The Rhine-Neckar lions don’t give themselves any nakedness in the title race. The team of coach Nikolaj Jacobsen won the rising star Die Eulen Ludwigshafen 28:16 (14:7). Mads Mensah Larsen scored six goals, which was the most common goal for the guests. Through the 13. For the time being, the team from Mannheim (26:6 points) took second place in the season’s victory behind the foxes Berlin (27:5).
The captains of the capital defeated MT Melsungen at 32:29 (15:17) in the first half, despite a deficit, and are currently in first place. The SG Flensburg-Handewitt can get it back against record champion THW Kiel on Sunday afternoon at Nord-Schlager.
National player Paul Drux won the foxes with eight goals, but his national team-mate Tobias Reichmann from Melsingen was the best shooter of the match with ten goals.
Further down in the table below, the TVB 1898 Stuttgart simply can’t get out of the negative whirlpool. The Swabians lost 22:27 (12:13) 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 (15:11) 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 (14:12) at Frisch Auf Göppingen.