Cologne Haie – Dresden Eislöwen

The league leader in DEL , Kølner Haie, will host bottom team Dresdner Eisløwen in a match at Lanxess Arena. Kølner Haie tops the table with 101 points in 44 matches, while Dresdner Eisløwen is at the bottom with 23 points in the same number of matches.

Many people wonder what on earth could be interesting in such a match? That is what we will try to show you in this analysis. Because there is no doubt that the game is in the statistics.

Cologne is a good home team, and here they face the league's clearly worst away team. Here, only underestimation from the home team can mean that Dresdner will get something. We absolutely do not think that will happen.

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Kölner Haie – by far the best team in DEL

No team has been able to match the form of Kølner Haie this season. The team leads the league with 8 games remaining in the regular season. It is guaranteed to win at home, there is no doubt about that.

The team is 12 points ahead of Mannheim, who are in 2nd place. The team has taken a huge step from last year, when they finished in 6th place. So this is not usual fare for the home team. It also makes us confident that they take every match seriously. They will be very keen to succeed in this.

The team lost the previous game. Which was a long time ago. They had 16 wins in a row before that game. They will definitely want to correct that for this round. They don't want to end up in a bad streak right before the playoffs. So they will probably put in a good effort in this one to get back on track again

They now also get their best offensive player back in Patrick Russel, who has been busy with the Olympics for Denmark. Otherwise, the others have played a training match against Straubing Tigers, which ended in a 5-1 victory. So the team has stayed in shape during the Olympic break.

We see no signs that they will slacken on their performance now.

Dresdner Eislöwen – belongs in the level below

There was a lot of excitement surrounding Dresdner before this year's season. The team, which came in fourth place in PART 2 last year, surprised in the playoffs, and managed a promotion. It turned out to be too big a leap. for this team. They have simply been slaughtered at this level.

The team is last of all, and is probably actually happy to make the trip back to PART 2. They have struggled a lot. Which has led to them only having 23 points in 44 games. By far the weakest team that has tried their hand in this division in several years.

In terms of form, the team also seems completely resigned. They have only won 1 of their last 11 matches. And 3 of the last 4 matches have ended with a loss of 3 goals or more. The last one with 2 goals. The team concedes a lot, and scores far too few.

They will have no chance against the league's best team in this match. We believe this team is longing to return to the level it belongs at.

Conclusion – this is overkill

Anything other than overtaking in this match will be surprising. The teams have met three times already this season. All matches have of course been won by Cologne. 2-5, 5-0 and 1-8.

We believe in similar numbers now. Cologne wants to get back on the winning track, and in that sense they face a perfect opponent here.

We lean towards a handicap bet. For those looking for a safe bet. So -1.5 goals to 1.50 in odds can be interesting enough. But we are pretty sure that they will win by more goals, and therefore try the next bet on the scale.

Hockey at 19:30: Kölner Haie - Dresdner Eislöwen: Kölner Haie wins -2.5 goals (1.91)