record overs, the overall over at this margin for the set stakes is worth opting for as well. Details

Thuringer have 27 consecutive wins, 30 wins in 31 matches, just 1 draw and 0 defeats. Their only priority here is to win or remain undefeated. After winning the German Cup, Leipzig have suffered a drop in form in last few weeks. They have 2 consecutive defeats and their coach has said they have been playing well below par lately. There is only one reason why the odds on the home team are dropping - Thuringer had a 'trip' to Mallorca from Sunday to Wednesday. This match couldn't not be scheduled after this game today due to obligations with the national team and Thuringer will probably come in not so ideal form for this match. On the other hand, everyone in Thuringer is saying they will do everything to win this and end the season undefeated, especially their coach Muller who is not just a huge handball coach but a handball fanatic. Thuringer have beaten Leipzig three times this season - +4 , +17 and + 8 two months ago. They have been consistent this season, unlike Lepzig, and I believe they will not only remain undefeated but that they will beat the home team and confirm their domination in German handball. Details

The Finns are underestimated again today, even though they defeated Belarus 3-1 in sets seven days ago, with 10 points difference. The Belarus had a bit better approach in the last match against the Turks, in part because of the Turks' more relaxed approach, but they again repeated all of their weaknesses that were characteristic during the first qualifying tournament - not playing well together, big number of mistakes in all three matches, especially the offense. In the match against Finland, they lost a duel in the element of the game where they announced their dominance, block. Finland have a good young potential that, when combined with a few more experienced players, play very good on this tournament. The constant roster play in the best German clubs, and it gives results. Unlike the first match, the pressure is even more on the Belarus side now. Except for the two-three more experienced players, this rejuvenated Belarus team don't have the quality or the experience to deal with the burden. There's also a +2.5 handicap for the Finns in the offer, which is a great material for the combination, we're going after two won sets, which is paid well for the stakes invested. Details

These are the last two games this season for these two teams and they are only playing for prestige as the third spot has no benefit. Le Havre have secured the Challenge Cup for next season while Fleury will take part in the Cup Winners' Cup after winning their national Cup. In addition, Fleury are emotionally drained after winning the Cup five days ago, which was the first trophy in the club's history. Everyone is waiting for the end of the season and we can expect a bit more freeflowing game without too much tension. Statistically speaking, Fleury are the most efficient team in the French League, both H2H's in regular season have gone over, their first saw 67 goals and the second saw 57 goals, although it could have gone well over 60 considering its dynamics and the fact that we saw 30 goals in the first half. On the other hand, Le Havre scored 27 and 25 goals in their two far more important semi-final matches against the best defense in France (Metz) so I don't see why they couldn't score one ore two more in the last game of the season in front of their home fans. Details

Belarus have beaten Denmark by 41 points but Denmark are on semi-amateur level, they are physically inferior than Belarus. Finland are a team with evident progress in their youth categories in recent years, their youth team has been very close to the final EC tournament, the best team in Finland, Viesti, have been getting excellent results in the European cups. Finland have players in top German clubs like Schwerin, Wiesbaden and Aachen. In last two years, Finland has taken a set against Belarus on two occasions, last year they lost the match after three sets, but two of those sets were decided by one ball. Belarus have a much younger team here and are without three standard players that carried their game, especially their fine tuned diagonal Tumas - Palcheuskaya, which i not here, and things were not ideal last night against Denmark. Finland have a squad filled with their best potential, and can match them with their height. One set is a very realistic option, and a very well-paid one and definitely worth the stake. Details

Leverkusen need the points to take the third spot and a very important place in European competitions. They have beaten Metzingen three times this season, it was +4 on two occasions and +13 three months ago on this very location. They have a wide roster, deadly back court with Jochin, Naidzinavicius and Zapf. Metzingen have no imperative in terms of results, they have three consecutive defeats in the playoffs, the players are exhausted from the long season and they can't wait for the season to end. If Leverkusen were able to beat them convincingly throughout the season, I see no reason for them not to win now especially when the result only matters to them. Details

Two more rounds until the end, Lepzig have a firm grasp of the second spot and the German Cup title and did not approach the last three games with complete dedication, and one can expect the same today. Their average number of goals conceded has deteriorated in last 3 games and is 28 goals per game in that period. On the other hand, Buxtehuder are chasing the third spot, they're one point behind Leverkusen and a defeat today would definitely cause them to lose out on the desired position. They have high intensity performance, lots of running and games with many goals scored and allowed. They have 4 overs and only 1 under in last 5 games, 7 overs in 10 games for this margin. They're the worst team in terms of goals conceded in this playoffs, and the head-to-heads between these two teams saw 2 high overs (59 and 68 goals), 1 high under (51 goals) and 1 game that was right on this margin (56 goals) in the Cup semi-finals. Today's timing is almost ideal for a 60-goal match. Details

Viborg's entire season managed to fit into tonight's final rematch. This year they won the national Cup and the cup winner's Cup, but the championship title is the crown of the season and Viborg's main target. They've lost only four games this entire season, and in the last two months the defeat against Midtjyland was the first loss after nine consecutive wins. They won every home game on all three fronts, 18 in total. With all due respect to Midtjyland, Viborg are the more complete team this season, and the favorites for the title here. Twenty minutes of losing focus and flying solo in the first match of the final cannot erase the fact that Viborg have beaten Midtjyland three times this year, +9, +5, and +3, and that they led for the bigger part of the first final match , with Midtjyland getting the +2 final score only in their last attack. It is true Viborg are missing their Swedish player Torstensson, who is an important part of their game on both ends of the court, but she was also missing in the first part of the season, and Viborg won twice easily then. The home team have very good options on offense so her absence can only reflect on defense. Midtjyland , on the other hand, will also be missing their important central defender Spellerberg, who got injured during the first match, which is another plus for Viborg. The handicap is set at the margin Viborg need to win the title, and that is worth playing for the set stake. Details

