Relegation to the 2nd league
Victory in Saarbrücken: Braunschweig on course class stay
Updated on May 23, 2025 – 10:29 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The Lower Saxony prevails significantly in Saarland and now have all the trump cards in their hands. The decision is made in the second half of the game.
Eintracht Braunschweig has come a big step closer to the hoped -for relegation in the 2nd Bundesliga. The Lower Saxony won 2-0 (0-0) in the first leg of the relegation at the third division club 1. FC Saarbrücken and are now going into the second leg next Tuesday with a comfortable starting situation.
Lino Tempelmann (49th) and Marvin Rittmüller (61st) scored the gates for the guests with unhappy and over long distances in harmless Saarbrücken, whose hopes for a return to professional football were almost destroyed after 19 years.
After the short-term change of coach at the beginning of the week-the previous assistant coach Marc Pfitzner moved to the boss for the released Daniel Schering-the Lower Saxony presented themselves much more stable than with the recent bankruptcies in the second division spurt against Nuremberg (1: 4) and in Elversberg (0: 3).
However, the home side, who had caused a sensation in the pre-season with the move into the cup semi-final, hardly put the Braunschweiger under pressure. Only with a shot by Kai Brünker (16th), who narrowly missed the goal, did the guests threaten some danger in the first half.
The spectators got almost none to see playful delicacies. Both teams were shyed by the risk not to fall behind. So the action largely took place between the penalty areas. Braunschweig had the best chance to take the lead shortly before the break when Ermin Bicakcic narrowly missed Robin Krauße.
After the change, the guests hit ice cold. At a quickly performed counterattack, Rayan Philippe initially failed due to the falling FCS goalkeeper Philipp Menzel, the rebounded temple man from around 20 meters in the orphaned Saarbrücker Tor. Twelve minutes later, Rittmüller added a placed low shot into the corner.
Saarbrücken looked shocked and almost conceded the third goal. Menzel parried brilliantly in a Bicakcic header. There was also no rearing in the final phase, so that Braunschweig started the journey home with a comfortable cushion.