Second division soccer team 1. FC Magdeburg has taken a big step towards staying up. The team coached by Christian Titz won 2-1 (1-0) at Eintracht Braunschweig in the promoted duel and is seven points ahead of relegation rank 16 five games before the end of the season.
Moritz Kwarteng (22nd) and substitute Tatsuya Ito (62nd) scored the goals for the guests on Saturday evening in front of 23,325 spectators.
The Braunschweigers, for whom Anthony Ujah (69th) shortened, conceded their first defeat after four unbeaten games in a row and have to look at table 14. unchanged downwards. Four points separate the Lower Saxony from third from last Hansa Rostock.
The traditional duel initially offered a manageable level, the Magdeburg were the more active team. The first big chance was rewarded with the lead: Kwarteng hit a hook with his left before he finished and missed Eintracht keeper Ron-Thorben Hoffmann.
After the break, Magdeburg initially let the hosts have the ball. Ujah’s shot (58′) was cleared by Jamie Lawrence just before the goal line. The game was more respectable now. Substitute Ito, who had just come on, raised the ball into the right corner with a remarkable flick, then Ujah shortened the lead and made for an exciting final phase.