26.10.2020, 02:00
Toulouse seek second win, GOG want to bounce back

ROUND 2 PREVIEW: After the exciting start to the group phase last week, EHF European League Men action resumes on Tuesday

Following the interesting opening to the group phase of the EHF European League Men last week, round 2 brings hot action and fierce challenges again on Tuesday.

The schedule includes four matches, with Toulouse seeking their second straight win in group A but their visit to Leon promises to be a tough task for the French side. In the same group, Chekhov open their campaign with a match at Fivers in Austria.

In group B, both Kristianstad and Dinamo Bucuresti are seeking for a first win after suffering a defeat in round 1. And in group D, GOG want to gain their first points after a bitter opening defeat in Schaffhausen last week.

All four matches on Tuesday will be streamed live on EHFTV.

GROUP A

Abanca Ademar Leon (ESP) vs Fenix Toulouse HB (FRA)
Tuesday 27 October, 18:45 CET, live on EHFTV

• Toulouse took two points in their group phase opener against Metalurg
• Leon will play their first group phase game
• in their six games so far this season, Leon recorded five wins and one defeat
• Toulouse ended a four-match losing streak last week with wins over Metalurg and, in the French league, over Chartres

Fivers (AUT) vs Chekhovskie medvedi (RUS)
Tuesday 27 October, 20:45 CET, live on EHFTV

• Fivers played a strong first half but lost to Plock 32:23 last week
• for Chekhov, the game in Austria is their group phase opener
• this is the first time since the 2005/06 season that Chekhov are not playing in the EHF Champions League
• both teams are currently ranked second in their domestic leagues - Fivers four points behind Tirol and Chekhov one point behind Neva

GROUP B

IFK Kristianstad (SWE) vs C.S. Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU)
Tuesday 27 October, 20:45 CET, live on EHFTV

• both teams started their group phase campaign with a defeat - IFK against Füchse, Dinamo against Sporting
• IFK failed to beat Dinamo in last season’s EHF Champions League group phase, with a draw in Sweden and a defeat in Romania
• IFK lead the Swedish league after seven wins and one defeat
• Dinamo Bucuresti remain undefeated in the Romanian league

GROUP D

GOG (DEN) vs HC Eurofarm Pelister (MKD)
Tuesday 27 October, 18:45 CET, live on EHFTV

• the teams have met only once before - in EHF Champions League qualification in 1996, when GOG advanced on the away-goal rule
• GOG unluckily lost their first group match 29:28 at Kadetten Schaffhausen
• Pelister are going into their first group phase match
• GOG are without key newcomer Morten Olsen following finger surgery
• GOG have seven wins and two draws from their nine matches in the Danish league so far

TEXT: EHF / Kevin Domas, Danijela Lemaić, Tiago Nogueira, Björn Pazen