Outnumbered Victory
The SV Darmstadt 98 is early autumn champion of the 2nd Bundesliga. The Hessians won on Thursday 1-0 (0-0) at promoted 1. FC Magdeburg, benefiting from a good 40-minute majority. Patric Pfeiffer (78th minute) provided the redeeming goal, Magdeburg’s Cristiano Piccini (54th) had previously seen the red card for a handball in front of 18,788 spectators. After 16 match days, leaders Darmstadt are four points ahead of pursuers Hamburger SV. Magdeburg is 14.
With the championship lead behind them, Darmstadt showed self-confidence and had a great chance to take the lead after just ten minutes. But Phillip Tietz fired wide of the goal after assist from Braydon Manu. Magdeburg subsequently gained game shares, but Darmstadt made the goal. However, Pfeiffer (33′) was offside, his header after a mistake by FCM goalkeeper Dominik Reimann didn’t count.
Darmstadt came out of the break much more committed, controlled the game again and played almost the entire second half with a majority. Piccini saw the red card for a handball on the sideline of the penalty area after video evidence because the Italian apparently had prevented a clear scoring chance from the referee’s point of view. The FCM was now very low, Darmstadt pushed more and more on the lead, but failed again and again due to Reimann. So a standard was needed. Pfeiffer headed in from a corner – and this time the goal counted.
Duo at the top: Most valuable players in the 2nd Bundesliga
10 Robin Hack | Arminia Bielefeld | Market value: €2 million
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As of September 28, 2022
10 Oscar Wilhelmsson | Darmstadt 98 | Market value: €2 million
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10 Mats Moller Daehli | 1. FC Nuremberg | Market value: €2 million
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10 Sebastian Schonlau | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2 million
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10 Tim Kleindienst | 1 FC Heidenheim | Market value: €2 million
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10 Jackson Irvine | FC St Pauli | Market value: €2 million
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10 Lino Tempelmann | 1. FC Nuremberg | Market value: €2 million
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10 Marco Meyerhöfer | Greuther Furth | Market value: €2 million
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10 Mateo Klimowicz | Arminia Bielefeld | Market value: €2 million
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10 Moritz Heyer | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2 million
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10 Patrick Pfeiffer | Darmstadt 98 | Market value: €2 million
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10 Branimir Hrgota | Greuther Furth | Market value: €2 million
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10 David Nemeth | FC St Pauli | Market value: €2 million
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10 Dawid Kovnacki | Fortune Dusseldorf | Market value: €2 million
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10 Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2 million
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10 Jakov Medic | FC St Pauli | Market value: €2 million
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10 Michal Karbownik | Fortune Dusseldorf | Market value: €2 million
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10 Mark John | Greuther Furth | Market value: €2 million
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10 Laszlo Benes | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2 million
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10 George Bello | Arminia Bielefeld | Market value: €2 million
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10 Eric Shuranov | 1. FC Nuremberg | Market value: €2 million
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9 Jean-Luc Dompé | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2.2 million
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6 Robert Glatzel | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2.5 million
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6 Philip Tietz | Darmstadt 98 | Market value: €2.5 million
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6 Ron Schallenberg | SC Paderborn | Market value: €2.5 million
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5 Tim Breithaupt | Karlsruhe SC | Market value: €2.8 million
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4 Maximilian Beier | Hanover 96 | Market value: €3 million
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3 Ludovit Rice | Hamburger SV | Market value: €4 million
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1 Masaya Okugawa | Arminia Bielefeld | Market value: €5 million
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1 Mario Vuskovic | Hamburger SV | Market value: €5 million
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