Sport
BASKETBALL
Date added
Match date
League
Slovak Extraliga Women
Bet type
HANDICAP
Moderator Odds
1.9
Do not bet lower odds
1.7
Stake
2
Prediction
Piešťany -17,5
Description
Bet highlight:
- Piešťany have excellent roster with star James
- Only six/ seven good players in Bánska Bystrica roster
- H2H clear for Piešťany (6-0)
Full analysis:
The final of the Slovak women's extra league should be a clear Piešťany affair. They have a very experienced team, while Banská made it to the final thanks to Ruzomberok's poor spring form, winning 3-1 on games played. However, they lost to Podhradska (11b+4.7d per game), which is a pretty big loss considering Slávia has been playing with 7-8 people for the last month.
Piešt'any have beaten Slávia on all six occasions this year, including league, cup and CEWL, and four times they've covered this -17.5 handicap (I'm counting all games, including away games).
Piešt'any's large squad and home environment must have had an effect. Players such as James, Mitrasinovic, Herminjard and the Slovakians around Taušová have great quality. Furthermore, forward James is a superior player in the Slovak women's extra league, as she proved in the Federal Final4 against Chomutov and KP Brno (who are better teams than Slávia BB).
In the semi-final against Košice, Čajky may have trailed in the second half of the first game and only ended up with 15 points, but she was dominant in the next two games.
For me, despite the betrayal in the first game, this is a 20+ game. I could easily see the handicap going up two points at the odds quoted.