Three matches, one common shape: in each, a clearly stronger side meets an opponent whose recent numbers show a real gap, and the stronger sides look set to control the match rather than scrape through.
In the women's V-League match, SOOPers have played four games lately and lost every one 0-3, winning none of twelve sets and losing them by nearly seven points on average. Expressway are inconsistent, as the sweep loss at GS Caltex showed, but they usually handle weaker sides in straight sets. The likeliest flow is Expressway winning in three or four sets, with SOOPers at best stealing one. That's why I'm siding with Expressway to win by at least two sets.
In Samsung against Hyundai, the form table looks messy only because Hyundai's recent losses all came against KAL, a stronger side. Against Samsung on the 20th of October Hyundai won every set 25-20, and the head-to-head stands at 15 wins in 20. Samsung's best recent result was a win at KB Stars, but they concede three sets in most of their games. I'm siding with Hyundai to win by two or more sets.
In the KBL, Seoul Thunders arrive first in the table at 9-1 with a two-way edge of about ten points per game over a Mobis side that concedes around 89 and has lost its last two heavily. Thunders won the earlier meeting by 20. Mobis' route is guard shooting at home, and Thunders' own loss last time out shows they can be beaten on a cold night, but the balance of the season favours the visitors. I'm siding with Seoul Thunders to win outright.
