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Spirou's coach admits he didn't have enough time with his team and that this match is happening two soon. They've changed almost the entire team, including the coach, and simply cannot be at their best at the start of the season. Their first choice point guard is not fit enough. Oostende didn't change almost anything. They lost Thompson but replaced him with equally good Prince, who was the MVP in Poland last year. The Euroleague qualifying round forced them to get ready for the best performances very early in the season. They lost to ASVEL, but beat Antwerp 103-62 in the Belgian Supercup. They are currently doing better than the opponent and betting on their win definitely has value. Details

Souffel are a defensively oriented team that play tough and firm defense. They had more rhythm offensively from January till the end of the season while Reed was there, but he's gone. The replacements aren't that convincing offensively. Evreux are also a team whose coach bases a lot on the defense, and in my humble opinion, that will be even more obvious this season because they became more powerful physically, more robust and athletic. Just to remind you, this is the third (Evreux 71.7 points) and the second defense of the league of the last season (Souffel 72.9). In the matches they played, there was 134 and 125 points. I think this match will be at about 135 points. Details

The bookmakers give Anwil the role of the favorite only because Torun weren't in the top league last season. But the home team are nothing like they were last year. New signings have joined over the summer, and the preseason only proved how much they helped the team. Torun won 8 out of the 12 preseason games, one of them against Anwil. It was 96-70 for Torun two weeks ago. That doesn't mean we're in for another one-sided win, but Torun's wins over Roso away and Slupska by 30 points last week prove they are good. Besides, their coach has been at Anwil the last two seasons. He will want his team to do their absolute best. Anwil have changed the roster completely, and the new coach says he will need more time to get the team working. Torun and Anwil's match is a regional derby that is expected to gather a lot of fan attention for the home team, whom I believe to be significantly underestimated here. Details

The key for this match is that Guif played a match only two days ago. They didn't have time to regenerate so they'll probably play a bit slower. Besides, their coach didn't mention running today, but he's demanding a revenge for the defeat against RIK and more engagement in front of their own goal. So, Guif can definitely be expected to hit their opponents strongly today. On the other hand, there's Skovde who prevented Ricoh from scoring a goal for 15 minutes in the last round, and that's no coincidence. The guests are very self-confident, and as their coach Johansson said, that's when they play top defense. The first task Johansson's team have today is stopping Guif's counter attacks, which shows his tactical intentions. Besides, the guests are especially motivated to win today because they haven't done it in three and a half years. Add to that that in the last season, all three matches between these two stayed under the margin (46, 52, 53), and Guif ran much more then, this under seems like a likely scenario. Details

Ulm couldn't have gotten a tougher opponent at the beginning of the championship. The home team lost almost all the seeds this summer, there are eight new players and it's clear they'll need some time to start playing the right way. The biggest problem is that they can't count on the main point guard, and the best player that stayed, Pera Gunther, which can't be made up for. The pre-season matches showed it. They lost convincingly against Bayreuth and Tubingen recently, barely defeated the second league Wurzburg... Oldenburg, on the other hand, have basically had the same roster for the last few seasons, and in this early phase of the season, they definitely work better as a team than the home team do. They only replaced their point guard this summer, Joyce left, but Tywain McKee came from UNICS, and he's perhaps even better than Joyce. Last year, they defeated Ulm in both duels, they looked decent in the pre-season, too. The starting five McKee-Kramer-Paulding-Aleksandrov-Chubb are one of the best in the league, and there's Jenkins, their best scorer who'll come in from the bench. Details

This round's derby match - a meeting between Gorica and the top team in the league. But unlike the home team, Sesvete have no desire to be promoted, which makes Gorica the more motivated opponent. Sesvete are on a 4-game winning streak, they have not conceded for the last three games, but they are facing a very efficient team (scored 9 goals in the last two rounds). Sesvete lost the last two games in Gorica, but they won't be able to count on three extremely important starters. It's a great chance for Gorica, one they should not miss out on. Details