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Paderborn1.
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The ball is rolling, Fortuna has started!
: Paderborn1.
13:00
game start
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St Pauli1.
13:00
Kick-off at the Ronhof sports park. The people of Fürth are dressed all in white. The guests from Hamburg play completely in brown. Let’s start with the classic of the 2nd Bundesliga.
: St Pauli1.
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game start
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Hanover12:57 p.m
Since Rostock’s promotion to the second division in 2021, the home team has never won in the northern duels. 96 was twice 1-0 at the Ostseestadion, in Lower Saxony Hansa won once 3-0 and most recently drew 1-1 in March.
: Paderborn12:57 p.m
The teams come to the Merkur-Spiel-Arena. Referee Robert Hartmann selects the sides. It starts right here!
: Hanover12:54
There are also two changes at Hanover. After “Pokalkeeper” Weinkauf guarded the goal when they were eliminated in Sandhausen, the number one goalkeeper in the league returns between the posts. In addition, Köhn plays on the left flank instead of Ezeh.
: Hanover12:51
Alois Schwartz makes two changes compared to the cup game against Frankfurt. Van der Werff defends in place of Hüsing, who has an injured thigh, while Fröling comes on for Singh on the offensive.
: Hanover12:45 p.m
Incidentally, the 96 coach Stefan Leitl also got off to a weak start to the season last season, when he was still fresh on the Hannover coaching bench, and only scored one point from the first three games. On the fourth matchday he managed to turn things around and celebrated a couple of wins in a row. Nevertheless, at the end of the season only a midfield place jumped out – for the umpteenth time.
: Paderborn12:44
In the past season, the respective home team always left the field as the winner. The overall statistics speak for the SCP with nine wins from twenty games, Fortuna only won four duels.
: Hanover12:39 p.m
After two changes of coach last year, Hansa Rostock hopes to have found the right man for the position for the time being. Alois Schwartz suffered three hefty defeats at the beginning of his term in April, but then led Rostock on a winning streak. Across the seasons, the Hanseatic League have won seven of the last eight league games with just one goalless draw. This series is amazing!
: Paderborn12:35 p.m
His counterpart, Lukas Kwasniok, only makes one change. The suspended Musliu is replaced by Hofmeier.
: St Pauli12:35 p.m
There have been a total of 39 competitive games between the two clubs so far, with Middle Franconia clearly leading the direct comparison with 17 wins (eleven draws, eleven defeats). Most recently, however, the duel was more in the hands of the Kiezkicker, who have not lost any of the last three second division duels with the cloverleaf (two wins, one draw). The last meeting in the Ronhof sports park ended on September 3, 2022 almost a year ago in a 2-2 draw.
: Paderborn12:34
Let’s get to the lineups. The hosts’ coach, Daniel Thioune, makes three changes after the cup win. Ginczek starts in front for Vermeij, De Wijs and Sobottka also come in for Siebert and Engelhardt in the first eleven.
: Hanover12:31
A win today would almost be a must for the 96ers, because next week it won’t be any easier in the home game against Hamburger SV, who are aspiring for promotion again. If these two games are not successful, you could get into troubled waters in Hanover faster than you want.
: St Pauli12:28
The Kiezkicker were also in action in the cup last weekend and cleared the SV Atlas Delmenhorst hurdle with flying colors despite the rotation. Compared to the 5-0 away win, Fabian Hürzeler made five changes: Nikola Vasilj takes over again in goal for Sascha Burchert (bench). In addition, Connor Metcalfe, Lars Ritzka, Adam Dźwigała and Oladapo Afolayan are preferred to Andreas Albers, Philipp Treu, Danel Sinani (all three benches) and Karol Mets (red suspension).
: Hanover12:26
Three competitive games, zero wins – for Hannover, on the other hand, it’s a mixed start to the season. The Lower Saxony had the same opponents in the league as today’s opponent from Rostock, against Elversberg and Nuremberg the Hanoverians did not get beyond a 2-2 draw – despite a 2-0 lead in each case. In the DFB Cup, too, it was even after 90 minutes against third division team Sandhausen (3:3), but Sandhausen were cooler on penalties and won 4:2.
