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Very tricky game here in Tampere, where Ilves is coming after tough period where faced hard rivals from the competition. They had well performance, but team good effort did not went with even point against champion. HJK took 2:1 win here in the previous round, where was not much better rival from Ilves. Now, it is always hard situation when team is  having back to back games against leader and bottom placed team at the league table.

P S Kemi is in poor sitiautin, and if not start to make better results, team is close to the relegation. However, Kings have been able to win here in the recent years and they have big  experience from the similar situation in the previous season.  Ilves have  been defeated in three of four recent games at the home ground, and this is the worst  result for the team in the season.  Visitors should have some chance here, especially in host fail under pressure as favorite, since Tampere side used to attack as  underdog. One goal could be enough for positive result for away  opponent here.

Away side have made compact roster and squad that is capable to fight for the playoff in the   previous season. They did good job, but could not make it to the promotion fight.  However,  quad had few  more newomers for this one, and with  year more of experience, team should perform for one level better, comparing to the previous competition.    F C Oss have only one defeat in this season and with  recent   win in the Cup, they should head to this one, full of confidence for   another positive  outcome.

Telstar  is going to this one after 5:0 Cup loss to low range opponent. Additionally, they have been defeated by Twnte on this  ground in the   recent league round 3:1. Poor form and weake condition is reflection on the morale among the team players of the host. F C Oss did not won match here for  a while, but also they are hard to have better opportunity than in the current moment.

After making historical draw against champion and leader TNS, Bala will have chance to get further towards the top teams of the competition with this home match against Llandudno. Bala have never lost  duel to this rival and currently should be able to make another well performance in order to get to new three points. Their defensive line was  showing some weak parts recently, but with clean sheet against the top attack in the league, host has proved that they are capable to maintain high level of the performance in the back.

Visiting  team is back after  the previous losing game in the  competition, and knowing that Llandudno  could not match this rival, even when have pariticpated in  Europe, this clash against Bala Town could be very har for the side at the moment.  They have scored only four goals and all of those came against low table rivals. Having back from home  game where conceded  four times from Connahs Quay, Llandudno  has no well intro in front  of this tough match. Maybe Bala will not push for high spread result, but one goal  should be enough for the secure advantage in the  game.

It is still very early in the season, but with the begin of both rivals and their aims for this competition, this could be one very important duel which could determine the difference in the relegation fight at the finish. Levante had good  start with the victory in Seville against Betis, but than team went down to complete losing row in the previous week.  Team  from  Valencia have  conceded six goals in the previous round to suffer one of the biggest defeat in their  Primera history as host. They did not have enough time to recover and preapre for this one in Valladolid, and this is a  chance for home team to get to the first three points in this season. 

Home team will miss some of the first squad players, but this is the situation which Valladolid have  from the first round of the new season. They should get used to play in combined lineup and the power of Levante is not something that host  could not handle today.  Visitors will be here without Coke alnog Sadiku, which again may put them in some problems, especially in the defensive line..

Lilestrom was playing away from the danger zone since the begin of the season, mostly thans to good performing at  the home ground. However,  with the Valerenga defeat 1:0 and recent away weak play, home side drop in the bottom and now are under big  pressure in front of the Tromso visit. They will miss Marius Amundsen, center back who got red card in Start defeat at the recent round, and already weaken defense could have another issues in this one. 

Tromso have also been in the  series without to win, but outstanding performance at Drammen and victory 4:2 two games ago, push the team up and gave confidence in front of the  season finish. They had 0:0 draw with Stabaek after that, and now team have chance to make another good away play in Lilestrom. Tromso is able to score a lot of goals when play as visitor, like they have did against Sapsborog in the 3:2 win.  They should use current poor situation and weaker morale among home players in order to get posotive result  in the game.

In this league clash between two teams that were favorites for promotion in this season, there is not such a  big spread like the prices for the match are showing currently.  Despite host is hloding their position at the top of the table, and Osters is in the biggest drop since the begin of the  league, two  opponents are quite similiar when it comes to the performing  along with quality in the  lineup. 

