2nd Bundesliga on Saturday
Lautern hits back after cup defeat – crime thriller in the top game
Updated 12/06/2025 – 3:06 p.mReading time: 3 minutes
Kaiserslautern lost 6-1 in Berlin. There should be reparations against Dresden. At the same time, the duel between two promotion aspirants took place in Paderborn.
Paderborn and Elversberg can also be found there. The guests from Saarland were able to prevail in a direct duel. In addition, a Paderborn player was shown a red card. Parallel struck Bochum the guest from Bielefeld 1-0.
1. FC Kaiserslautern has made amends. Torsten Lieberknecht’s team deservedly defeated the newly promoted team Dynamo Dresden 3-1 (1-0), who were extremely weak over long stretches, and stayed in touch with the top group. The Palatinate team remains a power, especially on the Betzenberg, with 19 of the 26 points this season coming in their own stadium.
The strong Naatan Skyttä (17th), Marlon Ritter (52nd) and Mika Haas (70th) scored for the second home win in a row. For Dresden, which was relegated in 2022 after a relegation defeat against FCK, the short-term interim high ended with two wins in a row. The Saxons, who were uninspired offensively apart from Jakob Lemmer’s goal (76th), remain in the bottom of the table and could slip back into a relegation zone on Sunday.
SV Elversberg won the duel and regained a promotion place. The Saarland team won 2-1 (1-0) at SC Paderborn and moved past East Westphalia into second place. The gap to leaders Schalke 04 is four points.
Top scorer Younes Ebnoutalib (32nd) and Frederik Schmahl (76th) scored for Elversberger, who had recently weakened somewhat after a strong start to the season. Sven Michel’s goal (52nd) wasn’t enough for Paderborn to move within two points of the Knappen. For the SCP, who played outnumbered after the red card against Calvin Brackelmann (57th, serious foul), it was the third top game defeat in a row after the defeats against Hannover 96 (0:2) and Schalke (1:2).