Roaming through Europe at the Palau d'Esports de Granollers.

Liga NEXUS ENERGIA ASOBAL
25/04/2025 | DGC Photographer Liga NEXUS ENERGIA ASOBAL

Fraikin Balonmano Granollers and ABANCA Ademar León will cross paths, this Sunday at 8:00 p.m., in a duel with the shared goal of Europe. Antonio Rama's team holds the third position, tied at 36 points with an IRUDEK Bidasoa Irun that has already played its commitment to Day 26 with a draw on the Servigroup Hotels Benidorm court (27-27). The team led by Dani Gordo is in sixth position with 31 points and wants to take advantage of the fact that the fifth, Recoletas At. Valladolid, will rest this weekend after having advanced their clash against Barça that resulted in a historic victory for the pucelanos (26-24).

Granollers and Ademar are two of the most in-form teams in the second half of the Plenitude League. The Catalans have scored 16 of the 20 points at stake with 8 wins and 2 losses and the Leonese have collected 13 of 20 points, with 5 victories, 3 draws and 2 losses. The locals are the fourth best team at home (20 of 24 points) while the visitors are the sixth best team away from their court (14 of 24).

The historical precedents in the confrontations between Fraikin BM. Granollers and ABANCA Ademar León on Vallès territory favor the visitors with 19 wins from the Leonese, six victories from the Catalans and 5 draws. The equality is the protagonist of the duels between both teams with three draws in the last three matches: 32-32, 38-38 and 34-34 last season. The first round match ended with a local victory for the ademarista team by 31-24.

In the duel that will close Day 26 of the Plenitude League, two of the players battling to be the top scorer of the competition will face off: Carlos Álvarez (ABANCA Ademar León) is the second classified with 145 goals, closely followed by Antonio García (Fraikin BM. Granollers) who with 142 is third, both in pursuit of Álvaro Martínez (Recoletas At. Valladolid) with 147 goals.

In the fight for European places, Bathco BM. Torrelavega holds the fourth position with 33 points and visits an Impulse BM. Guadalajara immersed in the battle to stay in the elite. The Alcarreños form a triple tie with 14 points with Helvetia Anaitasuna and Bada Huesca, who will play two vital points in a direct duel in La Catedral.