30.
7:39 p.m
End of 1st half
30.
7:39 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 11:16 by Nikolaj Enderleit
30.
7:39 p.m
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 11:15 by Marcel Schiller
30.
7:38 p.m
With a strong pass, Aström is released in the circle. Mandić fouls him shortly before the throw, causing a penalty.
29.
7:37 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 10:15 by Ian Barrufet Torrebejano
Barrufet converts the seven-meter penalty!
29.
7:36 p.m
2 minutes for Victor Kløve (Fresh on! Göppingen)
At high speed, Kløve takes a too rustic approach against Sipos according to the referees’ taste.
28.
7:35 p.m
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 10:14 by Andreas Flodman
Strong tempo game from Frisch Auf! Ivanišević reacts strongly after Melsunger’s missed throw and throws to the Flodman who started. He picks up the ball at full sprint and hits it from a half-left position. A great counter attack!
26.
19:33
Goal for MT Melsungen, 9:14 by Timo Kastening
Shortly after the seven-meter penalty, Kastening scored from the right wing to make it 14:9.
26.
19:33
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 9:13 by Erik Persson
25.
19:32
7-meter rejected by Timo Kastening (MT Melsungen)
Kastening, however, rejects this.
25.
7:31 p.m
2 minutes for Ýmir Örn Gíslason (Frisch Auf! Göppingen)
Balenciaga tries again with a dynamic individual action, Gíslason reaches high into his body and causes a seven-meter penalty in addition to the two-minute penalty.
24.
19:29
Goal for MT Melsungen, 8:13 by Erik Balenciaga
Balenciaga finds a gap coming from the right back and chases the ball into the near corner.
23.
19:28
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 8:12 by Ludvig Hallbäck
Hallbäck does it with force from the backcourt.
22.
19:28
Melsungen is currently leaving some chances in attack. However, Göppingen can hardly capitalize on this because of their own weakness on offense.
20.
19:26
7-meter rejected by Rutger ten Velde (Frisch Auf! Göppingen)
Morawski parries ten Velde’s weakly placed seven-meter penalty.
20.
7:25 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 7:12 by Nikolaj Enderleit
With a dynamic movement, Enderleit gets rid of his opponents and scores as he falls.
19.
7:25 p.m
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 7:11 by Ýmir Örn Gíslason
Gíslason hits the empty North Hesse goal from his own half.
19.
7:25 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 6:11 by Erik Balenciaga
19.
19:24
2 minutes for Dainis Krištopāns (MT Melsungen)
19.
19:23
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 6:10 by Oskar Sunnefeldt
In his seventh attempt at throwing, Sunnefeldt scored his third goal.
18.
19:23
Goal for MT Melsungen, 5:10 by Dainis Krištopāns
17.
19:22
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 5:9 by Ludvig Hallbäck
Now an individual action: Hallbäck fakes a jump shot from the backcourt, invites two opponents and then has enough space for the actual jump shot into the circle.
16.
19:21
Melsungen’s defense is extremely disciplined, Frisch Auf hardly finds any solutions and acts too unimaginatively. After a while, jump shots from the backcourt often have to be used and Melsungen blocks them well.
15.
7:20 p.m
So far everything is going according to plan for MT Melsungen, Göppingen is not really getting into the game. With a five-goal deficit and outnumbered, Frisch-Auf coach Benjamin Matschke takes the first time out.
15.
7:19 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 4:9 by Timo Kastening
14.
7:18 p.m
2 minutes for Erik Persson (Frisch Auf! Göppingen)
14.
7:18 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 4:8 by Alexandre de Oliveira Cavalcanti
13.
7:18 p.m
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 4:7 by Oskar Sunnefeldt
13.
19:17
Goal for MT Melsungen, 3:7 by Adrián Sipos
12.
19:17
Yellow card for Alexandre de Oliveira Cavalcanti (MT Melsungen)
11.
7:16 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 3:6 by Timo Kastening
…but Kastening dusts himself off and throws the ball, which bounced off Ivanišević’s foot, into the goal.
11.
7:15 p.m
7-meter rejected by Ian Barrufet Torrebejano (MT Melsungen)
Barrufet fails to score a seven-meter penalty due to Ivanišević’s high leg…
11.
19:14
Rutger ten Velde gets a strong clearance in the circle, but he fails at the post – early in the game and already the third post/crossbar hit.
10.
19:12
Goal for MT Melsungen, 3:5 by Alexandre de Oliveira Cavalcanti
Krištopāns fakes a jump shot from the backcourt, but finds Cavalcanti at exactly the right moment. He can no longer take the goal from the half-left, standing alone.
9.
19:12
Yellow card for Rutger ten Velde (Frisch Auf! Göppingen)
8.
7:10 p.m
Both defenses are quite good in the initial phase, the opposing offense usually only finds a small gap after a long time. There hasn’t been much speed play yet.
7.
7:09 p.m
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 3:4 by Ludvig Hallbäck
6.
7:08 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 2:4 by David Mandić
Cavalcanti passes the ball to the left wing, where Mandić has a lot of space. He uses this to make a successful jump shot.
6.
7:07 p.m
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 2:3 by Oskar Sunnefeldt
Sunnefeldt rises powerfully from the left back and shoots the jump shot over the opponent’s defense into the goal.
4.
7:06 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 1:3 by Arnar Freyr Arnarsson
4.
7:05 p.m
Goal for Frisch Auf! Göppingen, 1:2 by Rutger ten Velde
On the other hand, Sipos’ offense also gave him an early first seven-meter penalty, and ten Velde successfully took care of it.
3.
7:05 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 0:2 by David Mandić
3.
7:05 p.m
On the other hand, Schmidt throws the first ball from the backcourt and only hits the left post.
2.
7:03 p.m
Goal for MT Melsungen, 0:1 by Ian Barrufet Torrebejano
Cavalcanti advances into the middle, Šarac can only stop him using unfair means. Barrufet converts the seven-meter penalty.
1.
19:02
Let’s go! The guests from Melsungen play in white, Frisch Auf plays in green and white.
1.
19:02
Game start
18:56
Göppingen’s greatest hope lies in their home strength. While Frisch Auf lost all eight games abroad, the Swabians won four of eight home games (2D, 2L). Meanwhile, the already established first-round champions Melsungen suffered their only two league defeats away from home.
6:49 p.m
In the past two seasons, MT Melsungen has always emerged as the (clear) winner of this duel. Melsungen only lost one of their last eleven meetings (W9, D1).
6:45 p.m
After Fresh Up! Göppingen celebrated two respectable successes in the bottom of the table in mid-December and won against TBV Lemgo Lippe 29:22 and against HSG Wetzlar 27:24. Last weekend, the Göppingen team received a hearty 23:35 defeat at Füchse Berlin. Of course, the Swabians are also blatant outsiders against MT Melsungen.
6:37 p.m
On the day before Christmas, MT Melsungen clearly underlined its status as the current industry leader in the top game. The North Hessians beat their closest rival TSV Hannover-Burgdorf with a very strong performance 31:23. This means that Melsunger’s winning streak has now lasted for six games; in total, the surprising front-runner has only lost two games in the Bundesliga season.
6:30 p.m
Good evening and welcome to the league leaders’ last game before the winter break! MT Melsungen is a guest at table 14. Fresh up! Göppingen, the game starts at 7 p.m. in the Göppingen EWS Arena.