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Both of the previous h2h games of this season went over the set margin (54 and 52 goals) but the last one from just under three months ago, which finished at 52, had 32 goals at half time. The fact this is playoffs cannot just make us forget about everything we saw in their previous meetings. Those things are: Holstebro's fast-paced game does not suit Randers and the visiting team will try and take advantage of that today. Their coach said that his players will risk and play fast since that always made them more productive this season and in turn got them better results. Randers have fast transition as well, with Schumacher and Hojlund also often looking for fast solutions in offense. It's no wonder both games and both teams had over 50 shots. In the last game, Holstebro's goal keeper Soldberg had outstanding 19 saves, which brought down the total number of goal significantly. But, doing something like that again is not very likely. To sum up, I think the margin should have been set 2-3 goals higher than it is. Details

Tertnes are better-organized (but not more experienced than Molde), which their results suggest as well. But, before this game, there are two things that might be a problem for the home team - their motivation and injury struggles. Tertnes is currently in spot 4 and will have a tough time making up for the three point deficit in the last two rounds. This game might be the last chance for Molde when it comes to their attempt of staying in the league. The visitors have much greater motivation here and Tertnes also struggle with injuries a lot at the moment. They are without their top scorer Skogrand for the rest of the season. Also, second-best scorer Lied is out today as well, just like goal keeper Fauskanger and right wing Sorheim. Left wing Lygren is questionable. The coach said he has only one healthy legt handed players. Molde are, on the toher hand, are complete and with a few former Larvik players. They have some players in Norway's B team and one that had a debut for the national team. The first h2h finished with Tertens winning 28-24 in the first part of the season. Skogrand, who will not play today, scored 11 out of their 28 goals back then. Details

This game is taking place between two CL QF games, which Baia Mare play with Buducnost. They are 5 goals down after the first leg and have to go to Podgorica on Saturday. Their chances are slim but the Romanians will not give up. The coach said there will changes today on the team to allow the key players to rest. Since the Romainia championship is almost done and CSM Bucuresti are set to defedn the title, Baia Mara have basically nothing to play for today. Their opponents Pliesti are in an almost the same situation. They lost to Bucuretsi two days ago 34-28. We have to note that both teams missed 7 penalties and that there were 55 2-minute suspension on both sides. Ploiesti had no time to recuperate and had to travel almost 500 kilometers for this game. Two important defenders Tudor and Bozovic are still out. They also have only one goal keeper Tatalovic. Overall, this game is a burden for both teams more than anything else. We expect it to be fun for the spectators and to finish similarly to Ploiesti and Bucuresti game from two days ago. Details

It is hard to find motivation for a serious approach in both teams in a situation when their managements announced that they failed to acquire a licence to play in the first league next year due to financial issues. Rosengarten were lost anyway, they are last and five points behind Goppingen who are secure in 12th position, so they registered for the second league next year.
- We talked about that decision in December and we all agreed that is best for the club to play in the second league next season - said Rosengarten's coordinator. A big surprise was the news that came from Berlin a few days ago. Fuchse announced that they will not be playing in the first league next season, and the reasons for that are: they lost their main sponsor, the games in Berlin are not visited by a lot of fans, lack of media interest, and they will decide by the end of the next week whether or not they will apply for the third league with the rest of the team and players from the youth teams. Seven players already asked for contract termination, pivot Tegstedt has already been playing for Issy Paris for a few weeks. In this context, both teams will formally finish the season and in today's game we can expect a repeat of their game from Berlin (33-28), at least when it comes to the number of scored goals. Details

In a game which cannot change anything, it's worth trusting the visiting team since they are very motivated to win at least a point and finish the season with at least one point or to win the game in a best case scenario. They are talented well-experienced and have some good players who have done well this season. They lost two out of the last 5 games by less than 5 goals to teams from the upper part of the table. On the other hand, Ringkobing don't really trash their opponents. They have 9 wins and only one close win over Kopenhagen. They won the first game in Sinderjyske by 5 goals but they didn't settle it until the very end after 9-10 at half time. On top of not having much motivation, they are not complete either- Two players Neesgard and Hajduk are out. Alongside the handicap, the option that Sonderjyke won't get defeated in their last top division game of the season is worth two units. Details

Esbjerg secured the top for the end of regular season with a win over Ringkobing. That will get them a direct qualification to Champions League group stage. Their coach said there will be changes on the team today as they face Kopenhagen, who will not reach the playoffs on account of a bad start to the season. But they played the second part of the season at an expected level. They have 6 straight home wins and most importantly, they are the team with the biggest number of Danish internationals. 6 of them played the Olympic and Euro qualifiers and that says it all about their form. Kopenhagen now have a chance to beat Esbjerg after the wins over Viborg, Holstebro, Randers and Nykobing (all of them from Top 6). Details

