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Coventry leads the league with 52 points, while Leicester is 12th with 37 points. Coventry has the best home record of 9-2-1, although they finally lost for the first time in front of their fans, falling to in-form third-placed Ipswich. On the other side, Leicester isn't in the best form of late as they lost 3 of their last 5 games and 5 of their last 8 road games. Coventry won their last HTH match against Leicester, which they hosted, so got to expect Coventry to have the upper hand in this one and win.

KyKy is 6th with 23 points on an 8-9 record, while Loimu is dead last, 9th, with only 7 points on a 2-14 record. KyKy is solid 5-4 at home, while Loimu is winless 0-7 on the road. KyKy is coming off a win against the defending champions at home, and they won both head-to-head meetings against Loimu this season, so got to expect KyKy to have the edge at home and win this one.

Liberec is 3rd with 31 points on an 11-3 record while Lvice Praha are 6th with 18 points on a 6-8 record. Liberec only lost three times to the top two teams and they are 6-1 at home. Lvice Praha are awful 1-6 on the road, with their lone away win coming at 2-12 Olymp Praha. Liberec won their only previous head-to-head meeting comfortably earlier this season, so got to expect Liberec to dominate at home and win this one.

Mansfield is 12th with 32 points, while Port Vale is dead last, 24th, with only 18 points. Mansfield won their last 3 games, scoring 7 goals. On the other side, Port Vale has been really struggling as they lost 8 of their last 11 games, with only one win in that stretch. They have been winless in their last 7 road games, with 5 losses, and they failed to score in all 5 of those losses. All in all, Mansfield is in much better form at the moment and are a far better team offensively, which should give them a decisive edge and see them win.

Forest Green is 4th with 53 points, while Sutton Utd is 20th with 23 points. Forest Green sits only 2 points off the top of the league, and they own a strong 6-4-2 road record. On the other side, Sutton Utd sit above the relegation zone only on goal difference, as they are winless in their last 4 games with 3 losses. Forest Green is 6-1-1 in the last 8 head-to-head meetings with Sutton Utd, including being undefeated in the last 4 visits here with 3 wins, so got to give the decisive advantage to the visitors here and back Forest Green to win.

Ferguson finished last year with a strong showing and a T10 finish at the Nedbank Golf Challenge. He started last year well with 16th in the Dubai Desert Classic. He played here in the only previous DP World Tour event held in 2024 and was really good, T11, with only 4 bogeys in 4 rounds, so if he finds a bit warmer putter this time around, this could be even better start to the season for Ewen.

Luiten finished last year with strong finishes of T6 in India, T14 at the Genesis Championship, and T10 at the Nedbank Golf Challenge. He played here in the only previous event held on the DP World Tour back in 2024 and notched T14 finish with a good all-around game. This time he arrived early and got in some practice over the previous week, which should see him shake off any rust and get out to a quick start to the new season, that could quite easily see him be right in the mix come Sunday afternoon.

Lowry had a decent last year on the PGA Tour with a couple of narrow misses, including runner-up finishes at Pebble Beach and the Truist Championship. He finished the year strong on the DP World Tour, notching T3 in India and closing out the season with T12 at the Abu Dhabi Championship and T11 at the DP World Tour Championship. He always plays well around these parts, and he started last season super strong with 5 top-20 finishes in his first 6 starts on the PGA Tour, including 3 top-8 finishes, so it's worth backing the Irishman for another strong start and a great showing in Dubai this weekend.

Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado caught some form late and won the last 3 races. The first of those wins came in the weaker C2 class, but then she won at the last World Cup stop in Zonhoven, beating at that point the seemingly unbeatable Brand, and then she beat Brand again by winning the Dutch National Championships last week. With that type of form she is in, simply got to see great value backing her to win this one.

Neergaard-Petersen had an amazing 2025 as he secured his PGA Tour card and crowned the year with a very good finish, taking T3 in Dubai at the DP World Tour Championship before he closed out the season with a title, winning the Australian Open. That was his first DP World Tour title after 3 wins on the Challenge Tour, one of which came very close to here when he won the UAE Challenge in 2024. All in all, he is playing great golf and should start his season strong before shipping up across the pond.

Nys sits in 2nd in the World Cup rankings this season, being only 10 points behind Van der Poel, who is skipping this race. Nys won the penultimate World Cup race in Dendermonde and is coming off a win at the Belgian National Championship, where he defended his title from last season. He is in excellent form and he trained here earlier in the season, which makes him a solid pick to win this one.

Vandeputte sits in 5th place in World Cup rankings with 176 points, while Ronhaar sits in 15th with 102 points. Vandeputte finished ahead of Ronhaar in each of the last four races they both attended, and was significantly ahead in all of those races. Vandeputte is clearly in much better form and should again finish ahead of the struggling Ronhaar.

Griffin finished last season super strong, notching six top-15 finishes in his last seven starts, including a win at the WWT Championship and a runner-up finish at the Procore Championship while he also played in the Ryder Cup. He sits 8th in the OWGR and is 3-for-3 in his previous appearances at Waialae, so got to expect him to continue where he left off at the end of last season and again be right in the mix for the win come Sunday afternoon.

Kitayama finished last year strong with five top-15 finishes in his last eight starts, highlighted by a big win in Minnesota at the 3M Open. He is 3-for-3 here in Hawaii, as he plays well in windy conditions and could easily transfer some of that end-of-season form to the start of this season and contend for the win.

Dunlap closed out last year with two solid outings, finishing T8 at the WWT Championship and T22 at the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan, where only a weak Saturday round ruined what would have been back-to-back top-10 finishes. He was T10 here on debut last year and led the field in SG Putting. He handles the wind very well, which makes him a solid pick at this price to contend once again.

Harman has a great record here in Hawaii as he made 11 of the last 12 cuts at Waialae with 5 top-20 finishes in that span. His best was 4th in 2018 when he led heading into the weekend. He sat tied for 5th here heading into Sunday last year but made a mess on the back nine with two bogeys in the final 9 holes after having only one bogey in the first three rounds. He closed out last season with a decent 16th at the Hero World Challenge despite a stretch of two double bogeys and four bogeys across an eight-hole span. He usually plays well in windy conditions, which will be on offer in Hawaii this weekend, so got to like Harman to kick off his new season with another strong showing at Waialae.

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.