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Team Esbjerg finished the regular season with an undefeated record and 3 points above Odense, having won both of their head-to-head matches. The last of those came at home, where they demolished Odense by 10 goals. Team Esbjerg has been better the whole season and should open this finals series strong at home and win.

Both of these two teams have been superb offensively as Team Esbjerg averaged 35.4 goals scored per game while Odense averaged 34.8 goals scored per game in regular season. Team Esbjerg averaged 36 goals scored per game in championship group and semifinal while Odense averaged 34.3 goals scored per game in same stretch. They went over this total in 5 of last 7 h2h meetings including all 3 matches in finals last season so got to expect another higher scoring contest that should result in an over.

Sarr has been in excellent form, scoring 8 goals in the last 13 games he played. He scored in 7 of the last 8 games in which he played the full 90 minutes and is Crystal Palace's top goalscorer in this competition with 9 goals in 14 games. Also, 4 of his last 7 goals were the first goals in the games, so there's good value backing him to open the scoring here.

Both of these two teams had a great run to this final, but Crystal Palace has more depth and quality in their side which should see them have the upper hand in this one. Crystal Palace conceded in each of their last 3 wins in all comps and won them by 2-1 twice and once by 3-1 so got to feel like this final should be similar and English side to edge it out narrowly by 2-1 makes sense to try with.

Steinlechner made 4 of his last 7 cuts, highlighted by a T15 finish at the Joburg Open. He fired a round of 66 on Friday in Belgium last week to make the cut and has shown some nice putting form of late ranking 10th for it at Hero Indian Open. He was T22 at this event last year with strong middle rounds of 66-64 before he won the Interwetten Open on the Challenge Tour only 8 weeks later on altitude in Schladming with a 21-under score, following a superb round of 61 on Friday, so at his home open again on altitude, Steinlechner makes a decent long shot to go with.

Darius van Driel has been in very fine form of late, notching finishes of T18 at the Hero Indian Open, T8 at the Volvo China Open, T4 at the Turkish Airlines Open, and T13 at the Soudal Open last week after missing the cut in Barcelona. He played on the Alps Tour and won in both Switzerland and Austria on similar courses, while his first win on the DP World Tour came in Kenya, which is also played at altitude like Kitzbuhel this week. He isn't very long off the tee, so these courses at altitude in thinner air help his game. He already has a T4 finish back in 2020 at this event, so got to fancy him to go well again this weekend and possibly contend for the win.

Lawrence has 5 wins on the DP World Tour in the last 5 years, and 2 of those came in neighboring Switzerland at Crans, which is at an altitude similar to Kitzbuhel this week. He hasn't been in the best form this year, with finishes of T10 at the Dubai Classic and T6 at the Hainan Classic being his highest. However, he was in even worse shape last year when he missed 3 straight cuts before winning at Crans in August. He comes here after a solid opening round of bogey-free 5-under 66 last week in Belgium, so at this price Thriston is worth giving a look.