The Bundesliga handball team from SC Magdeburg have confidently lived up to their role as favorites in the East derby at SC DHfK Leipzig. In front of 6,000 spectators, the team of coach Bennet Wiegert clearly won 36:23 (19:13). The best scorer for SCM, who now have 15:1 points, was Gisli Kristjansson with seven goals. Ahmed Khairi scored five times for the winless bottom club from Leipzig (1:17).
The players of Head Coach Raúl Alonso began with courage and kept pace with SCM up to 4:4 (7th minute). However, the number of technical mistakes then increased and Magdeburg punished the home side's passive defending with a 5:0 run to make it 9:4 in the 10th minute. A strong spell by goalkeeper Domenico Ebner briefly gave SC DHfK hope, but after Wiegert called a timeout, the visitors regained their dominance and stretched their lead to 18:10 (27') with four goals in succession.
The SCM continued to shine with its transition play after the break, while Leipzig outdid itself in terms of lack of ideas in attack. With the score at 15:29 after 43 minutes, a debacle loomed for the completely rattled hosts. Magdeburg took it a little easier in the final phase.
