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I have a great deal of respect for Burela and their coach Juanlu but I don't think they stand any chance in Murcia. Murcia's coach confirmed what I was suspecting. El Pozo are looking forward to meeting Burela, hoping to make amends after the two defeats to title contenders Inter and Barcelona. As I already said before, I think El Pozo's offense has more potential than any other lNFS team but their defense suffered a blow when Kike left. He was the key figure in defense, the captain, and the man who was capable of keeping up with the offense on the defensive end. Besides, they don't have luck with the goal keepers. The goal-keeper struggles are so bad that they now have to go with the third choice goal-keeper and that proved out to be a huge problem in the previous games. El Pozo will win this games, among other reason, because of the defeat to Bruela in the fist part of the season. They need to boost their confidence and this game is a great chance for it.
I think the half-time handicap is the best choice because I'm sure that El Pozo will want to settle the game in the first half. The total handicap -2.5 at 1.75 is good too. Details

Tyumen surprisingly recorded a 3-4 defeat in the first leg game and clearly need to attack Novaja from the start today. They need to score at least five goals to get through to semifinals. Novaja are full of Portuguese players that will be patient and punish the inexperienced Tyumen's players with counter-attacks. And Tyumen will then need to rush into scoring. Novaja as we said before, had injury-struggles but as soon as the key player got back, things changed and results got better. I expect at least three goals on each side in the last 10 minutes and anything can happen once the goal keeper is in the field. Novaja are better-experienced while Tyumen have better quality. I expect them to go over this margin (2x25 min). Details

We wrote about unders on Santiago and Jean a few times already, and did not make a mistake. Today we have a game both coaches see as a trench battle. Santiago might not be as strong on offense, but they can defend very well, and coach Santi Valladares had this to say about the match: We start from our defense, which has to be a real wall. If it stays up, we can do something on offense. They're not fourth by accident, and we know very well what they do, with good guarding on defense and good one on one defense, we have to show we're playing at home and turn that into our advantage.

His colleague on the other side, Dani Rodriguez, has these players in his roster against Santiago: Alfonso Prieto, Gonzalo, José López, Juanlu, Eloy Rojas, Cuco, Chino, Borja Blanco, Jordi Campoy, Dani Martín, Emilio Buendía and Solano. Fabián and Carlinhos are out. Goalie Prieto is in top form, the home team no longer worry about relegation, and are ready to play a top level match.

We saw a total of five goals in their last two matches. Considering what they said so far, I don't think we'll see more today, but the ball is round, and a bad day for a goalie, such as the one for Levante (Yeray), can mess up our plans. Since defense is the strong suit for both teams however, I believe we might see a trench battle to the end today.

The odds are slightly dropping, and I'm once again offering an alternative in the form of first half under, less than 2.5, @2.00. That went through against Levante, while the main one didn't, due to a bad day goalie Yeray had, and terrible performance of Levante while a player played as goalkeeper. Details

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I've been waiting for the online bookmakers to publish the margin at this game and instead of the 5.5 margin I was expecting got 6.5, which I simply have to go for. Why? These two teams played 5 unders in all previous five head-to-head games. I don't see an reason for this one to end differently. Both teams' players had busy schedule last weekend - El Pozo and Inter Movistar played a derby match, while Barcelona had a slip against Zaragoza. Fernandao is back all the way from Russia, while the Argentinians played their games all over Italy last round, and all of that was just two or three days ago. There's was not time for preparation left, let alone for recuperation. If both teams are good at something, it's defense. I already wrote about Argentina, they won the Intercontinental Cup in Kuwait, players like Boruto and Cuzzolino are among the best ones in the Italian league that is famous for most games ending as unders. This is no LNFS, Argentina won't try and outplay Spain, especially not in this game. Even though this is the first and friendly game, I think the fatigue and busy schedule will result in another tough meeting, which is why I'll go with higher stake. Details