Two rounds before the Hungarian championship ends, both teams are ambitious ahead of today's game. Vaci are chasing the 6th position, Sofok need points in the battle for the third position. The odds for the win and margins for the handicap underestimate the home team and we should use that. Vaci recorded three back-to-back wins before the break, their last game was three weeks ago, unlike Siofok who played on Wednesday against Dunaujvarosi and almost unexpectedly won both points easily (27-25). Unexpected because of their opponents' form and because Siofok's top player Orban has been suspended because of doping. Vaci won their head-to-head in November (26-23), and Orban was their best scorer. Vaci were in the lead 13-12 in the first half, but Siofok won in the final moments of the game. The home team are more rested, they have quality players in all positions. In pre-season, Vaci defeated Siofok 20-18, and they won all home games against Siofok in the last five seasons. This time last year Vaci won 32-29. It is very likely that their run will continue tonight. Details

Sonderjyske have been lacking competitive approach, which can be seen best from their results. They conceded the most goals this season, an average of 32 goals per game, and that average has been higher by a goal in the last five games, all of which ended by 55 or more scored goals. The first game in Holstebro finished at 68 goals at a time when Sonderjyske might have had some ambitions to avoid relegation. Holstebro are coming here to win points, and they will do so with the individual quality of their players, overall impression is in the background, as well as whether they will win by 1 or by 10 goals. They see this game as more of a serious training for the difficult games that are ahead of them in the championship and in the semi-final of the Cup winners' Cup next week. Details

Nykobing are a team with the second most efficient offense, and at the same time with the second worst defense, and another important thing is that all of their successes this season came in situations when the games were played at an extra goal. That is, in nine of their win, only one game was under 55 goals. We have a similar situation today like we did before their first head-to-head this season, a game after a long break, a lot of players on both sides had national team obligations, and that game a few days before the New year ended at 56 goals, with 25 goals conceded by Copehagen's goalkeepers. Ine Stangvik made 17 saves, which tells us enough about the intensity of the game and the intensity of Nykobing's offense. The fact that in both teams the playmakers are in the forefront is in their favor, they are short, fast, love to score and love to force a faster pace. For Nykobing that is Kristiansem, the best scorer in the league, and Copehangen's first scorer and a player in top form, Mia Rej. When it comes to Nykobing, any margin under 55 goals is worthy of attention, especially when they are playing at home and they are the ones dictating the pace of the game. Details

Both teams have three games left to play in regular season and there are three big arguments for going with the over here. First of all, this is a direct clash for the third spot, which brings about some good things. Dunajvarosi have a three.point lead but they are set to face Gyori in the final round. Getting points against Gyori is not very likely, which makes this a crucial game. Secondly, Gyori and FTC are top Hungarian teams, but the visitors have third best defense in the league. The home team are in spot 5 when it comes to that. They already met three times this season, two of which were unders and one was over with only two goals above this margin. Dunajvarosi won the championship game 28-20 (12-8 at half time). The second two were EHC cup Round of 16 games. Dunajvarosi won the first leg 24-19, but Soofok won the second leg 28-23 after only 20 goals in the first half. Finally and potentially most importantly, the home team will be without their top player and scorer Orban, who tested positive for banned substances and was handed an indefinite suspension for it. Orban scored 11 out her team's 20 goals in the championship match against these opponents. She scored 13 in both EHF Cup games. To sum up, the situation is now much better for this tip than is was in the last two meetings. Details

The things are very simple; it's hard to look for some seriousness after both teams earned the Olympic Games yesterday. This especially goes for Sweden who had maximum approach against Poland, and today they're playing with no pressure. We can expect a number of goals and preserving themselves from unwanted injuries, because almost all of them are playing in a couple of days the decisive matches in the finish of the season with their own clubs and in European cups, and in the end this will be just fun and games for the audience. Russia and Poland played the last time four months ago in the preparation period in Norway, that match ended at 56 goals, but the Russian selector Trefilov insisted on the defense being serious at the time, and today they will hardly be at that level. This is a match which is more suited for the 60 goal margin and the prediction is worth the odds. Details

Round two at a tournament taking place in Serbia. The Dutch played a draw with Serbia yesterday while Portugal dealt with Bosnia easily (35-21). Since only the top table team gets to play at WC, I think Portugal will win this very important game for a few reasons. First of all, they have a consistency of results over the past three years. Portugal have the 4th spot from the U17 EC in 2013, while Holland finished in spot 12 there. The Dutch finished in spot 8 at U18 WC the following year, while Portugal finished in spot 10 after losing to Germany after the penalty shootout in round of 16. Germany went on to win the silver medal. At U19 EC in Spain last year, Portugal finished in spot 14 after injury struggles, while the Dutch didn't even make it there after losing the qualifiers to Macedonia and Montenegro. Portugal have their top team here, together with a few players who play key roles in their senior team. They're in great form, which the wins over Spain, Germany and France from test games proves. They beat Bosnia easily last night, while the Dutch had a very tough game with Serbia. That's another reason to believe in Portugal today. Details

