27
19:27
Lokotsch is staged wonderfully centrally from the half-field at the penalty spot and he takes the ball artistically with a volley, but chases it just over it. The flag immediately goes up, clearly seen by the assistant.
24
19:24
Zwickau has slowed down a bit, but still has three men at the front, and the Halle team are tackled from about the last third. The hosts, however, are being patient.
21
19:23
Double chance for the HFC! Butzen acts casually on the center line and loses the ball in the build-up against Guttau. It runs through the entire opposing half and is not tackled until the penalty area. From 16 meters he tries to finish, but his attempt is too central and Brinkies punches forward. The rebound lands on Guttau again, but it slips over his left slipper.
20
19:20
Actually, Halle is too slow to counterattack and Zwickau has enough men behind the ball, but it’s still dangerous because the guests can’t really defend the cross from the right. But fortunately for FSV, the focus is only on Shcherbakovski, who doesn’t dare to head the ball vigorously enough against Nkansah and Frick.
18
19:18
Butzen clears Eberwein with a strong run in dire need and takes the ball from him on the edge of the penalty area, puts it back to his keeper, who plays it safe under pressure and chases the ball out of the field on the right.
16
19:16
Shcherbakovski is more likely to want to send a cross into the sixteen, but his ball from the right half-field keeps getting longer and longer – in the end too long, because it sails over the keeper and crossbar onto the goal.
14
19:15
The game is still intense and fast-paced, and Zwickau in particular is extremely committed. Halle seems a little impressed by the power of the guests, but always frees himself and puts the ball forward, but lacks accuracy.
11
19:13
The first ten minutes have a lot to offer, and the 4,000 or so fans who have traveled will get their money’s worth. Zwickau was immediately punished for being sleepy in defence, but makes a more dangerous impression overall in attack.
9
19:11
Zwickau is unimpressed by the deficit and misses the equalizer by centimeters! After a one-two with Lokotsch, Möker closes in front of the goal from 17 meters and narrowly misses the goal to the right.
7
19:08
Almost the quick answer of the guests! Lokotsch misses a low cross in the middle, but the ball slips through and Schreiber has to get out of his box to grab the ball before Voigt approaches.
5
19:05
Tooor for Hallescher FC, 1:0 by Elias Huth
The starting eleven has already paid off! Guttau is not attacked at all on the left wing and both Butzen and Nkansah just watch him. The player from Halle doesn’t take that away and uses the space for a perfect half-high cross from the left corner of the penalty area into the five – Huth runs in and volleys right into the left corner.
5
19:04
Titsch-Rivero makes a mistake in front of his own sixteen and Göbel secures the catastrophic bad pass and starts the counter-offensive immediately. In the penalty area, Voigt gets to the poorly cleared ball, but heads directly into Schreiber’s arms.
2
19:04
Immediately after 90 minutes, Brinkies is under fire in the visitors’ box. Löhmannsröben sends an outside instep volley a la Roberto Carlos from 21 meters just past the post to the left.
1
19:02
Voigt dares a trip down the left flank and sends an unwanted cross onto the gate roof.
1
19:01
The only 26-year-old referee Nico Fuchs whistles his seventh third division game!
18:44
In the first leg, the draw was 2-2, just like in the penultimate duel. Before that, Zwickau was ahead twice, the last win for Halle was in December 2018 – a 2-0 home win.
18:35
With Joe Enochs and his Zwickauers, on the other hand, things are different. Despite the 1-0 win against Viktoria Köln during the week, there are six new players in the starting XI: Only keeper Johannes Brinkies, the two defenders Nils Butzen and Davy Frick and striker Ronny König are back from the start.
18:31
André Meyer would like to start exactly the same as he did against Türkgücü during the week, but he has to do without his striker Julian Derstroff, who picked up the fifth yellow card. Elias Huth, the goal scorer from the last game, is on the pitch for him from the start.
18:22
Zwickau, the competitor from the East, wants to nip these hopes in the bud. FSV won three out of four games in the new year and is riding a small wave of success. Only against Kaiserslautern it was a 0:2 home defeat a week ago. In Meppen (3-1), against Braunschweig (1-0) and during the week in the catch-up game against Viktoria Köln (1-0), the Zwickau team have already collected a total of nine points. The success against Viktoria had a stale aftertaste, especially for the Cologne team, that there shouldn’t have been a corner to the golden goal in added time, but understandably FSV didn’t care in the relegation battle. The game was above all the comeback of Patrick Göbel, who suffered from Corona at the beginning of the year, and who promptly provided the template for the winning goal – his eighth assist of the season. Will Zwickau continue their push into secure midfield today?
18:14
Strictly speaking, there are three points that separate Halle from MSV Duisburg in 17th place. But since last week there has been renewed hope. By beating Türkgücü 1-0, they proved to themselves that they can still win. After nine games in a row without a win, it was the first three-pointer since October 30 last year (2-1 against Duisburg). One reason for this is above all the newly formed three-man defense chain of coach André Meyer, who has only been on the sidelines since the turn of the year. Under him, they only conceded one goal each in the defeats in Kaiserslautern and Braunschweig, and even played the last two games to zero. However, the offensive continues to falter. In the four games in 2022, the only goal of the new year so far was the win against Türkgücü – from the penalty spot.
18:06
The view goes towards the basement, especially for the home team. But Zwickau is not safe in the middle of the table either. Eleven points are missing for the three promotion places, only nine with a view to rank 17. Both teams have a catch-up game in the back hand compared to other teams. But today it’s all about scoring very important points. Zwickau can always protect themselves, while Halle urgently needs points in the relegation battle, even if you haven’t arrived in the red zone yet.
Hello and good evening to the 26th matchday in league 3. Hallescher FC and FSV Zwickau will kick off on Friday evening. Kick-off at the Leuna Chemie Stadium is at 7:00 p.m.