The Barcelona vs Wisla Plock Handball Champions League Group B Round 8 match is scheduled for Thursday, November 23 at 9:45pm at the Palau Blaugrana Stadium and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 4, Orange Sport. 1 and Prima Sport 3.

Barcelona can take another step towards the Final Four with a win over lowly Wisla Plotsk, who are also in a last-minute bid to reach the quarter-finals of the EHF Champions League.

Barcelona, ​​coached by Carlos Ortega, are in 1st place in Group B with 12 points, compared to second-ranked Veszprém, and in the previous stage they won directly in front of Wisla Plock, score 28-25.

Barcelona won their 13th consecutive title in Spain (current title leader after 11 legs, with 10 wins and a draw) out of 30 they have in total, along with 27 Copa del Reys, 18 La Ligas and 24 Super Cups Spain has 11 of Champions League trophies, the most in history, last won in 2022 (it finished 3rd in the last edition).

Despite losing Croatian Luka Cindric (to Dynamo Bucharest), Frenchman Ludovic Fabregas (Veszprem) and Spanish goalkeeper Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (Kiel) in the summer, the Catalans still rely on stars such as Melvin Richardson, Dika Mem (the second scorer of the competition (47 goals), Aleix Gomes, Jonathan Karlsbogard or Timothy N’Hessan.

Wisla Plock, coached by Spain’s Javi Sabate (a Barcelona-born Catalan who also coaches the Czech Republic men’s national team), is 7th in Group B with just two points (four from bottom 6th) . the one that allows you to reach the quarter-finals of the final), and in the last stage he lost at home, against the Catalans, with a score of 25-28 (he has only one win so far).

The Polish runners-up (finishing 2nd behind Kielce) are also playing in the Champions League as a wild card this season, having reached the quarter-finals on their debut in the competition in the previous edition, where they were knocked out by Magdeburg .

Wisla has seven titles (the last won in 2011) and 12 national cups (it won in the last two tournaments), and at the European level, the highest figure is participation in the playoffs of the European Cup in the EGF in 2022, when it finished on 3rd place (lost in the semi-final against Benfica 19-26 and won the minor final 27-22 against Nasice).

Superbet offers odds of 1.70 on the prediction Total Goals Over 58.5: at least 59 goals, regardless of the final result, in the match Barcelona – Wisla Plock.

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