Winning streak snaps: Draw between Magdeburg and Kiel

League leaders SC Magdeburg conceded their second point of the league season in their last home game of the year. The score was 26:26 (13:13) against THW Kiel in front of 6,600 spectators. Magdeburg's best scorers were Lukas Mertens and Gisli Kristjansson with six goals each. It was Magdeburg's first draw after 23 wins in a row in all competitions.

Before the game, Magdeburg announced the extension of Daniel Pettersson's contract. The Swede will play another year for the club and form the right-back duo with new signing Oskar Vind in the new season. Pettersson has been playing for SCM since 2016 and has now committed to the Green-Red until 2027.

"Daniel is a player who is good for any team. You can rely on him athletically - and as a person anyway," said SCM coach Bennet Wiegert on the extension, while Pettersson emphasized: "Our fans are unique and always there for us. I'm looking forward to continuing to chase the title with this fantastic team."

Andreas Wolff with a few saves

The visitors had to do without Elias Ellefsen a Skipagotu, who remained in Kiel with a shoulder injury, in the catch-up game on matchday six. Magdeburg therefore had to adapt to THW's changed attacking play, but had problems in offense despite taking the lead (4:3/10th). The SCM repeatedly failed to extend its lead and was thwarted several times by Andreas Wolff in the visitors' goal, which Kiel exploited to turn the game around (7:8/18). The encounter remained tight up to the break, meaning the tie was the logical result.

After the restart, SCM missed its first two attacks and Kiel briefly led by two goals (13:15/33). This was followed by a 7:1 run by Magdeburg, which put the home side three goals in front for the first time (20:16/41st). However, Kiel recovered and equalized once more (20:20/46). Neither team was able to maintain control of the game for any length of time. Sergey Hernandez made a save in the final minute, but Kiel capitalized on the rebound to equalize - and Magdeburg failed to score in the remaining two seconds.