Sunday, 20 October:

• The warriors from Hannover-Burgdorf are the only HBL team to have won the last five games – after the opening defeat against Gummersbach.
• SG Flensburg came out of step after four wins at the start, first gave their first point in Gummersbach from their hands, and lost the top game last Saturday against champions and cup winners SC Magdeburg 27:29.
• With 10:2 points, Hannover are level on points with the top duo from Berlin and Melsungen and are in third place, one point and one place ahead of Flensburg.
• In the match, the current third-best HBL scorer Emil Jakobsen (49 goals for Flensburg) will face fourth-placed Renars Uscins (48 goals for Hannover).
• On 13 November, both teams will duel again in Hannover in the round of 16 of the DHB-Cup.
• Last season, the Recken achieved a 26:26 draw at home against the SG, then lost 28:31 in Flensburg; the overall record is 20 wins for Flensburg and five for the Recken.

• Before the Eastern duel, both teams have eight points each; but because Magdeburg has played one game less, the champions and cup winners are in fifth place with 8:2 points, three places ahead of SC DHfK (8:4 points)
• Magdeburg won the top game in Flensburg 29:27 last weekend, Leipzig beat Erlangen 31:25 on Monday.
• Both goalkeepers were their teams' match winners on the last matchday: Sergej Hernandez for Magdeburg and Domenico Ebner for Leipzig.
• The 27:27 in Leipzig was Magdeburg's last point loss in the previous season for a long time, SCM won the return match 30:28, the last Leipzig win was 33:32 in February 2023, overall Magdeburg is ahead 10:5.

• TBV Lemgo Lippe have never lost at home against TVB Stuttgart, with seven wins and one draw in eight games. The Swabians celebrated all five wins against TBV at home.
• Lemgo won the last two games in Bietigheim and against Leipzig, and are currently ninth in the table with 8:4 points.
• Stuttgart have lost their last four games, with their only win in seven games coming in Erlangen. With 2:12 points, TVB are second to last.