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Serbia got only a point against the Netherlands, while Bosnia lost to Portugal as expected yesterday. Serbia are big favorites in this match and they will win it. There is no question about it. But, it is questionable whether they will bold back out go full throttle ahead of what will most likely be the decider against Portugal tomorrow. Since this game is taking place first, they cannot know how the other one between Portugal and the Netherlands will finish. The Serbians need as big a goal difference as possible today, which could get them through only with a point tomorrow, provided that Portugal slip today. Portugal beat Bosnia easily by 14 goals yesterday and Serbia can do the same today. I think they will win by at least 2-3 goals more then Portugal. Bosnia played their first match after three years yesterday and had only one test match early this year. They came here for experience and might not be able to withstand the strain of three games in three days. The handicap margin of 13,5 goals is available with bet365, bwin, willhill and tipico, betcity. Details

Norway are always going for a win, but three days ago in Cluj they had a bad day and the complete roster failed. The luxury of these qualifications is that you can have one defeat and then use that experience for the final win, this time against Romania. The Romanian selector tactically lowered the bar before this match saying that his best player Neagu won't be playing in order to save her for the Olympic qualifications. Neagu still showed up, recorded 10 goals (six were seven-meter shots), and led the team to a big, historical win against Norway after almost 16 years. Tomas Ryde said they completed their work in these qualifications and that now their focus is on the pre-Olympic tournament which begins on Friday in Denmark, in which Romania will fight against Denmark and Montenegro for the two places leading to Rio.
- Seven or eight girls will be spared today and the bench players will get their chance.
Neagu also said that, for her personally, "the match in Norway has no meaning", that they wanted to win in Cluj, at home, and they accomplished their goal.
Norway will have one of the best goalkeeper Katrine Lunde at the goal, who didn't defend in Romania, which gives even more weight to the option that Norway will enter today's match with a maximum in order to erase the minus five from Romania, and return the leader position in this group. Details

We have to observe this game from two different perspectives. First and foremost, this is a serious check for both teams before the Olympic qualifiers taking place next weekend. Even though both of these teams will host those tournaments, both are in tough groups and this will be a great chance for a final test. Secondly, the qualifying game for the EC is in Sweden. Another factor here are problems the Danish players have. They are basically without the entire starting lineup (both right back players L.Jorgensen, Burgaard, both left wings Fisker and Noorgaard, pivot Stine Bodholt, right back Ostergaarad, and Randers' right back Camille Dalby. Most of them are very good in offense. On the other hand, we have a lot of new faces at right back and right wing postiions and only one player for the left wing. Goal keeper Toft and Skov are back in the defense. Let's just say that the Russian coach was happy with their defense in the first match a few days ago, which means he'll insist on it today as well. In these circumstances, this is a game for some 50 goals, give or take one or two. Details

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The Slovenian coach said his team will have great approach from the start in the Macedonia game, which was deemed very important. Unlike the one in the previous cycle when they struggled before the Montenegro game, Slovenia are now complete, which makes they a heavy favorite. They have great experience in big games and a lot of players compared to Macedonia-s inexperienced roster. The key Slovenian players are in great form. Right back Gros is the third best scorer in the French championship, middle back Jericek is the second best scorer at Nimes, while 6 players from Krim managed to reach Cup winners Cup semifinals and played Champions League group stage before that. Right win Irman is at Buducnost, middle back Petrinja and pivot Krhlikar key players at Goppingen. On the other side, only two Macedonians play at foreign teams. Neither of them are key players at those clubs. The rest of the Macedonian team are 19 and 20-year-olds, who lack experience in big games. Slovenia should be able to finish this with a double/digit point difference. Besides the -7,5 handicap, the half time -3,5 handicap has value as well. Details

Just looking at their last four duels shows you what today's pick will be about. All four ended at 60+ goals, two of them were qualifiers (42-22, 47-26), the last two by the end of 2014 were pre-season matches where at least 80% of the players from both teams participated (40-30, 32-28). The numbers are even better when it comes to the matches that Lithuania played against Denmark, at 69 goals (31-38). It was 61 against Ukraine (25-36), 59 against Austria (28-31). The back line stood out in the Lithuanian team, they like to force fast game, and they shoot a lot, while the defense isn't on their minds really. Another thing working for this bet is that two players who can fight, Kavaliauskaita and Busaita, are not here for the Lithuanians. Add to that that they didn't have much time to prepare, and that the home team aren't really motivated at all, we're most likely going to see another match where the margin of 60 goals is better suited. Details