We have a two goals lower margin than the offer we had on yesterday's third match of this final series, which was certainly influenced by the score of the third match (22-29), which was not a realistic reflection of the game on the court, and that has to be exploited. The match was dynamic, just like their duels in the first two games of the final in Volgograd (which ended in 56 and 58 goals). Lada fired off 54 and Dinamo had 55 shots in the match, which is again close to their total average in the final of 58 for Lada and 53 for Dinamo. We should note that 32 goals were scored in the first half, Dinamo slowed things down in the second part as they had a 5 goal lead, and had bad experienced earlier, losing two matches by brute force and the shorter rotation of their bench. We've already said a few times that Lada base their success this season on the fast transformation of the game, rotating 14 players, averaging 55 shots on offense, and 30 goals per game in their last five games, with aggressive pressing on the opponents. With Volgograd ahead 2-1 and a step away from the title, and with Lada having no room for error, we can expect a similar scenario and a tempo at least on the level of the previous three games of this final, which leans towards over at this margin. Details

Both teams have had a five day break after the second match in the playoffs, which is something that works in Zvezda's favor. Even though they won the first game in Rostov and had the rival on the ropes, Zvezda lost the second match that they should have won and the reason for this is narrower bench and the absence of Postnova. This second defeat will not affect Zvezda too much as they have one break from Rostov's arena and they will be better prepare than last week when they played 3 games in 5 days. The recipe to win is well-known, Zvezda can beat Rostov through fast and dynamic attacks, which was their style in the 90 minutes of the first two games in this series. The first two matches saw 53 and 48 goals, and we can't take the first one as the measure of things as Rostov flopped on both ends and were not focused. The second ended in 48 goals but the dynamic of the match was such that it could have seen well over 55 goals as Rostov had 57 shots and Zvezda had 50. They have played four times during the season, and the two games in the league saw 55 and 57goals, while the Russian Cup games saw 54 and 47. At home, Zvezda dictate the tempo and in this situation, we are closer to 55-56 goals. Details

When it comes to duels between Oldenburg and Buxtehuder this season, their style and approach, the statistics are far on the side of anothe rreally offensive match. All three matches they played this season ended over this margin, 58, 71, and 64 goals in their last match 40 days ago. A trend to go over is present in both of these teams in their last matches, both have four overs and one under on this margin. Oldenburg only have one under in the last 10, Buxtehuder only three in the same period. Both teams have a fast center, don't make long attacks, and all lines of the team are equally active in realizing their chances. Competitively, Oldenburg are playing to win so they'd get the fifth place, which doesn't have any benefits in its own, but they are traditionally playing with high intensity when it comes to neighborly duels against Buxtehuder. Details

The only things that speaks against this bet is the H2H score between these two teams, which is 3 unders and 1 over for this margin, but this over was the last game they played. There are many things that speak in favor of an over here. Thuringer are in celebratory mood, they have secured the title, they have announced certain rotations in the team, primarily on goal. Their intensity in recent period has been very offensively-minded and they only had 1 under in last 6 games, which came in the duel against Leverkusen when they were motivated to confirm the title and get back at Leveruksen for their only defeat this season. From then on, their motivation has been to end the season without a defeat, but that doesn't mean they will not use a highly offensive team that has averaged a total of 32 goals per game this season, especially in their arena and against a team that has an average of 25 goals conceded in last 5 games, which is ideal for a game with at last 55 goals. Details

Perhaps after the win after penalties Volgograd have the momentum but we have to watch things from a different angle here. Lada are more complete as a team, they have the widest roster in the Russian league, and their rotation of 13-14 players is something that yields results, especially at this point. Lada are in high competitive rhythm but that has not affected the quality of their performances and their results, quite the contrary. First they secured this final with 3 consecutive wins in semi-finals, then they won the EHF Cup against Esbjerg by beating they with +11 in the first leg and a draw in the second. One could see the home team's performance dropping in the yesterday's first final match as Lada dictated the tempo and had a win in their hands but a momentary lapse of attention cost them the win. Only 24 hour hours later, Lada's width and the experience should come into fruition and the expectations are high. These odds on Lada are worth taking. Details

Two things are important for picking Rostov in the first leg for the 3rd place. First of all, it's freshness and depth of their squad as they had less games to play recently. They had 3 games in 8 days while Zvenigorod had 5 to play in the same period, two of which were the final games of the Cup Winners' Cup. Rostov also have their full squad available, which has been a decisive factor against their opponents throughout the season. Secondly, it's a matter of head-to-heads as Rostov have a total of 7 wins and 3 defeats in last 10 games and had been undefeated at home in last three years, winning all games by at least goals (this season 30-27 away, 29-26 at home) all until the last game - the second leg of the Cup in which they lost by 1 goal 23-24. The conditions for Rostov's win and continuing their winning tradition are much more favorable today. Details