Overview

• Füchse Berlin and MT Melsungen both stand on 50 points with Berlin leading on goal difference, making Thursday’s head-to-head decisive for their title ambitions.
• SC Magdeburg sits one point adrift and can move to the top of the table overnight by defeating HC Erlangen on Wednesday.
• Neither Berlin nor Melsungen has ever won the Bundesliga crown, and the loser risks dropping to third place and missing out on a Champions League spot.
• MT Melsungen has refocused on the league after narrow losses in the DHB-Pokal final and EHF Final Four, with captain Timo Kastening stressing the team has ‘nothing to lose.’
• In Basketball, MLP Academics Heidelberg advanced to the semifinals for the first time in 50 years by eliminating Niners Chemnitz, who exit at the quarterfinal stage.