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This is the first match of the UEFA Euro 2016 playoff battle. Norway, the home team have young and talented players, who are very motivated, and they showed in the group stage (against Italy) that they have a strong team also. Two of their goalkeepers playing in the German Bundesliga, two defenders playing in the Europa League with FK Molde, and they have defenders from the Swedish and from the Russian Premier League also (and very important: they are usually playing at every match). They have two good defensive midfielders also, Tettey playing in the English Premier League, plus Nordveit in Borussia Mönchengladbach. It will be a very stable wall before the norwegian defense. Henriksen, their best attacking midfielder is in a great form in the Dutch Eredivisie, other players are important players of good european teams. Their main central forward is Söderlund, who is the best goalscorer of Rosenborg, which playing also in the Europa League Group stage. So, Norway have a young, but very talented team, almost all of their players are playing usually in their club team, and they are very hungry for success, and they must make advantage before the second leg of the battle. About Hungary: I am from Hungary, but I don't see any quality in our team. Main goalkeeper is 40 years old (former he played in the German Bundesliga and in the English PL), but now he playing in the Hungarian first division. Rightback is playing in a hungarian team which fighting against the relegation in the first division. Juhász, the best central defender of the team is suspended, probably Guzmics and Kádár will be the central defenders at these match. On the leftback position probably Leandro will playing. He is a brazilian-hungarian player, and now he is player of Ferencváros (usually playing as central defender in his club), which strongly dominate in the hungarian first division (there are huge difference between Ferencváros and other teams, but hungarian first division is a low-level league). Two defensive midfielders will probably playing, one of them will be Ádám Nagy, he is a very young and talented player, but without any experience (he has around 15 first division matches and 3 match in the hungarian national team). Other player is Ákos Elek, who playing in the chinese Super League. Attacking midfielders: Gera, the playmaker of the team is 36 years old, some years ago he played in WBA in the English PL. Now he playing in Ferencváros, and he is much slower now because of the quality of the hungarian first division. On the right attacking midfielder position there are lot of variation, Lovrencsics (Lech Poznan), Stieber (Hamburg, he not played too much in his team) or Krisztián Németh (Sporting Kansas) could play today. On the left attacking midfielder position there is Dzsudzsák, the best player of the national team. He is playing in the turkish Bursaspor, but he is not the best form now. Central forwards: Szalai is out of form, he is usually substitute in Hoffenheim, Böde is in good form, but he is playing in the hungarian first division against weak teams. Priskin is playing in the Slovakian Corgon Liga, but this league almost same level like the hungarian league. Berndt Storck, the head coach of the national team has no big international experience as head coach. He worked usually as assistant coach. His assistant, the former WC winner Andreas Möller worked as TV-reporter in some German Television, he is also without experience in this level. So I compared the two teams, and I think Hungary have no chance against Norway, because the difference is too big between the two teams, and home team will playing home, this is big advantage for them. So my bet is home win with medium stakes.

Home team is currently on the 3rd place at the league table. On Thursday they won home against Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League Group Stage with 3-2, but at the last weekend Rapid lost away against Wolfsberger AC. Rapid was dominated on this match (ball possession was 61-39 for the green-whites), but Wolfsberger AC scored 2 goals and won the game. All regular players available at Rapid, so the home team head coach could use their best possible lineup on the Wiener derby. Austria Wien is currently on the 2nd place at the league table. They won 3 Bundesliga matches in a row, and they are the second best away team of the league. Austria will be probably more fresh, because they did not played midweek EL game like Rapid. Sikov, a regular central defender is injured, and Kayode, the second best goalscorer and central forward of the team is doubtful, but he will probably play on the derby against Rapid. I think both teams will score least 1 goals on this match, so my tip is both teams to score with medium stakes.

Home team is currently on the 4th place and they won 2 matches in a row in the Jupiler League. Genk won all of their home matches in this season, and they scored 13 goals on these matches. They are fighting for the top places at the championship, and all important players available for the home team head coach. At the last round of the Jupiler League Mouscron lost home vs. Gent with 2-1, and Mouscron is currently on the 13th place in the league table. There are a lot of missing players at the away team, two key players, Scepovic (CF) and Dingome (CM) are both injured, like two other regular players, Gulan (DM) and Peyre (RB). I think home team will win this match, because they could play with full strength squad, and opponent have a lot of injured regular players. My pick is home win.

Austrian Bundesliga continues after 2 weeks break. Sturm Graz lost at the last away match vs. Grödig with 3-0, but Sturm were highly dominated on this match (ball possession was 66-34 for Sturm), and home team scored 3 goals on these match. All important players available at the home team. Altach lost home vs. Austria Wien with 2-1, but it was an equal game, there was no big differences in match statistics. But against Sturm Graz Altach will miss out three regular players. Two defenders, Lienhart and Zwischenburger both injured, like Ngwat-Mahop, the second best goalscorer of the team. Important statistics: Sturm Graz scored 22 goals on their last 5 home Bundesliga matches vs. Altach! I think home team will show that they are stronger than Altach, and Sturm will win this game. My pick is home win.

On Tuesday Olympique Lyon lost home vs. Valencia with 1-0, and at the last weekend they lost away against Bordeaux with 3-1. Lyon current form is not the best, but their squad is still very strong, and one key player, Lacazette returns to the team, he will probably start against Reims, and it is a big boost for the home team. There are no new injuries at Lyon. Reims is unbeaten since 5 matches, but their squad is not too strong for fighting the top places at the Ligue 1. At the last weekend they won home against Lille, but Lille dominated on the match (ball possession was 58-42 for the away team), it shows that Reims not comparable with the top teams of Ligue 1. Weber, a regular central defender of the team is injured, like Mandi, the key player of the defense, and it is big problem for the away team head coach. I think Olympique Lyon will show that they not forget to play football, and they will win because it is a very important match for the home team. My pick is home win.