Three days - two rounds of the A1 League
Actually, there are a little more days than mentioned in the title, but we will explain.
In the regional A1 league, group A or West, we will have a total of 4 matches over the course of three days (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday), but across two rounds. However, all matches will be in one city.
On Thursday, a match from the 5th round between OVK Split and Maribor's Branik will be played in Split in advance. The next day, the 4th round will take place, with only one match between Mornar and Branik. On Saturday, there will be two matches from the 4th round, with OVK Split facing KPK and POŠK 1937 playing against Zadar 1952.
In relation to the first sentence where we mentioned that there are actually more match days for the 4th round... This is correct because one match from the 4th round of the A1 League was played much earlier. On October 28, when Medveščak team defeated Budva in Zagreb (18:11).
Regarding the matches themselves, it is clear why Maribor's Branik was allowed to play two matches in two days. Both are in Split, so it would be unnecessary expense to insist on separate trips. It is assumed that Branik will focus all their concentration on Thursday for the match against OVK Split, the only team in this group so far without a single point.
Branik created quite a sensation in the last round of the A1 League when they defeated Budva at home quite convincingly – 14:8. This was the first and only victory of the Slovenian team this season so far. Any predictions in these cases are mere speculations.
In the second match of the Slovenian team (on Friday), we don't give them much chance, almost none, against Mornar. Marina Kliškinjić's team will be fighting for the top spot in this group, so we don't see how they could be threatened by Maribor.
Saturday will see the completion of the 4th round of the A1 League, group A. Two more matches in Split. The island team KPK will be the guest of the bottom-placed OVK Split, and it's fair to say they are the favorites. The other pair could be a bit more uncertain, POŠK 1937 – Zadar 1952. This pair met last week in Split, at the Croatian Cup qualification tournament, where POŠK won 10:6. It was a very evenly matched encounter overall, which was decided in the third quarter that POŠK won 4:1. All other quarters were completely equal.