Osters have more experience of promotion and going down from  Allsvenskan and this league, than any other rival in the competition. They were able to get out of some tough situations and put themselves in the promotion or playoff place in the  finish of the season. Team have broke poor run in the recent draw with Jonkopings and will head to this one in order not to lose again. AFC have never beat this rival in season and their games where often on low scoring result. After host made two recent draw games in the league, they should be more cautious in this one, because defeat would mean drop from the playoff  position. Away side have  power to make this one hard for their rival, and  another draw  would be very close. However, knowing Osters good counter attacks, double chance on them  seems to be well  solution. 

Home side is facing rival from the mid of the table, in the match where they should seek to break mini run without victory in the league and push toward the top rivals in the competition. Zamora had quite weaker begin of the season, since they have faced early kicking from International competition. They have suffered two times loss from  Colon in Copa Sudamericana and that made negative impact on the team in the first part of the season. However, Zamora is one of the top clubs in the competition and they should be capable to  fight  championship in this  year. 

Deportivo is coming here after defeat in the previous  match from Zulia 2:0 at the home ground. Visitors were doing good in this part, but considering that they did not change roster a lot, since the recent season when were placed near the bottom of the table, it should be a  matter of time when team would go down. Squad have recorded  three   losing games in  previous five in the competition, and also have lost to Zamora 1:0 in their recent meeting. 

Maybe not with the big score or a lot of goals spread, but team from Barinas should be  capable to make important victory tonight,  with at least with minimum advantage

Parana clube is back at Serie A after long period and they  are having tough fight to avoid relegation in this season. Team has been at the bottom since the begin, and they have changed coach in order to make  progress in the competition. Oliveira did not make bigger step ahead and team is playing with bit more confidence, especially in the back line. If manage to get offensive line to score few away goals, he could try to pull out Parana from the hard position. 

Atletico will not play in full this game. They  are having good season in Copa Sudamericana and  have reached later phase of the competition. After good result and victory in Caracas, Atletico  is having good chance to reach final levels and this match is not important like second game again Venezuelan  opponent.  Atletico is one of the rare rivals that Parana did not lose from in the  first part  of the  competition. 

Jagiellonia has been in the top of Polish football for recent seasons and sometimes this team is underestimated in their games at Natinoal league. They had well performance in the Europe, but facing Gent in good form was too much for the team. Even than, Poland side had a chance after 1:1 in the second match, but failed to convert chances to goals. They are doing quite good again and will go to Zabrze in order to try matching leader at the  league  with positive result. 

Gornik had a lot of draw games and that pushed the teama again in the bottom places. They are without victory for longer period and considering that  today rival is playing  even  better as visitor, they could have a lot of issues again. They will have Hajda and Zurkowski  out  and  this may put them  in  very tough position for  facing Jagiellonia today.  However, there should not be a lot of goals or fast game tempo in the clash, since host will try to defend their goal all the time. Despite that, visiting  rival from Bialystok should have enough  quiaslity and power to hold opponent here as  light favorite. 

Molde is getting much better recently and performing of the team has improved since they finally got completed with all injured players back in the lineup. Team is hardly to fight the title this season, but placing again in Europe league qualification would be good result for Molde this year. They have sowed certain power in the duel against Zenit, where took 2:1 win in the first game, but were unlucky to suffer 3:1 loss in the second one. However, without obligation in Europe, Molde will fully concentrate on the home league and it should be expected from the team to play better in the coming games.

Host is far away from the days when team was one of the top of Norway football. With keeping their recent weak play, rival from Drammen could even drop into the relegation fight this season. They are facing opponent who won first duel in the season 2:0 and generally are very hard for them to face by the way of playing and tactics. With quite cautious approach, Molde is favorite at least not to lose  match here today.

