2nd league, 20th matchday
There were no peat festivals in the second division on Sunday. While the game between Hanover and Dresden went without much worth mentioning, Holstein Kiel managed to convince in Regensburg.
Actually, Hannover 96 should have after the cup victory against Gladbach (Read more about this here) must be on the rise. But against Dynamo Dresden, coach Christoph Dabrowski’s team struggled despite several great chances and did not get past a 0-0 draw.
This means that Hanover is still tied in the table with Dynamo in twelfth place behind the Saxons. Four days after the sensational round of 16 in the cup, Hannover immediately took control of the game again and created the better chances. But Linton Maina (21st), Maximilian Beier (29th) and Cedric Teuchert (38th and 48th) didn’t use their good chances.
As the game progressed, the level of the game flattened according to the table situation of the two teams. Hannover remained more active, but failed either because of the Dynamo defense or because of their own inability. Such as Sebastian Stolze, who miserably stumbled the ball in a promising position (73′). Dresden lost Michael Akoto with a yellow-red card in the final phase, an alleged penalty kick for 96 was withdrawn after video evidence (85th).
Regensburg vs. Kiel 1: 2 (1: 1)
The game at Jahn Regensburg was different. The hosts were beaten by Holstein Kiel 1: 2 (1: 1) in the 300th second division game in the club’s history. Coach Mersad Selimbegovic’s team fell back to eighth place in the table.
Coach Marcel Rapp’s team, on the other hand, remained undefeated in their fourth game in a row. The goals for Kiel were scored by Julian Korb (35′) and Alexander Mühling from penalties (59′). Scott Kennedy (12′) scored the goal for the hosts at the start. At Regensburg, Max Besuschkow (42nd) missed a penalty kick when the score was 1-1.
The Regensburgers exerted a lot of pressure at the beginning, but the Kielers were increasingly able to free themselves. After the change of sides, the guests even had a little more of the game and also the better chances to score.
First, Finn Porath only hit the post, then the strong midfielder took the penalty to make it 2-1. After that, Regensburg, who had been too passive for a long time, pushed for an equaliser.