Friday, 27 September:

FRISCH AUF! Göppingen vs. TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (19:00 CEST live on Dyn and worldwide on HBL.TV)

  • FRISCH AUF! Göppingen took one point from three games, most recently Benjamin Matschke's team lost 32:37 to league leaders SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
  • The “Recken” from Hanover, on the other hand, caused the surprise of the last round with a 38:35 win against runner-up Füchse Berlin, and have 4:2 points on their account; in the last two games, TSV was on a goal-scoring spree, netting a total of 74 goals.
  • In the victory over the Füchse, German international Renars Uscins scored eleven goals, making him the second-best scorer on the third matchday (23 goals in total) - and scored once more than Göppingen's Ludvig Hallbäck against Flensburg.
  • The overall record of both teams is absolutely even with 14 wins each, Hannover won two of the last three duels, but FRISCH AUF! has won ten of the 15 home matches.

ThSV Eisenach vs. SG Flensburg-Handewitt (20:00 CEST live on Dyn and worldwide on HBLTV)

  • ThSV Eisenach are already playing their third home game of the season - the first two appearances against Berlin (35:41) and Bietigheim (32:35) ended in defeats, however, with Mischa Kaufmann's team scoring the only points in the 28:24 win in Erlangen.
  • Three games, three wins and 188 goals already scored - SG Flensburg-Handewitt lead the HBL table without losing a point after three match days - and has scored at least 37 goals in every game so far.
  • With 14 goals in Bietigheim, Eisenach’s German international Marko Grgic was the most successful scorer of the third match day. In total, Grgic has scored 24 goals this season.
  • Flensburg’s wing Emil Jakobsen has scored ten of his 27 goals so far in the 37:32 victory against Göppingen – the Dane is now fifth in the HBL’s overall statistics.
  • The 28:27 in the previous season was Eisenach’s first success ever against Flensburg after 18 defeats and one draw.

Saturday, 28 September:

Handball Sport Verein Hamburg vs. TBV Lemgo Lippe (19:00 CEST live on Dyn and worldwide on HBL.TV)

  • After the 28:25 against HSG Wetzlar, TBV Lemgo are in tenth place with 4:2 points, exactly one point and one rank ahead of Handball Sport Verein Hamburg.
  • Hamburg had to wait until the end for their first win of the season in the 31:30 at newly promoted side VfL Potsdam on the third match day, despite leading by five goals at one point.
  • TBV newcomer Constantin Möstl has saved 37 shots in three games, which corresponds to a rate of over 36 percent, making him the third best goalkeeper in the HBL overall statistics.
  • Three of the last ten games between Hamburg and Lemgo ended in draws, including the last duel in Lemgo, the first leg was won by HSVH, which also have the edge overall with 17:9 wins.