Eisbaren Berlin – Adler Mannheim 01-04-2025

We have reached the German semi-finals of the DEL playoffs. One of the pre-season favorites, Eisbaren Berlin, will take on Adler Mannheim in the first match of the 7th round.

The team from Berlin plays its matches in the Uber Arena, which holds a whopping 17,000 spectators. A fantastic stadium that accommodates both ice hockey, basketball, concerts and other cultural events. This is a real big hall. It can get very crowded here at times. With over 12,000 in attendance in the last match, we can almost guarantee a full house this time. It will definitely be an advantage for the home team.

Eisbaren Berlin easily beat Straubing Tigers in 5 games in the quarterfinals. While Adler Mannheim needed one more game, in what became 6 tough games against Munich.

Eisbaren Berlin – Last year's winner looks the strongest.

Eisbaen Berlin, who came in second in the series last year, which was the same position as this year, went all the way last year and won the playoffs. They could easily do the same this season. There are many similarities to last season in the way the playoffs are set up. If you switch places on today's opponent, and the team they faced in the previous round, these are the same two teams Eisbaren Berlin had to get past last year. They made it through the first round easily, after winning two at home and two away. They stumbled in game number 3, in what looked like an understatement, after winning the first two a little easily. They got together, and won the next two games.

That means that Adler Mannheim has one more game in their hands when they come here. Maybe not much to say. But in these games, it is often the small details that decide. This has been the team that has scored by far the most of all in the regular season, and it was also decisive in the last round. All the games they won they scored 4 or more. It is often a sign of strength that we look for in the teams we tip. It gives us security, so that the team can come back if they are going to end up under.

They also finished the last 3 games of the season by scoring 5 goals or more. Unfortunately, we do not have any odds of over 2.5 or 3.5 goals for the home team at the time of writing. But it could certainly be worth a bet if the odds are right. It is not long since the teams met internally. It was in the last round of the series, when Eisbaren won 4-5 away after extra time. In fact, all the matches ended in favor of the Berlin team this season, and we think that gives a nice confidence going into these games.

Adler Mannheim – Varies too much.

Adler Mannheim's season has been characterized by unstable performances. This has also been the case so far in the playoffs. The previous round ended with 2 losses and 4 wins in the end. But two of the wins came after a layoff, which suggests that it could have easily gone the other way just as well. When they do win in the end, we shouldn't put too much stock in it. But the season has been a bit of the same. When the team has looked like they have found their form, they have several times ended up in bad periods.

They score a little too few goals in relation to how many they concede, and that means the team quickly gets into trouble when they are behind. If you look at the team's form before the playoffs, it wasn't exactly promising. They ended up with 4 losses out of their last 5. That makes us pretty sure that they will face a team that is better than them in this one. They will have a tough away game against a nearly full Uber Arena. It will be a difficult starting point for a good result.

Conclusion – The best team wins.

Many parameters point to the home team's advantage here. Form, home field advantage, internal statistics. Eisbaren should simply be a better team than Adler Mannheim. They went all the way last year, and know what is required in these games.

They also swept the same team in the playoffs last year, and that is probably also fresh in the memory of the away team. Sometimes the tips simply have to come from such a simple explanation. Eisbaren is the better team.

Hockey at 19:30: Eisbaren Berlin – Adler Mannheim: Eisbaren Berlin wins (1.83)