


Rostov playmaker Grace Zaadi will face her former team for the first time since switching sides this summer.Rostov are unbeaten in three games this season, with two wins and a draw, while Metz are just behind them in the standings, with four points from two games.this will be the first meeting between the two sides in their history in European competitions.Bietigheim’s right back, Julia Maidhof, is third in the top scorer standings so far this season, with 24 goals in four games.Bietigheim have the worst defensive record in the premium European competition, conceding 134 goals in four games, or an average of 33.5 goals per match.neither Krim nor Bietigheim have won a game in seven combined tries this season.Krim have recorded their poorest start in the DELO EHF Champions League in 25 seasons, after failing to win any of the first three games.Saturday 17 October, 16:00 CEST, live on RK Krim Mercator (SLO) vs SG BBM Bietigheim (GER)

Brest and CSKA also boast the competition’s two leading scorers: Ana Gros and Elena Mikhaylichenko. In group B, the focus will be on the crunch game between Brest Bretagne and CSKA, as these sides are still undefeated in the current season. Metz and Rostov will rekindle their fierce rivalry in an important clash in DELO EHF Champions League group A, while Cristina Neagu is set to return for round 5 after a positive Covid-19 test sidelined her for CSM’s loss last week against Vipers Kristiansand
