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Brand has been very dominant this season, winning 10 of 12 races she entered, with 2 runner-up finishes in the races she didn't win. She appeared in 3 of 4 World Cup races, winning all 3 and skipping one in France to get more training. That paid off with convincing wins in Terralba and Namur in next 2 weeks, so got to expect her to continue dominating and win this one as well.

Brand has 10 wins and two 2nd places in 12 races this season, including 3 wins in 3 World Cup races, as she skipped one to get more training. The last 2 of those wins were very comfortable, by 20 seconds and by 43 seconds. She is clearly a level above everyone else and should once again show it here in Antwerpen and beat the field for a new win.

Mathieu van der Poel opened this season by winning his first race last week in Namur, which was his 231st cyclo cross win, showing how dominant he is in the sport. He is a seven-time world champion and he won 25 of the last 26 races in the World Cup, so got to expect him to dominate once again here and win this one.

Mathieu van der Poel continued his reign in cyclo cross in his first start of the season, winning in Namur. That was his 25th win in his last 26 races. He won the last two times here in Antwerpen, with his most recent win coming by almost half a minute ahead of his biggest rival, Van Aert, who will make his first start this season here. It feels like Van der Poel is ahead of him in training, and MvdP clearly holds a massive advantage over everyone else in the field, so got to like the reigning world champion to win this race.

Both of these two teams are averaging above this margin as Jyp is on 6.8 total goals per game average while SaiPa is on 6.2 total goals per game average. Jyp went over this total in 22 of their 29 games including in all 15 home games this season while SaiPa went over this total in 18 of their 31 games. Both have been superb offensively of late as Jyp scored 3 goals or more in 14 of their last 16 games while SaiPa scored 4 goals or more in 8 of their last 9 games. They went over this total in 5 of last 6 hth meetings which averaged very high 8.3 total goals per game with most recent meeting seeing them combine for whopping total of 10 goals, so got to expect another higher scoring contest here which should result in an over.

Both teams are averaging above this margin as KooKoo is at a 6.2 total goals per game average, while KalPa is at 6.5 total goals per game average. KooKoo produced 22 overs and 10 unders on this total, while KalPa produced 21 overs and 9 unders on this total. They went over this total in 7 of the last 8 head-to-head meetings, and they also produced overs in the last 4 head-to-head meetings played in Kouvola. Combined with all 3 of their head-to-head meetings this season also going over this total, simply got to expect another higher-scoring contest, which should result in another over.

Peterborough is 19th with 22 points, while Port Vale is dead last, 24th, with only 15 points. Peterborough won 5 of their last 8 games, including the last 2 games. Port Vale is winless in their last 9 games, with 5 losses in the last 7 of those games. Peterborough won their last 5 H2H meetings while keeping clean sheets in all 5 of those wins, so there's very nice value backing the visitors to win this one.

Sheff Utd is 19th with 23 points while Birmingham is 13th with 29 points. Sheff Utd has been better of late with 4-1-1 record in their last 6 games while Birmingham has been really poor on the road with 2-2-7 record being winless in last 5 road games with 4 losses. Sheff Utd has 2 wins and 1 draw in their last 3 hth league meetings so got to give the edge to Blades here and back Sheff Utd to win.

Watford is 14th with 29 points while Stoke is 7th with 33 points. Watford has been excellent at home with a 6-4-1 record and is undefeated in the last 8 games in front of their fans, with 5 wins. On the other side, Stoke has been really struggling of late, having lost 5 of their last 7 games, including their last 3 on the road. Watford is undefeated in the last 6 H2H matches against Stoke at Vicarage Road in the Championship, with 4 wins, so got to expect the hosts to have the upper hand in this one and win.

Rams have an excellent team all around, which is playing at a really high level this season. Their QB, Stafford, led them to the title in 2022, and he is playing some of the best football of his career this year under McVay's helm. They have a superb young defense this year, filled with talent all over it, and they are one of the least penalized teams in the league. Being that young on defense allowed them to add Adams to their receiving core alongside one of the best receivers in the league, Nacua. Rams also have a really good running game with Kyren Williams and a whole stable of solid tight ends. So, with an experienced, Super Bowl-winning QB like Stafford, who usually plays his best in the biggest games, you simply have to like the Rams to go all the way and win another ring in Santa Clara this season.