: Paderborn12:25
During the week there was still pleasant personnel news at Fortuna. Regular keeper Florian Kastenmeier extended his contract early, but the club did not provide any information on the term. Kastenmeier justifies his decision as follows: “With Fortuna I have sporting goals that I absolutely want to achieve, and I want to take on more and more responsibility not only on but also off the pitch.”
: St Pauli12:22
FC St. Pauli opened the season with a 2-1 away win in Kaiserslautern, followed by a goalless draw against Düsseldorf at the Millerntor. For the fourth time in a row, the Kiezkicker started a second division season with a score of four out of six possible points. The Hamburgers also arrive in good form. No second division club scored as many points in the 2023 calendar year as FCSP (45), who have only lost one of their last ten second division away games (eight wins, one draw).
: Hanover12:19
Nevertheless, the Rostockers don’t want to have any false claims, for them every point counts in the third second division season for the time being. After two seasons with 41 points, FCH wants to break the 40-point mark again so that there are no too many concerns about relegation. The best possible score after the first two games is therefore really good – and may even give some fans hope for a season that is more than just free of relegation battles.
: St Pauli12:16
Last week, Fürth secured a 1-0 away win in the DFB Cup at third division side Halle. Coach Alexander Zorniger only makes one change compared to this win. Maximilian Dietz starts for Damian Michalski today.
: Paderborn12:14
In the league, however, the start of the season went much better for Düsseldorf than for the SCP. Fortuna has four points after two games. A narrow home win against relegated Herta BSC and a draw at the Millerntor against St. Pauli have so far been recorded. Paderborn got off to a disastrous start to the season. They lost 5-0 to Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth on the first day of the game and only managed a 1-1 draw a week later in their home game against newly promoted Osnabrück.
: St Pauli12:13
The 2023/24 season could hardly have started better for the cloverleaf. After showing good performances in friendlies (eg 4:4 against Liverpool), the Middle Franconia disenchanted the ambitious SC Paderborn 5:0 in the first home game and secured the lead in the table. However, first place was a thing of the past again due to a 2-1 defeat in Kiel. Now against an opponent against whom four of the last five home games have been won (a draw), the next threesome is coming.
: Hanover12:12
Three competitive games, three successes – perfect debut for Hansa Rostock! After the 2-0 win against 1. FC Nuremberg, the Baltic Sea town-dwellers also had away games at promoted Elversberg (2-1) and in the DFB Cup at regional league club FSV Frankfurt – but only after the penalty shoot-out (1-1 after 90 minutes , 3:0 iE) – reason to celebrate. The series is to be continued against Hannover.
: St Pauli12:07 p.m
Yesterday, the most frequently played league game in the upper house of German football took place in the Bundesliga with the pairing between Bayern and Werder Bremen. Today it’s the turn of the classic in the House of Commons. Since the introduction of the single-track second division, there has not been a game more often than the match between Fürth and St. Pauli, which is taking place for the 37th time today.
: Paderborn12:05
Last weekend both teams were able to successfully organize their cup game. Today’s guests from Paderborn easily defeated the regionalists Energie Cottbus 7:0. Fortuna, on the other hand, had a much harder time. The Dusseldorf won lackluster 3-1 in Illertissen. The all-important goal came in injury time.
: St Pauli12:01
Hello and welcome to the Ronhof sports park. Here, SpVgg Greuther Fürth welcomes FC St. Pauli at 1 p.m. today as part of the 3rd matchday of the 2nd Bundesliga.
: Hanover12:01
Have a good afternoon and welcome to the second division north duel between Hansa Rostock and Hannover 96! The Rostock team, which got off to a perfect start, want to regain the lead in the standings after Friday’s games, while Hanover is still waiting for its first win. Kick-off at Rostock’s Ostseestadion is at 1 p.m.
: Paderborn11:47
After the cup break, second division football is back! Hello and welcome to the 3rd matchday in league two with the duel between Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn. This game kicks off at 1pm!