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I wast trying to decide whether to go with an over or Barcelona's win in the other semifinals yesterday and later gave up on account of goal keepers being top-level. The one who was supposed to be top level was horrible in the end. The situation for over seems even better today as both opponents play an offense-oriented game whose goal keepers cannot keep up with the other players in quality. ElPozo's coach Duda turned them into top attackers in which everyone can make the difference with a single move. The list of players guarantees efficiency, and given their previous results here (9-2, 3-3, 5-3, 7-0, 4-2, 6-3, 7-2, 4-2, 8-6), over seems to be the best option. Passarrius, on the other hand, prefers attacking style too. This game finishing with under 8 goals would be one of the biggest surprises of the year. Details

Sinara are not the kind of a team to play for an extra goal but I think things will fall into place for an over above the margin that is set pretty low for Russian league games. By Russian league games I mean those that have two halves of 25 minutes. Mitisci will not play a defense-oriented game and wait for their chance. They struggled with key players' injuries all season long, but things are getting better in that respect, allowing them to start getting points. Their last few games with top table teams prove they got better and this will be another tough game. Sinara are good and young but struggle with productivity. They lack the one player who would score. I expected them to be much more focused and efficient today when faced with a less tough defense. Both coaches said they expect points from this game and no one wants to lose. Sinara don't want to drop position ahead of playoff (in spot 5 at the moment) while Mitisci still hope they could make it in the playoffs. This game will be followed by a 10-day break and both teams will go all in. I think it's time for a more productive game after a few less efficient matches. Details

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Defense should be the key aspect of this game. The things I already said about Peniscola apply to Levante even thought he home team are much more successful this season. They are in the battle for playoffs while Levante fight to avoid relegation. The fact neither team won home in the last five games will paint an accurate picture of this meeting. Neither have the offense potential capable of bringing down the opponent and both need to focus on tough defense. Levante will focus on counter-attacking and Peniscola will wait for their chance patiently. I don't believe we're in for a productive game especially since both teams lost some players to other teams or to injuries.

For those concerned by the situations without the goalkeeper and with the extra player in the game, I recommend first half goals under (the margin is 2.5, odds 1.72). Details

Bet365 have an offer at Slovenian league game for third straight round and why not go for it, especially when the situation is this good. Drobne and Snofl, who are brilliant players in Slovenian terms, joined Maribor and proved they were the good acquisitions the last two rounds. Maribor first beat the defending champions and then KMN Velike Lasce. Maribor have a 'powerful' sponsor who wants them to get higher in the table. Sevnica will be forced to do without their 4 very important players. This is what visiting coach said: - It's a too be or not to be game for us. But, we are decimated, with Krnc and Uros out with suspensions, Grigic injured, and Bizjak's paperwork still not sorted out.

Home team's coach knows they are the favorites today and knows full well that Maribor need to get closer to top table teams, given the players he has at his disposal. He said that this will be a 'great derby match. Sevnica are catching the last train for spot 4 that leads through to playoffs. They will be in great problems if they don't win. But we want to win as well to get as many points as possible.

Margins at this game are good and I think we should take advantage of it. Even if the handicap goes up, this is worth going for because Sevnica can't count on some very important players and Maribor cannot afford not to take advantage of opportunities like that. Details

These two teams, besides sharing the first place, and almost completely the statistics, also share philosophy. Defensive futsal, without taking too many risks in the offense. I'm almost completely sure that neither Juanlu (Burela's coach) nor Carlos Sánchez (Peniscola's coach) want to lose now. There were seven goals in the first match, but with a few lucky hits that were more due to the set of circumstances and big mistakes. Peniscola showed they know how to reduce the number of chances the opponent have to score, they left Inter with only one goal. On the other hand, Burela left Levante with no goals in the last round. It all shows what kind of game I expect to see today. Another good pointer is that everyone's healthy, Peniscola brought C.Vaporaki from Montesinos, but I think the defenses will play the main role today.
You could try under of goals in the first part of the match @2.20 b365. In the first match, the first goal was scored in the 19th minute. I expect something similar today, so if you're afraid of the goalie-players, I suggest a second pick for the same stake. Details

