Overview
- The doubleheader features Füchse Berlin vs THW Kiel at 18:00 and SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs SC Magdeburg at 20:00, with live coverage on Dyn and ARD.
- Flensburg and Magdeburg enter as the only unbeaten sides this season, matching the league’s top attack against its stingiest defense.
- Füchse return from a 38–37 Champions League win in Lisbon with only about 43 hours before kickoff, drawing criticism of the tight turnaround relative to the DFO’s 48-hour expectation.
- Berlin remain without four regulars — Fabian Wiede, Nils Lichtlein, Lukas Herburger and Leo Prantner — as coach Nicolej Krickau and captain Max Darj acknowledge mounting pressure to avoid further league slips.
- Kiel regain goalkeeper Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas to pair with Andreas Wolff, while standout scorers Mathias Gidsel, Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu, Omar Ingi Magnusson and Emil Jakobsen headline the offensive threats.