The Foxes want to defend their clean slate against Villach

The third duel of the current season between the two traditional clubs will kick off at 19.45:20 p.m. The overall balance against Villach is clearly in favor of the Pokel team, who have won 13 of the XNUMX matches in the EBEL to date and only lost out seven times.

This year the Foxes celebrated a narrow 30-2 home win on September 1th. A month and a half later, on November 20th, the Italian record champions won 4-0 away. Of course, Corey Locke & Co. want to polish these statistics in their favor. But the people of Bolzano have gained a lot of self-confidence in the last few weeks, after all, they have won seven of the last nine games and have not let a stubborn gastrointestinal infection derail them.

“We have to get back to our top performance in order to keep Villach at bay in the table. To do this we need a good defensive performance and a lot of pressure on the opponent's goal. If we can do this for 60 minutes, then we will win,” says HCB striker Anton Bernard confidently. Not only have HCB Südtirol Alperia's home games been close lately, but also EC VSV's last away games. The Eagles' last six away appearances each ended with just one goal difference, while they scored four times and won two. The blue-whites recently defeated the Moser Medical Graz99ers 4-2 at home and defended 6th place. “It was a good team performance from us,” says striker Corey Locke, who wants to move further up the table with the EC VSV: “Bolzano is in the table ahead of us, we want to catch up with them. They recently defeated us in Villach and we want to take revenge for that.”

The Draustadt team recently had to go into overtime twice abroad in Ljubljana and Szekesfehervar, both times they had the worse end. Now the Blue and Whites are heading abroad again. Bolzano hasn't been good ground for the Adler lately. They remained winless there four times in a row. Villach's last victory in South Tyrol dates back to September 14th - or a full 814 days ago.

EBEL, 27th round (Wednesday, December 7th, 2016)

HC TWK Innsbruck - EC Red Bull Salzburg (19.15) Dornbirner EC - EC KAC (19.15) HDD Olimpija Ljubljana - EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz (19.15) Moser Medical Graz 99ers - Fehervar AV19 (19.15) HC Orli Znojmo - UPC Vienna Capitals (19.30 p.m.) HCB Südtirol Alperia - EC VSV (19.45)

The table:

1. UPC Vienna Capitals 61 2. EC Red Bull Salzburg 52 3. EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 52 4. HCB South Tyrol Alperia 47 5. HC TWK Innsbruck 47 6. EC VSV 39 7. Moser Medical Graz 99ers 35 8. HC Orli Znojmo 35 9. EC KAC 32 10. Fehervar AV19 28 11. Dornbirner EC 26 12. HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 17

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The Foxes want to defend their clean slate against Villach

Twice so far this season, HCB Südtirol Alperia and EC VSV have faced each other in the basic round of the EBEL. Both times the white and red left the ice as winners. It should stay that way on Wednesday when the Eagles are guests in the Eiswelle.

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