Marmara SpikeLeague (14th day)
In a sequence of two championship days over the week, the opportunity is great for the winners on Tuesday evening to make a big leap forward in the rankings. This is surely the idea running through the minds of the people of Tours, who are much better off at the end of the calendar year than at the start of autumn. Traveling to Plessis-Robinson, the TVB is aiming for a fifth consecutive success and a move closer to the Top 4, which really did not seem obvious just a few weeks ago.
Obviously ahead, we feel the breath of the Grand Tours approaching dangerously. Resting this weekend, leader Tourcoing has some margin. On the other hand, Poitiers and Chaumont don't have that many anymore. This therefore promises some sparks at Lawson-Body on Saturday evening, where Alterna Stade Poitevin hosts CVB 52, with the stated objective of overtaking them and erasing the dry defeat suffered in Hérault a few days ago.
Montpellier, in fact, will try to keep its runner-up position. Traveling to Cannes, the MHSC will not have anything easy, even if the Dragons have been on the flanks lately, weighed down by four defeats in a row. Starting this evening, Toulouse hosts Nice with the Top 6 at stake, in a meeting between two teams beaten at the start of the week and keen to get back on their feet as quickly as possible.
Saint-Nazaire would also like to finally stand up in the MSL. Penultimate in the ranking, the French champion has never managed to tame the event in the first leg and would like to start the return leg with a winning ticket on Saturday evening in Narbonne. Finally, after its success in Loire-Atlantique on Tuesday evening, Paris continues a second trip this week, this time to Sète.
Saforelle Power 6 (13th day)
This is the end of the first leg and Nantes intends to sprint strong and straight between now and the end of year celebrations. But the first stop, Saturday evening, is not easy since the Neptunes come across a very solid Pays d'Aix Venelles in Provence, which has just taken nine points out of twelve during its last four visits to SP 6. The first hunter, Levallois Paris, is also on the road, in Béziers. Angels who are experiencing a bumpy first part of the season, but remain with two successes in a row at home.
For Mulhouse, the meeting is delicate. It is at Le Cannet that the VMA will try to get back on its feet, after being roughly knocked down by Vandoeuvre Nancy last Saturday. Not necessarily a simple mission. Even if Voléro does not shine with its consistency in this first leg, it remains a broad-shouldered opponent, coming off a clear victory in Moselle last Saturday.
Precisely, the VNVB and the TFOC are announcing themselves at the same gate on Saturday evening, for a boiling Eastern derby in Lorraine! A duel that Marcq-en-Barœul will follow with an interested eye, saying that a victory in Quimper could bring it even closer to the Top 6. For its part, Chamalières wants to build on its victory in Brittany last week, facing another occupant of the lower places, RC Cannes, in a new fundamental duel. Finally, traveling on federal soil, Bordeaux Mérignac has the opportunity to distance itself from the bottom of the ranking and even integrate the Top 8.
