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Dijon were defensively oriented last season, too, but Borg couldn't get his players to show their best defensively, and that cost them the playoff. Borg is now removed, and Legname has been brought from the second league Hyeres. He insists on discipline and defensive game, so no wonder he brought Julien from Hyeres with him, to play the point guard position, the most delicate one. He trusts him to no end, and he'll know how to lead the game under his guidance. Dijon played nine matches in the pre-season (seven friendly, two Cup), and stayed under this margin seven times. Twice over, but that was against the fast Chalon (151) and Roanne (150). Orleans' coach is defensively oriented as well. He couldn't make his team completely follow his instructions when he just took them over in February, either, but he managed to get everything to his taste this summer. They left all of their opponents under 70 in the pre-season, except for Havre (83) and Chalon (79). In five of ten duels (eight pre-season, two Cup), they were under this margin, and here's why those five overs happened - they scored 91 against the offensively weak Cholet, and it went to 153, 88 to Rouen and it went to 156, and they conceded 79 against over-prone Chalon (went to 156), they scored 91 against the second-league team Angers in the Cup (went to 151). Only the match against Havre doesn't fit in (lost 83-86), but that was the very beginning of the pre-season. Considering both coaches' philosophy, I think this match will more likely gravitate towards 145 than 155+ points. Details

Kunter made Le Mans into a defensive force. They were among the top five defenses of the league last season (74.6 points conceded per game), and even though they lost their main defensive player Kahudi, Gelabale is pretty much just as good. Le Mans showed they prefer defense over offense in the pre-season. They conceded over 75 only against Limoges, at the very beginning of the pre-season, and in the last five duels (four friendly, one Cup), again, only Limoges scored over 68. They've got 6 unders in 8 matches on this margin in the pre-season, and Cholet was a bit over this margin (76-73). Paris changed their coach and a good part of the team, as did Le Mans, but Rigaudeau showed in the pre-season that his team won't be rushing. They played eight matches, Cup included, and went over in only two - they scored 85 against the Belgian Willebroek who aren't afraid to run, and another team prone to over, Rouen. These two teams played a friendly match a month ago, it ended at 134 points, and I don't see what changed in the meantime that would make this match lean towards 150. Paris have Rich now, but he himself won't make it happen. Le Mans have Gelabale. Details

If the situation on these teams was like last season, this margin would definitely make sense. But, in the current situation it does not. Sibenik lost Vrkic, Samadan, Misic, and Marcius, while Vukicevic can't play with a back injury. Only Basic, Petani and center Krajina possess good quality, while the others are just inexperienced youngsters. Sibenik simply doesn't have the team capable of finishing with a lot of points. Alkar also lost a lot during the summer. Top scorer Vitali, the legendary Slako Modric and Peraica left. Glavinic, Sipic and Tesija joined but just like at Sibenik, Alkar do not have offense quality. Alkar don't run much under Vuskovic, with Glavinic and Juer Boban being the only players capable of hitting shots. Both teams knows they lost quality compared to last season and wins in these kind of games will mean a lot in the battle to avoid bottom table spots. On top of everything, this is a local derby match, which is another argument for a tough game. Details

The game from yesterday seemed to have a massive influence on today's margins. Both Unicaja and Barca played efficient games and even had 3-point shooting at around 50%. That doesn't happen often and I don't believe we'll see such great productivity today. Both coaches prefer long attacks and well-organized game and we have to take that into consideration. The stakes are high because Unicaja want to win the first Supercup ever before their fans. Barcelona have not won a trophy in a while now, meaning the pressure is getting high. The last three h2h games in Malaga finished under this margin while the ones in Barcelona finished in overs, which cannot be a coincidence. Barca would always crush Unicaja home but things were different here. The teams have not changed much since last season - they are even better on the defensive ends now and I'm sure this will stay under 150 points. Details

Karlovac are going to Vinkovci without Perajica and the first goalie Karić. They're really important for the team - Perajica scored 11 out of 25 goals his team scored total in their last duel against the weak Moslavina, and Karić had 13 saves. The situation in the club is bad, these two didn't want to risk their health and that's why they missed the trip, until the club provides some health care. Karlovac will play the lower rank next year, for the first time since the League was established, no doubts there. The club is in crisis, the players left, they've got young players who might have talent, but lack experience, as the results so far show. Spačva started the season badly with the reinforcements they've got, but one point in Umag shows that Vinkovci actually plan to play something this season. They started the League with a win, but that was the last one, so this is their chance to put things to their place. The difference in quality is pretty big, even though Vinkovci tend to oscillate throughout the match, but since Karlovac are weak, and now even more weakened, I think the result is much more likely to end up in two-digits for Spačva. Details