I expected a handicap to be at least one goal higher for the home team, so I'm taking this. The home team are the fourth at the league table, and are a much better team than Yamal who obviously have problems in away matches. They were regularly under this handicap in the matches against the best teams (Dinamo, Tyumen, Sinara, Dina). An additional plus for this pick is that Yamal surprised Yugra in the first match, 6-5, but on the following day, Yugra showed they're serious and aggressive enough, and won by 8. That defeat makes this handicap a bit lower, and we should use that, both because of the home team's motivation, because any other result than a win would ruin their chances of keeping up with the top, and because of the coach who announces being serious from the go. Details

This may turn out badly again, but I'm going with and under at Tyumen again. Tyumen's kids opened the game with Dynamo Moscow in a unexpectedly brave manner and managed to do well in the end. Three points in two matches might be more than what they had hoped for. They're playing a derby match again today with Sinara today, bursting with confidence. Both teams are interested in breeding young Russian players, with no strangers. Both teams are a combination of youth and experience, and both focus on defense first. Neither team will be under pressure to win today, which means neither will rush into scoring that extra goal. I think this will be a tough game, just like the previous four were. It's a clash of two similar philosophies, with both coaches expecting a 'war'. Details

Estonia can thank Georgia for allowing them to get two points yesterday, while Lithuania lost to Switzerland in a strange manner. They are playing home, have been in the lead until minute 32, the fans were there to support them, but Switzerland somehow miraculously turned things around to win in the end. I expect the home to make amends today. They will certainly not lack motivation for us despite basically losing any chance of getting through yesterday. These same opponents met over a month ago in Lithuania and the home team won 7-3 despite being 1-3 down at half time. I don't see why this game should end differently. Details

This unexpectedly became the game that will decide who gets through to the next round. The Swiss beat Lithuania surprisingly, while Georgia beat Estonia easily. Georgia are known to be a tough team that conceded small number of goals. Three goals Estonia managed to score yesterday were a result of Georgia's stupid mistakes only. This game is very important, the Swiss won't rush into it since a draw suits them. In case of a draw, they would play unmotivated Estonia for the next round. Georgia don't have a lot of games over this margin and given the importance of this one, I don't expect it to go over either. Details

I don't think lots of goals will be scored today. Tyumen proved to be Dynamo Moscow's black cat. They proved it at the beginning of the year, defeating them 4-0 at their own court. Dynamo consolidated, but this margin seems too high. What drags on the under's side here is the fact that they finished the last three matches in the league, with this same lineup, under the margin, and that Dynamo's team is full of the Brazilians who are definitely calmed by the Xmas break, which some used to go home to Brazil, or to travel, like Pula who visited his Brazilian "cousins" in England. A smaller stake as always because on the o/u because the goalie might be a player, too. The players say something similar, so why not trust them? These points are very important for both teams, and they'll have to struggle for each goal. Dynamo don't expect a walk in the park, but for an under in futsal, they need goalies to be good and a bit of luck. Details

A very important game for Jean F.S. As the home team's coach Daniel Rodriguez said prior to the match, they have to prove that the first part of their season was not a fluke, and start another positive series. For a team from the upper part of the ladder, a single point in two games turns on the alarm. Jean are undoubtedly the better, tougher team than the very moody Zaragoza squad. The away team's coach says they'll continue their positive series and hunt for their third victory, but realistically speaking they just couldn't lose their last two matches. A victory against the disintegrating Tenerife team and a home win vs Azkar was widely expected and necessary for survival. In the mean time they got another reinforcement from Italy, David Ruiz, who will however not be appearing tonight due to unresolved document issues pertaining to his transfer from Real Rieti, nor will Óscar Villanueva (cards) or Unai García (injury). The home team are eager to win, their home ground is one of the toughest away trips in the league anyway, with only 11 goals conceded in 8 games, and I believe they'll not only win but also cover this handicap as well. Having in mind the home team's tough game, and the fact El Pozo and Levante did not score here, playing under on goals in the first half looks like a good option too. Details

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