1. FC Kaiserslautern is heading towards promotion places. The traditional club dreams of a direct march through, also because Heidenheim is weakening in Braunschweig at the same time. There is a nasty surprise on the lawn before kick-off. Eintracht, however, cannot be unsettled.
Setback for 1. FC Heidenheim in the 2nd Bundesliga: At Eintracht Braunschweig, the Baden-Württembergers surprisingly lost 0:2 (0:0) and lost valuable ground to leaders Darmstadt 98 and the second Hamburger SV. This ended a series of four wins.
Manuel Wintzheimer (72') and Lion Lauberbach (90') scored the goals in front of 16,776 spectators for Lower Saxony, who had not won six games. The 2-0 goes into the statistics as a dream goal: Wintzheimer chipped the ball from the right to the other side. Lauberbach took the ball easily with his chest and chased it into the goal with his left.
Heidenheim still has 36 points on their account, HSV could pull away with a win at Hansa Rostock on Sunday. The gap between Heidenheim and Darmstadt is now six points.
Even before the kick-off, there was a nasty surprise for Lower Saxony. Unknown persons broke into the Eintracht stadium at night and smeared the lawn in the center circle with a large "96", showing support for Eintracht's archrival Hannover 96. However, it was not possible to remove it in time. Next to the center circle, the Braunschweiger wrote: "No thanks!"
Arminia Bielefeld has won an important victory in the relegation battle. The Bundesliga relegated team won 3-1 (1-1) at Jahn Regensburg and moved up to 12th place in the table. The Oberpfälzer remained without a win in the sixth game in a row, only got one point and slipped down to 16th position.
Der Jahn got off to a lightning start with a goal from Jan Elvedi (2'), but the guests didn't let themselves be discouraged and quickly scored the equalizer through Sebastian Vasiliadis (14'). Experienced Fabian Klos (85th/90th 1) made Arminia's victory perfect with a brace. Bielefeld created the better chances after the 1-1 draw. However, luck was initially lacking in the end, so Janni Serra missed three times (20th/28th/54th).
The people of Regensburg, on the other hand, seemed insecure for a long time, the negative series apparently left its mark. Only in the second half did Regensburg become more effective and dangerous. In the 77th minute, however, the supposed 2:1 of the home side was again rightly denied by Elvedi with a header due to an offside position according to video evidence.
1. FC Kaiserslautern can continue to dream of marching through to the Bundesliga. The promoted team defeated Holstein Kiel 2-1 (1-1) and celebrated their fifth win in a row. The relegation place is only one point away.
Daniel Hanslik (6th) and Terrence Boyd (71st) scored the goals for the Palatinate in front of 39,020 spectators in the Fritz-Walter-Stadion. Finn Porath (30th) meanwhile equalized for the Storks, who lost again for the first time in four games and are stuck in the middle of the table. FCK got off to a good start and took the lead early on thanks to Hanslik's header following a cross from Hendrick Zuck. After that, Kiel dominated the game with a lot of ball possession and initially missed scoring chances when Finn Porath failed from a distance to goalkeeper Andreas Luthe (27th) and Kwasi Wriedt (28th) hit the post.
Confusion initially reigned when the equalizer was deserved: Lautern keeper Luthe, who had jumped past Porath's header unchallenged, quickly took what was supposed to be a free kick. But referee Martin Thomsen had quite rightly decided on goal. Kiel could not use his playful superiority to score more goals. The Red Devils countered successfully: Boyd, who initially missed a huge chance (58'), converted a cross pass from Zuck to make it 2-1.
