Matchday 8: Promoted teams visit the champions and runners-up, and neighbors in the table face off

Sunday, 12 October:

• After the draw at Erlangen, SC Magdeburg maintained its status as one of three undefeated teams in the league with a narrow victory in Hamburg and are currently third with 11:1 points.
• Omar Ingi Magnusson contributed 15 goals in Hamburg, extending his lead in the DAIKIN HBL scoring list to 64 strikes – even though he has played one game less.
• Three days after their first win of the season against Wetzlar, the BHC continues its campaign, while the SCM played in the Champions League at GOG in Denmark on Wednesday.
• After his gala performance in the final phase in Hamburg, SCM goalkeeper Sergey Hernandez is second in the DAIKIN HBL statistics with 64 saves.
• SCM have won the last seven games against BHC, with the last defeat coming at home with a 27:31 score in October 2021, the only away win for the Bergische Löwen in the GETEC Arena. Magdeburg has 20 wins to BHC's four.

• After three consecutive victories, most recently 38:35 in Erlangen, Füchse Berlin have moved up to fifth place in the table.
• Newcomers Minden have lost their last four matches, losing 24:34 to Lemgo on the seventh match day.
• With 59 goals this season, Mathias Gidsel is currently the second-best scorer in the DAIKIN HBL.
• In the cup, Berlin won against Wetzlar in round 2, while Minden were eliminated by Eisenach.
• In the 2022/23 season, both clubs won their home games, and overall, the record is not so clear-cut, with 22:15 wins in favour of the Füchse.

• TBV Lemgo are racing from victory to victory and are unbeaten in six games with five wins and one draw, most recently 34:24 in Minden. The reward is fourth place in the table.
• TVB Stuttgart has only picked up one point from their last four games, most recently losing 29:31 to Melsungen, and is in 15th place in the table with 4:10 points.
• TVB's most successful scorer is Kai Häfner, who is third in the statistics with 57 goals, eleven more than Lemgo's Dutchman Niels Gerardus Versteijnen (46) in fifth place. His teammate Tim Suton has scored 44 times.
• Both teams are in the cup quarter-finals: Stuttgart eliminated the last remaining third division team, Emsdetten, in round 2, while Lemgo won against second division team Hagen.
• In the 2024/25 season, Lemgo won both games against TVB, and Lemgo also lead overall with 11:5 wins.

• Handball Sport Verein Hamburg has only earned one point from their last four league games, most recently losing 29:30 at home to Magdeburg and being knocked out of the cup by second division side HC Elbflorenz after extra time.
• With 42 goals and 20 assists, new signing Nicolaj Jørgensen leads both HSVH statistics.
• HSG has won three of their last five home games against HSVH, including last season, when Hamburg also won on home ground. With 24:8 wins, HSVH is clearly ahead in the overall standings.

• For the 65th time in HBL history, both sides will face off in this match from round 11. Last season, VfL remained unbeaten with one win and one draw, while between 2016 and 2022, FRISCH AUF! usually came out on top. Overall, VfL has won 36 times, while Göppingen has won 21 times.