2. Bundesliga, 5th matchday
First win of the season: Hertha BSC shocks leaders
Updated on September 13, 2025 – 10:35 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After the false start into the season, the capital club ends up a very important success against the crisis. A curious game develops in Hanover.
In the fifth game of the season, it finally worked: Hertha BSC was able to celebrate the first victory in the new season of the 2nd Bundesliga – and also in the top game that was eagerly awaited. 3: 0 (0: 0) won the Berliners with leaders Hannover 96.
Marten Winkler (51st) and Dawid Kownacki (68th) and Luca Schuler (90.+2) met the success of the Berliners, who also added the first bankruptcy of the season to the Lower Saxony. The hosts were temporarily superior, especially in the first half of the game, but too unhappy in the end. The Hertha, on the other hand, took its chances and did not win undeservedly in the end – the capital club, who was traded by many as a candidate as a promotion candidate, climbs back in 13th place.
96 coach Christian Titz sent his last victorious starting eleven into the race. In the previously chronically unsettled Hertha, coach Stefan Leitl not only switched three times when he returned to his old place of work, but also the system.
Before the new defensive chain of four, Eichhorn was also allowed to Ran, who is now the youngest starting eleven player in the second division history at the age of 16 and 48 days.
The teenager stood solidly and could have crowned a counterattack with a little more courage in the second half. At first he had to see that Hanover came too easily. Hertha goalkeeper Tjark Ernst saved early against Jannik Rochelt (4th) and Benedikt Pichler (10th).
When Ernst was already beaten, Winkler (39th) clarified on the line by header. The Berliners had only one chance in the first half: Fabian Reese (21st) tried again without Fortune from a distance.
Hanover continued his carefree mode in great opportunities. Again seriously against Mustapha Bundu (50th) was on the spot. In return, Winkler used the first dangerous penalty area of the Berliners to the still flattering leadership. When Kownacki added, Hannover had no answer. Schuler ensured the final score with the counter goal in added time.