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Midtjyland's defense dominated the first game and it's now turn for Esbjerg's offense to do the same. They had by far the best offense in Denmark this season. There will be no chance for making amends later, this is the last game of the season. Esbjerg recorded their three wins of the season over these opponents when their offense worked well (27-19 in the final of Danish supercup, 29-23 and 27-25 in the championship). They lost the game which were dominated by defense, which proved to suit only the defending champions. Esbjerg said that they will forget about slowing the game down and hit the throttle to get the title. That kind of a fast-paced game will definitely open a possibility for goals from counterattacks for Midtjyland. The 3500 spectators should give a lot support to Esbjerg. Only one game of this season finished under 50 goals there. I think this one will be close to 50, one goal more or less. Details

The ultimate goal for both of these teams is getting spot 5 here to get into Europe next season. By getting eliminated in the QFs to Erdo, Siofok fell short of the expectations. Just a few days later, the coaches and the players were told that the result is disappointing. At the end, they were told that good performances and that getting a spot in Europe are expected in the 4 remaining games.
Siofok had 12 points more than their opponents in regular season. Alcoa managed to reach spot 8 in the very last round. In head-to-head games of this season, Siofok won home 24-21, while Alcoa got a win in early March (29-23) unexpectedly easily. The reason for Siofok's defeat was looked for in their top scorer and team captain not being there to help. She was suspended for alleged abuse of illegal substances.
- We were confused before the game since we lost one of top players - Siofoko's pivot said the day before the first game against Alcoa.

Siofok beat Erdi twice (28-24, 32-20) and Vaci once (26-24) in the aforementioned 4 games, while losing to Erdi in the QFs second leg. Both of those teams are better than Alcoa. Fehervar lost to Gyori in the QFs as expected (20-32,25-34) and then played the final tournament of the Hungarian cup last weekend. They lost to Erdi 23-25 in the semis and got trashed by Ferencvaros in the game for spot 3 the next day (19-40). This will be their 3rd game in 5 days and the fact is, they didn't have much time to prepare for it. They don't have to win this and don't have as many good players as the opponents. The home team should take advantage of that to get at least a 5-goal lead in this first leg game. Details

Vakifbank are one step away from the champions title (they have three points more than the runner-ups Fenerbahce with whom they're meeting tomorrow in the round before the last). Galatasaray who have their motives in this match, considering there is still a theoretical chance that they will reach the third place leading into the Champions League, have another motive to make life difficult for the favorites today, because of what happened in the first final tournament of the playoffs ten days ago which. In that match, which they lost with 2-3 in sets, and in which Galatasaray were leading with 2-0, Vakifbank acted unsportly after the second set. The match was even stopped, officially because of problems with the TV signal and unofficially because the aforementioned things needed to be hidden. Vakif are a good team with more individual choices and rotation, but Galata have so far been a tough nut to crack for Vakid. Three out of five matches this season ended in five sets. Because of all of this, the option for Galata to win at least one set is worth, and it's widely available online. Details

Molde are in for a task task since they need to win this by 8 or at least 7 goals in case they don't concede over 24. Gjerpen won the first one 31-24. Molde's top player Obaidli got injured in that first game 10 minutes in. She didn't return on the floor, which was crucial in her team losing. She will need surgery and will not be here today. She finished the season with 126 goals as the 4th best scorer, with 50 goals more than Molde's second best scorer. Modle's game in the second half of that first game turned into chaos. They finished with 12 technical errors (twice as many as their opponents) and with only 40 shots in 60 minutes. Gjerpen were better tactically but they are not expected to have the same efficiency from the first game (31 goals from 48 attempts). They are playing away while Molde have much more experience in these kind of games. We have the home team which needs to make up for the deficit, but doesn't have great intensity in offense. The visitors will try and defend the advantage from the first game. Under is a very realistic option here. Details

Surprisingly low margin if we look at the result of their first head-to-head this season at the start of 2016 which finished at 62 goals (22-40) and because of Rosengarten's approach and performance in the last part of the season, which can be seen from their results, but also from a quote from their coach Steffen Brikner: "I want my players to play our last five bundesliga games with pleasure and full strength!". It is already known that Rosengarten did not get the licence to play in the bundesliga and that they will be definitely playing in the second division next season. We should look at the sum of goals at their games since the start of this month, since the decision has been made, 61 goals against Fuchse, 60 against Buxtehuder, and last week 65 against Leipzig. Leverkusen are also formally finishing the season, they are 12 points behind a position that leads to European Cups and they secured their stay in the league. Three of their last 5 games finished at over 60 goals. Rosengarten have all five overs on today's margin, and I don't see a reason why that wouldn't be the case today at Leverkusen. Details

The pick that this is going to be an under is based on more things, and it's more important for the visiting team from France. Issy, minus the two goalkeepers, have 10 players in their rotation, out of which the 18-year-old right back Sercien and left wing Bossavy are just sitting games out. The whole load falls down to eight players, among they don't have a pivot (Wibe and Fehri are injures and won't play in these matches), so back Camara and Lassource rotated on that position. They are focused on a firm defense. Their average of shots is 35-40 per match in 2016. A week before the first semi-final match in this European cup, in the semi-finals of the French Ligue Cup, they recorded only 11 goals in the defeat against Nice (11-20) and the 24 in the first match against Holstebro, and realistically that's their top. On the other hand, Holstebro need to attack the -4 from the first match, but the Danes have limited resources (13 players in the roster, 10 of them active). and two important backs, Roberts and Moller, are not playing. Plus, they are active now and in the playoffs in the Danish championship. On Wednesday they played their first quarter-finals match of the playoffs against Randers which they've won with 26-23, and in three days the second leg is up, so it's hard to expect them to run around today and have a high intensity during the entire 60 minutes. In such circumstances, something similar to Paris is likely to happen. Details

This is a "friendly" match in a neighbor derby between two teams who know each other well. A big number of players and the coaches played for both teams earlier. Rosengarten was a base for developing Buxtehuder's young players. That trend of player exchange happened a couple of weeks ago, so three transfers have been arranged from Buxtehuder to Rosengarten - Laura Schulza, Linn Schneider and Paula Prior. But, two of Rosengarten's best players will go to Buxtehuder - Lisa Prior and Isabel Kaiser. Unlike the first half of the season, the visiting team have no result pressure, considering that they didn't ask for Bundesliga licence for the upcoming season and they will definitely play in the second league. That was their approach in the last match seven days ago when they played an open match against Fusche Berlin, and in the end it ended with their win, but also with 61 goals and a large number of shots from both sides. I see a similar scenario today. Details