Leader THW Kiel extended its lead in the Bundesliga on the 28th Bundesliga matchday. The German record champions won the Rhein-Neckar Löwen 31:27 (15:11) and thus continued the successful series of the past few weeks.
The pursuer Füchse Berlin, who had the same number of points so far, suffered an unexpected 28:32 (14:14) defeat at TVB Stuttgart. The previous second in the table weakened itself, Viktor Kirejew and Milos Vujovic saw the red card. Despite being sent off in the 48th minute, Vujovic was still the foxes’ top scorer with six goals.
Kiel’s Sander Sagosen described the Berlin defeat on the “Sky” microphone as a “surprise”, which speaks for the power density of the league. “We approach every game as a knockout game,” said Sagosen. Victory in this “very difficult away game here in Mannheim” is “very important”.
SC Magdeburg held on in the title race. Last year’s champion achieved a completely unchallenged 37:23 (18:10) win at HC Erlangen. Kiel now leads the table with 45:9 points ahead of Magdeburg (45:11), with 43:11 points the foxes have fallen back to third place.
Former champions Mannheim fell behind against Kiel in the first half. The hosts didn’t score a single goal between the 18th and 27th minutes, and THW pulled away. After the break, coach Filip Jicha’s team maintained their lead. The Norwegian Sagosen was the most successful THW thrower with seven goals.