SC Magdeburg and THW Kiel are going into the top game on Saturday (November 19, 2022) strengthened, which will be broadcast live on Erste and in the live stream on sportschau.de from 5:50 p.m. Both won their catch-up games. The THW won easily at HC Erlangen, Mageburg asserted itself in Stuttgart.
Kiel won 34:27 (16:16) at HC Erlangen, Nikola Bilyk scored the most for the new table second with nine goals. National player Christoph Steinert even scored ten times for Erlangen. But that shouldn’t be enough.
Successful comeback by Pekeler
Kiel improved significantly in the second round and left no doubt about victory after the break. The North Germans are now only one point behind leaders Füchse Berlin with 20:4 points.
Defense specialist Hendrik Pekeler made his comeback at Kiel after a six-month break due to injury (torn Achilles tendon). The 31-year-old made his first appearance in the 22nd minute when his team was 10:13 behind.
15th loss in the 15th game for the HCE
Erlangen, who had previously suffered 14 defeats in 14 games against Kiel, were still leading 16:13 two minutes before the break. With a 6:0 run, THW then turned the game in its favor.
Erlangen now found hardly any solutions against the guest defense with a strong goalkeeper Niklas Landin. Especially from the outside positions, the Franks had big problems against the two-time world handball player from Denmark.
Magdeburg’s Gisli Thorgeir Kristjansson in action in Stuttgart
Saugstrup leads Magdeburg to victory
The German champion SC Mageburg prevailed on Wednesday evening (11/16/2022) at TVB Stuttgart with 32:28 (15:12). The defending champion’s best thrower was Magnus Saugstrup with nine goals. At Stuttgart, Daniel Fernández scored the most goals with six goals.
Prepared for the top game
With 17:3 points, the SCM is currently in fourth place, but still with fewer games than the three higher-ranked teams THW Kiel, Rhein Neckar-Löwen and Füchse Berlin.