20 games undefeated: Darmstadt also wins easily in Sandhausen – SCP moves up to 4th place

Dusseldorf misses the connection

Thanks to the returnee Mathias Honsak, SV Darmstadt 98 continues to rush from victory to victory in the 2nd Bundesliga and will continue to lead the table after the 19th matchday. Torsten Lieberknecht’s team won 4-0 (2-0) at SV Sandhausen on Friday evening and already has 42 points. The pursuers Hamburger SV and 1. FC Heidenheim cannot overtake the lilies this weekend.

Honsak (7th minute), who was injured for months, scored the early opening goal for the Hessians, who are unbeaten in 20 games in a row, in his second appearance of the season. Later, the 26-year-old midfielder from Austria (25th) even followed up with a second goal and decided the duel early in front of 7254 spectators. After the break Oscar Vilhelmsson (55th) and Joker Emir Karic (89th) provided the other goals.

The Lieberknecht team got into the game in the best possible way: Honsak reacted the quickest after a corner and completed it from close range to make it 1-0. In return, Alexander Esswein could have equalized for the hosts, but only hit the side netting. The SVS wasn’t shocked by the early deficit and had chance after chance. At a time when Sandhausen should have deserved the equalizer, Honsak punished the hosts after a great pass from striker Phillip Tietz. Everything was already clear at half-time.

Fortuna Düsseldorf missed the connection: SC Paderborn jumped to 4th place

Three days after being eliminated in the round of 16 of the cup, SC Paderborn kept up with the promotion places. East Westphalia, who had previously lost in three competitive games in front of their home crowd, won the duel with Fortuna Düsseldorf 4-1 (1-0) on Friday evening and were initially able to conquer fourth place in the table.

In front of 12,179 spectators in the Paderborn Home Deluxe Arena, Marvin Pieringer (37th), Jannis Heuer (62nd), Florent Muslija (68th / penalty kick) and Robert Leipertz (81st) scored the goals for the best offensive team in the league. Düsseldorf, who are playing next Wednesday in the cup round of 16 at 1. FC Nürnberg, equalized in the meantime with a penalty kick converted by Rouwen Hennings (59th).

The hosts, for whom Pieringer returned to the team after being suspended for striker Leipertz, who came on later, started the game powerfully with good offensive scenes. Guest keeper Florian Kastenmeier was able to distinguish himself a few times, but had to admit defeat for the first time in the 1-0 by Pieringer from close range.

The team from Düsseldorf, who only gradually found their way into the game, lacked Dawid Kownacki, the team’s top scorer, due to a yellow card suspension. Japan international Ao Tanaka missed the greatest opportunity (30th). Hennings then scored his fifth goal in five consecutive games against Paderborn before the hosts clinched victory in a fine second division encounter in the closing stages through Heuer, Muslija and Leipertz’s ninth goal of the season.

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