2nd league: Darmstadt 98 fights for a draw against HSV – Jatta is punished on the bench

Unbeaten streak continues

Hamburger SV won a point against leaders SV Darmstadt 98 in the fight for promotion to the Bundesliga with a 1-1 (1-0). In the top game of the 2nd Bundesliga on Saturday evening, Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer (4th minute) took the lead. Filip Stojilkovic scored the equalizer in front of 16,800 spectators in the sold-out stadium at Böllenfalltor (81st). The Darmstadt team remained unbeaten in their 21st league game in a row.

The hosts were quickly caught off guard by the early HSV goal. Moritz Heyer passed to Königsdörffer, who sprinted into the penalty area on the right, and who took the lead past keeper Marcel Schuhen. Königsdörffer had come into the starting XI for Bakery Jatta at short notice. As HSV coach Tim Walter said on “Sky”, Jatta initially had to go to the bench for disciplinary reasons. He was late for the team meeting and was substituted on after an hour. “We have clear rules, everyone has to stick to them.”

After falling behind, Darmstadt initially found it difficult to find their game and create chances. They only gained the upper hand after 20 minutes and had a good chance after Heyer lost the ball to Frank Ronstadt (22nd), whose precise shot from almost 20 meters away was brilliantly parried by HSV goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes. Four minutes later Phillip Tietz missed a free kick by Mathias Honsak by just centimetres.

The Hamburgers were even luckier in the 41st minute when Honsak slipped into the ball after a cross and steered it to the post, from where it jumped onto the goal line, but was not quite over it. In a hard-fought and heated game, Darmstadt had to wait a long time after the restart before they scored a goal. Only substitute Stojilkovic scored the fair 1:1 in an entertaining top game after a strong solo.

Boyd moves up to #3: Bundesliga 2 top scorers list

12 Kwadwo Duah (1. FC Nuremberg) – 7 goals

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As of February 25, 2023

12 Fabian Reese (Holstein Kiel) – 7 goals

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12 Branimir Hrgota (Greuther Furth) – 7 goals

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12 Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (1. FC Magdeburg) – 7 goals

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12 Marvin Wanitzek (Karlsruher SC) – 7 goals

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12 Havard Nielsen (Hannover 96) – 7 goals

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8 Fabian Schleusener (Karlsruher SC) – 8 goals

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8 Phillip Tietz (Darmstadt 98) – 8 goals

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8 Marvin Pieringer (SC Paderborn) – 8 goals

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8 Robin Hack (Arminia Bielefeld) – 8 goals

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7 Dawid Kownacki (Fortuna Dusseldorf) – 9 goals

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5 Cedric Teuchert (Hanover 96) – 10 goals

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5 Steven Skrzybski (Holstein Kiel) – 10 goals

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3 Terrence Boyd (1. FC Kaiserslautern) – 11 goals

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3 Robert Leipertz (SC Paderborn) – 11 goals

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2 Robert Glatzel (HSV) – 14 goals

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1 Tim Kleindienst (1. FC Heidenheim) – 15 goals

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