IHWC, Elite division

After first round everything is still open in Group A. Two days ago Belarus almost made a bit upset, losing to Sweden "only" 5:6, taking lead in three occasions. What we could see there was good Belarus team, but with bad goaltending and if they manage to improve a bit in defensive part they should be a real challange to Swiss team.

Switzerland won 4:1 against France. Nothing surprising about that, French goalie Huet was in great shape, saving 44 of 48 shots and was French MoM. Still, Belarus has more quality then France, and especially if they score first, Swiss might find themselves in a real trouble.

For this match, with Colorado and Montreal out of playoffs, Belarus will be reinforced with three NHL players. They also played a match before Swiss and had a few hours more to rest, but it shouldn't matter this early into tournament. I think both teams are aware of importance of this match and for me both teams have same chance of winning here. True is that Swiss has much better tradition in games against Belarus, but now Belarus looks much stronger then years before, and if i can remember correct, they managed to beat them 2:1 back in 2006 (one of their last meetings, i remember odds on Belarus were better then now). Anyway, to conclude, i give same chance of winning in this one to both teams, and this odds represent value in my eyes, Belarus looks as strong as they can be, while Swiss team stagnated over years and quality gap between this two is really small now...

Pick : Belarus DNB
Odds : 2.45
Stake : 5 / 10
Bookmaker : Centrebet
Date : 2008-05-05
Match Result : 2-1
Tipster Personal Link/Sponsor: http://scythe.blogabet.com/

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