Teams that are going near the playoff position all the season and their form is going almost at the same time with up and down in the performance along with result.  Kongsvinger has been named as   huge favorite in the match, but that could be thing which may put the host in  harder   position in front of the game. Tromsdalen have no losing clash with this rival for the previous four games, and since they were not in the same level often,   the most recent defeat for visitors today, is dating back  in 2012. 

That should not mean a lot, but tradition is very important when it  comes to the close and important  matches.. Kongsvinger have no draw game at their  home ground yet, alhtough they were pretty close many times. This should be league clash which is likely to finish as draw, because of current playing shape and importance of the moment. However, Tromsdalen have managed to beat a lot of rivals that were entering match as a firm favorite in the season, and this time they  will try to use any chance which home side allow in the match.

Although there is quite a lot of games to the finish of the season in Finland, this one could be deciding for both rivals and determine their chances to avoid relegation in this year. There is only one point between rival at the league competition table and they have  both won recent round games. When take a closer look on their performing thorugh the season,  there are no much difference between TPS and Mariehamn.

Home side got used to collect points at their aland Island in the previous years, and they even managed to make it to the title. However, this is not the same squad and team form is far away to even top half fight, so team have to find  the way to avoid danger position in the competition. TPS have   very poor begin, and when it almost was clear that team is close to relegation, they have some lineup adjustment in the mid of the season. They are getting better recently and seems to have quite better playing shape than today  opponent.One of the advantages could be TPS long term coach Mika Laurikainen, who is in the club since 2014. 

Slower match with less goal chances, because both teams have  very  big stakes here. However, pressure is upon host, and if they made some mistake in the back line, away side could use single drop to score for winning goal. TPS They were better in the previous  game of  two rivals in Turku 2:0
 

When they have played in this level of the competition, two years ago,  Prostejov was very weak, without to make away win and  getting relegated with  the bottom  position on the league. Team have returned this season, with much  more experience and they are doing  well in the competition so far. Team have beat some of the upper league rivals and this duel in sokolov could be a chance for Prosejov to get in the very top of the competition.

Banik is experiencing some financial issues and they have left with many quality players counting previous two seasons. team will fight relegation again in this one and their home ground is not anymore unbeatable, like it  was the  case in the past. They are on  1-1-1 record at home and will host rival which have won previuos three league games in row. Sokolov is fiiled out with all Czech players,  while Prostejov is  holding  few internationals in the squad. That could be the fact which could push the match into the visitor direction.

Those two teams were the strongest sides of the football in Wales for the previous decade. In recent few seasons, there are Conans Quay and Cardiff  Metropolitan to try taking  place of Bala as the second best squad in the competition. Bala  has quite drop   recently, but they are still one of the rare rivals that manage to take one trophy from the champion, when won in FAC  2017. Today, they will  face  in Oswestry where Bala will try to get their first point here after long time. home side have already lost one match this season, and they are also without draw in the competition. 

TNS could be bit tired from their Europe games,  Cup with Scotland low table  rivals and fast  begin of the Wales championship. They are favorite here, but will play without few impoprtant players in the back, which is a light chance for Bala to get from  this ground without defeat. Clash could  be slower and have less goal scored than league in average, which also could help Bala to avoid conceding early in the game. If visiting side remain without goal in their net for the first part of the game, it is a chance for  the team to try using some of the favorite mistake in the field to try getting at the opponent half. Draw is the closest result here, but  if make victory, it would be not the first time for Bala Town from  the Lake.

When it comes to the clash of two newcomers in the league, than their match could determine each team way nd chances in the competition for that season.  Looking at their position in the relegation zone at the table, this one could be even more  tough and important for both of them and it should not be expected from any of rivals to went as favorite here. 

J A Drancy is at the bottom of the competition without winning match.  Besides, team is in the losing run, where made only one draw match so far. Their  defensive play is weak and it was to be expected in this level, but in the attack, team can not score to  rivals that are bearby at the competition or that  have already poor play in the back. 

