The Foxes Berlin have taken the lead in the Bundesliga. The Berliners defeated MT Melsungen 32:29 in spite of a deficit at the half time. Paul Drux convinced with eight goals in the foxes, his Melsungen national team colleague Tobias Reichmann was the best shooter of the match with ten goals.
The SG Flensburg-Handewitt took over from the SG Flensburg-Handewitt as the front runner, who lost the North Derby against record holder THW Kiel with a surprisingly clear 27:35.
After the 33:30 in the Champions League at the end of November, Kiel defeated their arch-rivals in the 96th minute. Derby again and gave the host the first home defeat of the season. With the victory Kiel climbed to seventh place, Flensburg fell back to third place.
At the rising star Die Eulen Ludwigshafen, the German champion Rhein-Neckar Löwen won 28:16. Through the 13. Season’s victory, the Mannheim team jumped to second place in the standings behind Berlin. Mads Mensah Larsen scored six goals, which was the most common goal for the guests.
Further down in the table below, the TVB 1898 Stuttgart simply can’t get out of the negative whirlpool. The Swabians lost 22:27 against SC DHfK Leipzig and won their sixth consecutive defeat.
Things went better for the TBV Lemgo. The team of former World Champion Florian Kehrmann defeated HSG Wetzlar 28:26 and celebrated their first victory after five games without victory.
As a reward, Lemgo climbed from eleventh to ninth place. The HC Erlangen also won 28:25 at Frisch Auf Göppingen.