SG Flensburg-Handewitt v HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Prediction
Round 11 Handball-Bundesliga preview: second-placed SG Flensburg-Handewitt host HBW Balingen-Weilstetten at GP JOULE Arena, with our model's prediction.
Leaders' chasers host a side in the bottom half
SG Flensburg-Handewitt welcome HBW Balingen-Weilstetten to GP JOULE Arena in Round 11 of the 2026/2027 Handball-Bundesliga on Thursday, 29 October 2026. Throw-off is at 18:00 UTC (14:00 ET).
The hosts are 2nd of 18 with 17 points, having won 8, drawn 1 and lost none of their 9 matches. HBW Balingen-Weilstetten are 14th on 5 points from 8 games, with a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Form guide
SG Flensburg-Handewitt arrive with a form line of WWWDW. Their latest outing was a tight 34-33 home win over Füchse Berlin on 18 October, which followed a 39-32 victory away at TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and a 32-27 home success against TPSG Frisch Auf Göppingen. The only blemish in that run was a 31-31 draw away at THW Kiel, and before that they beat Handball Sport Verein Hamburg 37-34.
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten's recent run reads LDLLL. They lost 26-27 at home to MT Melsungen on 24 October, five days after a 29-29 home draw with TSV Hannover-Burgdorf. Before that came narrow defeats to Bergischer HC and TVB 1898 Stuttgart, both 28-29 at home, and a 27-29 loss away at Rhein-Neckar Löwen, so their margins have been small even when results have gone against them.
Head to head
SG Flensburg-Handewitt hold the upper hand in the listed meetings, with 4 wins, 1 draw and no victories for HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. The most recent game, on 22 December 2023, ended 32-34 in Flensburg-Handewitt's favour in Balingen, after they had won 32-28 at home on 15 October 2023.
The heaviest result was a 35-21 home win for SG Flensburg-Handewitt on 13 March 2022. The only draw came on 19 December 2021, when the sides finished 23-23 at HBW Balingen-Weilstetten, while a 2013 meeting there went 29-30 to the visitors.
Key numbers
SG Flensburg-Handewitt have scored 317 goals and conceded 280 across their 9 league matches. HBW Balingen-Weilstetten have scored 234 and conceded 227 in 8 games, a defensive record that underlines how close many of their defeats have been.
No individual top-scorer figures are available for either side ahead of this match.
Prediction
Hyper2Play's model, which weighs points per game, goal difference, recent form and home advantage, rates SG Flensburg-Handewitt at 84% to win, with 14% for a draw and 2% for HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. Our pick is SG Flensburg-Handewitt, with the model's confidence rated high.
Our own model, from points per game, goal difference, recent form and home advantage. An estimate, not betting advice.
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