On Wednesday, October 11, at 21:45 at Wunderino Arena, a match of the 4th stage of the Champions League group A “Kiel” – “Kielce” is scheduled to be played live on Digi Sport 4, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 2.

The big derby of the week of European handball “Kiel” and “Kielce” met in the most anticipated match of group A of the EGF Champions League.

Kiel, coached by ex-Czech international Filip Jiha since 2019, is in first place in Group A with six points from three matches, but all wins have come against opponents not included in the calculations for the upper stages of the competition. : 30-23 with Zagreb (d), 35-32 with Szeged (a) and 23-20 with Pelister (d).

Kiel missed out on the Final Four last season, being knocked out in the quarter-finals by Paris Saint-Germain, but won the German championship and thus gained new qualification for the EHF Champions League (23 Bundesliga titles to his credit, a national record) . , and won the Champions League four times, in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2020).

Kiel, who lost Landin Jacobsen and Sander Sagosen in the summer, are struggling this domestic season, sitting just 6th in the league with four wins and three losses after seven games (leaders Fuchse Berlin have eight wins from eight matches). also eliminated from the German Cup.

Kielce, coached by the legendary Talant Duyshebaev since 2014, is in 4th place in Group A with four points after 31-34 with Aalborg (a), 32-30 with Kolstad (d) and 30- 29 from Paris Saint-Germain. Germain (a).

Kielce unexpectedly lost the final to Magdeburg 29-30 in their last Champions League outing (after reaching the semi-finals against Paris Saint-Germain, albeit with a second-chance start, 25-24), and are the leader is the champion of the last 12 seasons of the Polish championship (he has the EHL Champions League trophy, won in 2016).

Talant Duyshebaev, one of the greatest handball players of all time (played for three national teams of the USSR, Russia and Spain), is also a top coach (won the Champions League four times, three times with Ciudad Real and with Kielce), based in the current team on his two sons, Daniel Duishebaev and Alexi Duishebaev, two-time European champions with the Spanish national team.

The two teams last met in the last Champions League draw, in the group stage, when they split their wins, each winning at home, Kielce 40-37 in the first round and Kiel 32-29 in the second leg.

Superbet offers odds of 1.45 on the PsF1 prediction: the home team leads at half-time or wins at the end of the match Kiel – Kielce.

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