Nuremberg, who were under pressure, didn’t hide at Betzenberg and had an early chance to take the lead with a penalty kick. But Julian Justvan slipped, hit his leg and the ball ended up flying over the goal (15th). This took revenge shortly before the break when Hanslik humorlessly hit the right corner after a failed Nuremberg attempt to clear the ball. Nuremberg’s Rafael Lubach missed the huge opportunity to respond immediately (45th + 2).
Even at the beginning of the second half, the hard-working guests remained unlucky. Adam Markhiev’s long-range shot narrowly missed its target (55′). However, the club had little to think of in terms of play; Kaiserslautern defended their lead confidently in an intense but increasingly uneventful game. Nuremberg couldn’t miss the second chance from the spot: Knoche scored after the penalty had been checked for minutes.
Bottom team 1. FC Magdeburg achieved their first home win of the season with interim coach Petrik Sander. With the lucky 2-0 (0-0) against Preußen Münster, they finally achieved their first home win at the fifth attempt. Maximilian Breunig (75th minute) took the lead with a penalty in front of 23,002 spectators, thus ending the 524-minute goal drought for the Elbe city team. Then Rayan Ghrieb increased (90.+2).
The 64-year-old Sander, who will also be in charge of the FCM with Pascal Ibold in the DFB Cup game on Wednesday at FV Illertissen (from 6 p.m. in the live ticker on t-online), decided not to make a change after the 0-0 draw in Darmstadt. Prussia coach Alexander Ende was forced to make five changes to the starting line-up due to many injuries and a yellow card suspension.
Magdeburg started cautiously, but was able to celebrate after just seven minutes. But Baris Atik’s remarkable shot into the corner was withdrawn for offside after VAR intervention. Münster had significantly more possession of the ball, but did not take advantage of it.
After the change, the game continued to be very intense, with all statistics pointing in Münster’s favor. The agile Atik (58th/61st) had the best chance of taking the lead, but lacked precision. After Alexander Nollenberger was overzealously knocked off his feet in the penalty area by Malik Batmaz, who was rushing back, a penalty was awarded. Breunig (75th) safely converted this. Then substitute Rayan Ghrieb made it 2-0 in stoppage time.