SV Darmstadt 98 is not giving up in the 2nd Bundesliga. Thanks to a header by Patric Pfeiffer (73rd), the Hessians made it 1-0 (0-0) in the chasing duel against Fortuna Düsseldorf on Saturday.
The Düsseldorfers, on the other hand, conceded their third defeat abroad in a row. The Darmstadt team had only lost on the first day of the game and have not failed in ten games.
With the three points against Fortuna, they drew level with leaders Hamburger SV on points. HSV has the chance to pull away again in the evening by beating 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
Paderborn overcomes mini-crisis
SC Paderborn has overcome its mini-crisis. With the 3:0 (1:0) at Hansa Rostock after two defeats, the league’s strongest attacking team (29 goals) consolidated its third place and is still involved in the promotion battle with two points behind HSV and Darmstadt.
After a superior first half and the lead by Ron Schallenberg (19th), the guests had to defend themselves against improved Rostockers after the break. Two counterattacks by Robert Leipertz (80th) and Marvon Pieringer (8th) removed all doubts about victory.
Braunschweig beats Pauli
Eintracht Braunschweig made a big jump in the table. For the first time since the start of the season, the promoted team left one of the last three places in the table on the eleventh match day with a 2-1 (0-0) win against FC St. Pauli and is temporarily eleventh.
Thanks to substitute Immanuël Pherai (78th, 90th 4) who scored twice, Braunschweig remained undefeated in the fifth game. The situation is very different for Hamburg, who took the lead through Manolis Saliakas (68th). After the seventh unsuccessful game, the Hanseatic League is in crisis.
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