I had a doubt whether to go with the counterhandicap at Marchenko or games over. I decided on the games over in the end because I don't think Mrchenko will win in the end, which is they only way (his easy win) for this over to not happen. Counterhandicap, on the other hand, might not happen in the third set because the handicap is quite low. As the preview says, Marchenko is the toughest opponent for the Pole so far. He's on a good rhythm, serves well and has 5 straight wins. He is confident as well. Janowicz never wins his matches convincingly and I certainly don't expect him to do that in these conditions. I wouldn't be surprised if we see three sets here. But, the over would go even in two close sets but that's not important. What's important is that I think this will not be a one-sided win for either opponent and is that turns out to be true, this tip will be successful. Details

Even as they beat Randers in the Danish Cup this week Viborg displayed the same kind of problems they've been dealing with since the start of the season that affect both their game and results. They lack consistency, the defense is far from an ideal level, the number of technical errors is too high, which was to be expected to some extent since everyone on the team is new besides left back and pivot. Right backfield is not good and depends on veteran Skov, which is not going to do it against the top Danish defense. The visitors concede an average of only 21,5 goals, while their offense gradually improves too. Right back Burgaard joined from Viborg and is one of only two new players on the team. Their goal keeper Elder was the voted the best goal keeper in the league last season and have now acquired Vojcic from Randers. Four back-to-back wins, three of which by 4 or more goals show that Midtjyland are on a roll and that they will go for the fifth win today. All the prerequisites are there for a win by three of more goals. Details

When a team loses the top player and scorer to an injury and before him the most expensive acquisition and the creative force and central figure and defense and left back, that's a huge problem. If that team has also just gotten promoted to top division and do not have the bench that can deal with the opponents in that league, it is definitely in for some tough days.
That is precisely what happened to Bournemouth, a small team from the English south. They managed to earn a promotion to Premier League for the first time in 125 years only to lose 4 top players. Their chances of making up for those 4 are 10-90.
Football is a team game and those kind of losses can produce a reaction by other players but in a league like Premier League, that won't be of much help. The home team will therefore have a tough time in the next round as they try and prevent hitting the bottom spot in the table. Watford, their next opponent, have also not been in Premier League for 8 years but the visitors acquired 10 players this summer, as well as the Spanish coach Flores. He started building their game on discipline and defense.
Watford have 9 points after 7 rounds, having conceded only 6 goals and losing to City away and to Palace last round after the opponents score a penalty kick. Flores said that he's not even considering the possibility of relegation ahead of the season and that he's sure they will avoid that.
Everything his squad did so far supports Flores' confidence. They have every right to be optimistic ahead of this game. They will be tough and try and record a draw here. Given all the problems at the home team, Watford will not lose and I wouldn't be surprised even if they win. Details

If this duel was played in Frankfurt, I'd skip this bet. However, Ingolstadt are the home team, and they're struggling at home for some reason, struggling to score, so I think these odds for an under are totally acceptable. Eintracth don't really shine offensively despite their huge potential. It's like someone turned off their light after they beat Koln 6-2. They only scored once in the following three rounds, even though their opponents weren't that difficult (Schalke aren't either, although they are efficient and leave lots of room in the defense, if you know how to use it).
As much as both these teams claim they want a win, the fact is that their league table position is far from critical, and I'm kind of prone to think that in this match, both teams will be waiting for the opponent's mistake, rather than attack with everything they've got. In those conditions, not too many goals should be scored, at least no more than two. Details

I'd dare to say that this is the last year's margin for these two teams, and the changed too much for the last season and this one to be evened out. That's especially true for the home team, all of their main players left, lead with the coach Karadžić, tall Kikanović and Lešić, and the main point guard Cooper. This Enisej are different, with a coach who wants more discipline and a stronger defense, who brought two amazing defensive players, the point guard Taylor and the tall James. Taylor will have an important task, covering the guest game creator Dowdell. And since Zenit also have a new point guard, and the offensive Hodge is gone, Dowdell makes an important part of this bet. Also, Zenit will try to play aggressive defense, and run after it to face the least set offenses as possible. But something like that takes time, and this is only the first round. Out of ten pre-season matches, Zenit went over 165 points only twice, against Novgorod and Minsk. There were a few other at about 160 points. At the same time, Enisej went over only once, against the weak Helios. They scored over 100 in that duel, but never went over 86 in other six, and they were playing against teams that couldn't even be described as mediocre. Details