On other, Marginane is trying to play with a lot of man  at their half, and despite low  place at the league table, they did not have much highscoring loses in the competition. Coming here to use weak morale among home players and their pressure to make well result, Marginane could use  a single goal chance in order to take  advantage that may be worth of first three points away from Gignac.

After  long period of descending and making their way through the loacal and lower level of the competition in Germany,  Ulm is having chance of fighting to get back at the professionall league this season. They have made good squad and well roster in the team, which is making well run with the high  level of performance currently. Team is near the top of the league table, and despite some weaker games recently, still  keep on the distance to the promotion rivals.

Young Mainz is getting their  place in the mid of this competition, and they have no bigger ambitious since have  relegated from the 3. Bundesleague. Team  can not make longer  streak with the positive results, and their lack of experiecne put them in tough position when face rivals with  older lineup.  With quite few injruies in the team  they can not make compact performing and have toubles to score in  offensive play. Ulm is forcing slower games with  minimal score, often getting three points with 1:0.

Lieferink is playing as second team of Salzburg for a while in this league and they are always in the mid or  uppoer part of the competition. since their roster has been changed  and that there is more rivals in the competition this year, they could have  light harder season and more difficulties to hanlde rivals like today. host is coming after  poor run where they have lost two games, without to score a goal. On other, new team in the competition have beaten Vorvarts in Steyr 4:1,  recent  league game, and currently is one of the top v visitors in the league.

Since both squads are young, there could be more than two goals at this clash. However, Amstetten  have their well   play in the mid with two defensive players, which are holding rival offensive actions. If home side do not score early in the  game, the pressure  could be bigger upon than and away team could be able to use that for getting to at least one point here. however, Amstetten will have good chance to make another win  if remain at the  same level.
 

This is one of the main duels in the fight to avoid relegation form both clubs, and Turku side should  make additionall pressure on their rival in order to get away from  danger poosition and make their leap over SJK on the league table. There are only two points difference between two opponents, and TPS  did not have such a well chance to make themselves out of the bottom, since the begin of the league.  They have beat other direct rival 4:1, when PS Kemi face Turku team in the recent league clash.  On other, SJK made another poor performance on the home  ground, when suffered loss from Kuopio. They have issues in the back line, where players have bit slower response when in front of fast  attackers.

SJK have won the previous four duels with TPS, but away side now have chance to use poor morale among home players and push for the fist three points here. Up to two goals at the match and visitors close to well outcome today in Seinaoijiki. TPS have longer  tradition in the top level of  football in Finland and  should not be considered as big  underdog against SJK.

After claiming first position  two seasons ago in this competition, Delfin went down with the best players left the club, having no proper replacement in the roster. Team is still quite strong, but recent games are showing poor  morale among players and high pressure to get away from the lower part of the league table. On other, Macara have no any must win positions recently and after avoiding relegation, team is relaxed to play without any bigger stress.

That brought up  away squad to the secod position at the league table and they will try to use weaker time of the host, in order to get to three points here. Macara have never won against Delfin in Manta, but they also did not have such a well chance like tonight. Up to three goasl and visitors close to positive outcome, especially if avoid to concede in the first part of the match.

If there is a well chance for Velez to claim positive result against champion Boca, it is at the begin of the season when teams are still getting onto the competition. Additionally, Boca is having their games in Copa Libertadores, where team is reaching final  levels and is aimimng at least big final. All of that, can make host bit relaxed for this duel, since they will not risk to play against Velez, early in the season with the full lineup. Possible injuries in the game that is not of big important at the moment, could be too much for the Boca ambitious. 

Velez had period when they were top team in the league, and even favorite when face Boca. However, they are not doing too well in the recent season and should try to re gain position in the top in this one. Sarsfield have begun with win against Racing, but than failed to get three points in the  following matches. Team was not complete for the start, but now will play in the top strenght against Juniors. 

Boca could miss Gago, Tevez and Pavon for this one. Velez is able to close up at their half and defend with up to ten players in the front of their own goal. That can bring close match with less chances for scoring and up to two goals. Velez could be close to getting out of this without to be defeated today.