Flensburg's leading goalscorer was Emil Jakobsen with 10 goals. For the visitors, Csaba Leimeter, Lion Zacharias and Tobias Heinzelmann were the leading goalscorers with three goals each.
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Flensburg had surrendered top spot after their defeat in Gummersbach, but the northern German side made a swift return to the summit, at least for the time being.
However, reigning German champions SC Magdeburg, who are third on 18 points, have played one match less. Flensburg face a top-of-the-table clash at Magdeburg on the next matchday in mid-November.
Also on Thursday evening, VfL Gummersbach followed up their impressive performance against Flensburg. Coach Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson's side won 33-26 (15-12) at 11th-placed Frisch Auf Göppingen and moved up to seventh, for now.