Overview
- SV Elversberg travel to Schalke on Saturday at 13:00 in a 2. Bundesliga meeting of second versus third, with Elversberg winless in three, Schalke owning the league’s stingiest defense, fresh injuries to Jannick Bachmann and Amin Younes, and SVE goalkeeper Nikolas Kristof newly called up by Austria.
- Bezirksliga leaders TV Oyten host in-form FC Worpswede on Friday at 20:00, with Worpswede buoyed by six wins in seven and top scorer Ferdinand Takyi on 15 goals, as Oyten report near full availability.
- Diepholz stages a Handball-Oberliga derby on Friday at 20:00 as HSG Hunte-Aue Löwen face promoted TV Dinklage before a mobilized crowd, with Dinklage’s Hendrik Jahn already on 50 goals and the hosts missing Tristan Tabeling and goalkeeper Peter Kowalski.
- New Basket Oberhausen welcome Eimsbütteler TV on Saturday at 19:30 with key absences and doubts as Chantal Neuwald is out long term, Ronja Spießbach remains sidelined, and Maggie Anderheide and Delia Moore are questionable, while Marina Krnjajski targets a return pending medical clearance.
- Elsewhere, unbeaten TV Hersfeld aim for an eighth straight win at HSG Twistetal on Saturday evening, while Gruppenliga strugglers SG Niederaula/Kerspenhausen and SG Neuenstein seek vital home points in their relegation fights.