Handball 11.4./15.4.

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Sport	Handball
Event	HSG Nordhorn vs. SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Selection	HSG Nordhorn
Strength	6/10
Date	11/04/2007
Bookmaker/Price	>Paddy Power @ 2.25 (Back)
Reasoning	The battle for first 4 places is in full progress in German Bundesliga. Now today one of the best clubs in the world, this years finalists of Champions league in handball Flensburg (5th - 39pts) are visiting high flying Nordhorn (6th-36pts). Would never go on home team, but some infos are really to good not to take a deeper look at them. OK, first of all, game is important, but with coming Champions league clash for the visitors, their minds could be somewhere else. Second and the most important factor are injuries of key players Lackovic and Boldsen and sickness of IMO on e of the best outside players in the world Marcin Liewski. The words of their coach have special weight as all could play, but to quote his words "Wir müssen jedoch auch realistisch sein − wir haben nicht die besten Voraussetzungen. Final Four und die Champions League sind natürlich schon im Hinterkopf vorhanden und wir können es uns nicht erlauben, angeschlagene Spieler wie Joachim Boldsen oder Blazenko Lackovic gegen Nordhorn 60 Minuten spielen zu lassen. Wir brauchen diese Spieler und wir brauchen sie gesund." So all three superstart could get only limited play time, there are still 8 rounds to be played in the season after that one and the matches that follow will be decisive. Good news for away team is that Michael Knudsen and Frank von Behren are probably back, but i rate the missings of the mentioned players more important as those two returns. Home team is healthy and motivated and the hall is "ausverkauft", with info that Nordhorn is 4-2-0 in last six compared to 3-0-3 of Flensburg. If i go even more statistical, Flensburg has a very poor away record this year, with only 7-0-5, thats very low by their standards with the fact that they lost last 5 away games...well they traditionaly do well here, but the handicap is set only on +0.5 for home team..so going for straight win with small stakes 2/10

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Re: Handball 11.4./15.4.

Sport	Handball
Event	HSG Nordhorn vs. SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Selection	HSG Nordhorn
Strength	6/10
Date	11/04/2007
Bookmaker/Price	>Paddy Power @ 2.25 (Back)

HSG Nordhorn vs. SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29-25 :clap