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Beziers is 13th with 38 points, sitting just 3 points above the danger zone, while Agen is 7th with 57 points. Beziers won 9 of 12 home games, while Agen lost 9 of their 11 road games. Beziers won their last 5 home games, including beating league-leading Vannes, while allowing only 12.4 points per game defensively in that span. Agen lost 8 of their last 9 road games, allowing 31.4 points per game defensively in that stretch. Beziers won all 7 previous head-to-head meetings against Agen that they hosted in the south of France, so got to expect the hosts to have more urgency here and win this one.

Carcassonne is last placed, 16th, with 30 points but sits not that far, 7 points below safety. Mont-de-Marsan is 14th with 37 points, sitting just 2 points above the danger zone. Carcassonne won 26 of their 30 points at home, including 4 wins in their last 5 games in front of their fans. Conversely, Mont-de-Marsan is winless in 11 road games with 10 losses and just 1 draw, in which they scored a game-tying penalty goal in the 82nd minute. Carcassonne's only points away from home came in a win at Mont-de-Marsan, and they also beat them in 4 of the last 5 H2H meetings which they hosted, so got to expect the hosts to have the upper hand in this one and win.

Dax is next to last 15th with 35 points, sitting 2 points below safety, while Grenoble is 9th with 49 points. Dax won 9 of their 11 home games, while Grenoble lost 10 of their 12 road games. Dax won their last 8 home games, holding opponents to only 11.5 points per game, while Grenoble lost 10 of their last 11 road games, allowing 32.2 points per game, so got to expect the hosts to be far more motivated, playing for their survival, and to take advantage of home ground and win this one.

Both of these teams produced 3 overs in each of their last 3 respective games, including the first game of this series, which saw a total of 11 goals. That game 1 saw a massive 19 penalties and 3 power-play goals, so with 2 of their last 3 H2H meetings played in Ingolstadt also producing overs, simply got to expect another high-scoring game that should result in an over.

Kolner Haie finished the regular season a huge 44 points above the Wild Wings, securing the #1 seed, while the Wild Wings entered the playoffs through a play-in as the #9 seed. Kolner Haie won all 4 of their H2H meetings in the regular season and opened this series with a win on the road in game 1, shutting out the hosts. Kolner Haie is the much better side, so got to expect them to control this game as well and win it handily in the end.

Sonderjyske went over this total in 10 of their last 15 games, while Horsens went over this total in 3 of their last 4 games. They went over this total in 2 of the last 3 H2H meetings hosted by Sonderjyske, so got to expect another higher-scoring contest that should result in an over in the end.

Both teams had excellent qualifying campaigns and enter this friendly filled with positive energy, so this should be a quality game between two solid sides. Norway will be without their best player, Haaland, while the Netherlands are undefeated in their last 6 head-to-head meetings, with 5 wins and 10 goals scored, so got to expect a tight match, which the Dutch should edge, and then a 2-1 scoreline is a viable option to try with.

Switzerland is undefeated in the last 10 games with 7 wins and 3 draws, of which 2 draws came in the last 3 games. On the other side, Germany is 6-2-3 in the last 11 games, but they won the last 5 games, so this should be a close match. They drew the last 3 H2H meetings, all of which had goals, and 2 of them finished 1-1, so got to expect another close game with goals that could easily finish 1-1.

Soyaux-Angouleme stayed below this margin in 11 of their last 13 games, while Brive stayed below this margin in 5 of their last 7 games. Soyaux-Angouleme stayed below this total in their last 6 home games, while Brive stayed below this total in 7 of their last 8 road games. They stayed below this total in 5 of the last 6 H2H meetings, including the first one of this season, so got to expect another territory-focused game that should stay low-scoring and result in an under.

Spain is a far better team than Serbia, which should see them dominate this match and win comfortably. They played 3 times previously head-to-head, and Serbia failed to score in all 3 of those matches. Spain won twice by 2-0 and 3-0, so got to expect something similar here, and then a 2-0 scoreline is a solid option to try with.

Both of these teams have been rock solid. Morocco is undefeated in the last 24 games, with the last 2 finishing in goalless draws. On the other side, Ecuador is undefeated in the last 15 games, with 6 wins and 9 draws, of which 7 finished without goals. Both should enter this game carefully to keep their streaks alive, and if the game stays goalless for a while, substitutes will come in and water the game down, which then could easily finish in a goalless draw.

Penge had a breakout year on the DP World Tour last year, winning 3 times in a span from late April to early October, with 4 more top-10 finishes. He needed some time after relocating to the USA and adjusting to the PGA Tour, but T16 at The Genesis Invitational was a great sign that he is settling well and starting to play his best. Last week at the Valspar Championship he proved that with an even better T4 finish. He ranked 4th for Putting Average last week at Copperhead, and Memorial Park this week should suit him just fine on debut, so got to fancy the Englishman for a strong showing.

Thorbjornsen has been playing very well this season, highlighted by T3 finish at the Phoenix Open. He shot superb back-to-back rounds of 65-67 on Friday and Saturday at The Players Championship in his last outing to enter Sunday playing in the final group, but that got to him and he made a big mistake on the 4th hole for a quadruple bogey and a subsequent 77 round that saw him drop in the rankings to finish T22. He was T39 here on debut last year after 4 bogeys on the final 5 holes ruined an even better finish, but that result came after he missed 6 of the previous 7 cuts, so arriving in much better form this time around at a course he clearly can play well on makes Michael a solid pick to go with this weekend.

Finau has been very solid of late, making 5 of his last 6 cuts en route to 3 top-20 finishes in that span. He has an excellent record here at Memorial Park, being 7 for 9, highlighted by a win in 2022 which was followed up with T2 when defending in 2024. He played very well last week at the Valspar Championship and now arrives in Houston, where he has very fond memories in the last few years on a course on which he usually plays very well, so got to see very nice value in backing Tony for another strong weekend.