The 11th round of the Tipsport Extraliga begins early with Litvínov hosting Mountfield HK on Thursday. Litvínov are seeking a run of positive results to move away from the bottom of the table, but have lost their last three home games against Hradec Králové. Across their eight meetings over the previous two seasons, Litvínov beat Mountfield only twice.
Litvínov have collected nine of a possible 18 points at the Hlinka Winter Stadium, against a schedule that included Kometa, Pardubice, Sparta and Liberec. Mountfield have climbed the table since the start of the month and lost only once in their last five games, against Třinec.