After SG Flensburg-Handewitt claimed the derby victory over Kiel to move top of the table, Maik Machulla’s team heads to Eisenach for Matchday 9. In the East German derby, bottom club Leipzig host the unbeaten SC Magdeburg. Stuttgart will host a duel between the top scorers: Gidsel (69 goals) and Häfner (66) occupy second and third place in the DAIKIN HBL scoring list. All games are streamed on HBL TV and Dyn.

Bergischer HC (in Magdeburg) and GWD Minden (in Berlin) each face Herculean tasks on Sunday afternoon. In addition, Wetzlar and Hamburg, two neighbors in the table, will face each other, and Lemgo will host Stuttgart.

First the cup, now back to the league – that’s the weekly schedule for several teams in the DAIKIN Handball-Bundesliga. After the second round of the German Cup was played from Tuesday to Thursday, the seventh DAIKIN HBL matchday begins on Saturday.

After their first victory under new coach Nicolej Krickau, champions Füchse Berlin are also favourites against Eisenach on Sunday. On Friday, Hanover will host HC Erlangen and Melsungen will host HSV Hamburg.