Soria, March’s final stop

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto visit Club Balonmano Soria this Saturday from 18:00 at the San Andrés Sports Centre, in the 25th round of the Men’s Silver Honour Division.

The Puerto side face the second of this week’s two fixtures after losing to REBI Cuenca 30-35 last Wednesday in the single-leg second round of the Copa de S. M. el Rey, played at the Port de Sagunt Pavilion. In their last match before the international break, they comfortably defeated Trops Málaga (38-22), earning two points that strengthened their hold on second place in the table with 36 points.

“After the cup, our focus is on this match. We know that every away trip in this league is important and that they always make things difficult at home. We will try to maintain the good run we are enjoying in the Silver Division and take both points,” said Javier Olivares about switching focus after playing in two different competitions in the same week.

The Soria side are fighting for an entirely opposite objective to the red-and-whites: avoiding relegation to the Primera Nacional. They are currently third from bottom (14th) with 15 points in total, two points from the play-out and five from safety. In the previous round, they earned a point (26-26) at La Catedral against Anaitasuna.

“They will want to make the most of the last point they earned away from home by following it up at home. They are competing very well against all the opponents they host. We want to keep winning to put pressure on the leaders and finish as high as possible in the table at the end of the league in May,” added Sergio Mallo regarding the opponents’ form and the importance of continuing to collect points.

In the first-round meeting between the Valencian Community and Castile and León sides, played last November, the victory went to the red-and-whites by 34-29, although the final score was misleading, as the match was not decided until the closing minutes.

Since the aforementioned meeting between the two teams, Club Balonmano Soria have made four changes to the first-team squad: Henrique Petter and Sergio Sarasola left in December and January respectively, and were replaced by Thomas Sorin and Luis Gavilanes.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.