Toulouse seek second win, GOG want to bounce back

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