45.+7
9:23 p.m
End of 1st half
45.+7
9:23 p.m
But Düsseldorf comes to the goal again. Tanakas lays out to the right, after the Fortuna cross Elvedi and Niehues play billiards, but finally clear.
45.+6
9:22 p.m
Terrence Boyd has warmed up but is unlikely to come in before the half-time whistle. Because after an offensive foul by Fortunen, the away team has possession of the ball.
45.+5
9:21 p.m
Rightly so, that doesn’t look good for the Lauterer striker. He cannot put his foot down properly and his face is distorted in pain. That could result in a longer period of injury, but in any case, a good recovery for the league’s third-best scorer!
45.+3
9:19 p.m
After an aerial duel, Ache twisted his ankle while landing and remained on the ground. Fortuna continues to play at first, but Kastenmeier sprints to his opponent and demands an interruption.
45.+1
9:16 p.m
Given, among other things, four goals, there is five minutes of added time. Fortuna is currently in control.
45.
9:16 p.m
Official injury time (minutes): 5
44.
9:15 p.m
Klaus picks up the ball on the right in the penalty area and just tries it with force from an acute angle. Krahl parries the shot in the near corner.
43.
9:13 p.m
Ritte’s corner kick is defended at the first post by Fortuna. The Fortunes also defend the next attack in the center.
41.
9:12 p.m
But the Flingerans can’t take the big momentum from the goal. In addition, the home team no longer seems quite as confident in building up the game, which is understandable given the mistakes they made in front of the goals.
39.
9:10 p.m
The audience is back, Fortuna now believes in a comeback again. Of course, Kaiserslautern would have liked to hold on to their three-goal lead a little longer.
36.
9:07 p.m
Great for Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1:3 by Ao Tanaka
The third goal within just six minutes – but now on the other side! Klaus takes a free kick from a good position and kicks the stationary ball from 18 meters slightly to the right towards the goalkeeper’s corner. Ache senses this and clears it to the feet of Appelkamp, whose volley once again gets stuck on the FCK striker. Tanaka finally sank the third attempt to the left of the goal. Krahl can no longer deflect the Japanese player’s shot decisively.
34.
9:06 p.m
Unsightly scenes after the third Lauterer goal: Ache is hit by an object from the Düsseldorf fan curve, but luckily he can continue playing. The referee briefly explains the situation to the captains and coaches, but then lets the game continue.
32.
9:03 p.m
Tooor for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 0:3 by Marlon Ritter
Lautern increased to 3-0, amazing! Once again the Fortunes give the ball away a bit carelessly. Siebert wants to clear high under pressure, the deflected shot lands at Ritter. He moves inside into the penalty area and initially finishes powerfully, but too centrally. Kastenmeier parries at the feet of Ritter, who pushes into the empty goal with his left in his second attempt.
30.
9:00 p.m
Tooor for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 0:2 by Jamil Siebert (own goal)
Fortuna puts the next egg in her own goal! Zimmer calms the situation with a deep pass to Tachie. Tachie is given far too much space on the right wing and crosses flat in front of the goal. Ritter runs in there, the leather jumps through him and Kastenmeier and deflects into Siebert’s leg. The ball hops from him into the goal. Engelhardt wants to clarify the situation, but can’t do it in time.
28.
8:59 p.m
Zimmermann doesn’t hit the ball well at full speed and the cross he made with the first contact flies completely wrong and out of the goal.
27.
20:58
Zimmermann pushes the ball into the penalty area, Vermeij puts it on the edge of the box. Klaus receives the ball, then volleys it. The long-range shot whizzes past the goal to the left.
26.
8:57 p.m
A very unfortunate goal gives the FCK the lead. But the home team’s reaction was strong, Düsseldorf immediately went into attack mode.
24.
20:56
Lautern counters on the left. Redondo drives the ball forward and crosses into Soldo’s path. The Croatian is only centimeters away from being able to press the header properly – a good chance!
23.
8:55 p.m
Klaus takes a shot at the corner kick, but it is blocked.
22.
20:54
Good reaction from the Rhinelanders! Vermeij holds the ball in the opponent’s penalty area and puts it down with his heel, Engelhardt’s shot from the run is deflected.
21.
20:51
Tooor for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 0-1 by Richmond Tachie
A Fortuna gift puts the Red Devils in the lead! Tzolis plays a very dangerous cross pass from the left wing towards his own penalty area. Tachie picks up the ball, moves briefly to the right and finishes. De Wijs stands in the way and unfortunately deflects the ball for his own keeper, the ball falls in a high arc into the free left corner – Kastenmeier was already in the other corner.
18.
8:49 p.m
Yellow card for Felix Klaus (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Klaus arrives a little too late in the duel with Soldo and stands on his opponent’s foot.
18.
8:48 p.m
Ritter plays deep to Tachie, who doesn’t quite reach the pass. Otherwise he could have picked up the pace.
16.
8:47 p.m
Zimmermann is not put under pressure on the right and crosses into the center. Vermeij is in the air there, but can’t properly control the flying header and puts it clear to the right of the goal.
14.
8:45 p.m
The better team in this initial phase are the Düsseldorf team. Appelkamp picks up a little speed centrally and takes a shot, but Lauterer blocks.
11.
20:42
Zimmermann works back strongly during a counterattack by the guests from West Palatinate and intercepts a weak pass from Zimmer.
10.
20:41
In the opening phase, Düsseldorf has more possession of the ball, but is still looking for the decisive gap. Lautern is largely good defensively.
8th.
8:39 p.m
The second corner is more harmless when executed short. Iyoha is actually quite free on the left corner of the penalty area, but his chipped cross is weak and is easily defended.
7.
8:38 p.m
Klaus goes into a running duel with Redondo, crosses while running. The blocked cross brings in the first corner kick, Appelkamp finds the incoming and very free-standing de Wijs. From the first post, the Dutchman pushes the ball high to the right past the opponent’s goal.
5.
8:36 p.m
Kastenmeier comes out with a high through pass to Ache and heads the ball away from the opposing striker. Because the ball is not completely cleared at the first attempt, the F95 keeper sprints almost to the halfway line and then shoots the ball far away.
3.
8:33 p.m
Fortuna plays in the home jersey, Lautern switches to the neon yellow outfits. A first half-field free kick from Fortune is harmless.
1.
8:31 p.m
Benjamin Brand is the referee and opens this game with his kick-off, Daniel Siebert is sitting in the Cologne basement. Lautern immediately gives possession of the ball back with a long shot into the goal.
20:29
Before kick-off, there will be a minute’s silence to remember the victims of the terrible events in the Middle East conflict.
20:28
The teams arrive at the Merkur Spiel-Arena and the atmosphere in Düsseldorf is great. Both fan curves present a choreo worth seeing.
20:23
There are three changes at Fortuna after the 1-1 draw against VfL Osnabrück. At the back right, Daniel Thioune puts Zimmermann in place of Uchino. Ao Tanaka plays in place of Jóhannesson, Vermeij storms in Ginczek’s place.
8:20 p.m
Of the three returnees, Tomiak, Ritter and Zimmer are also in the starting lineup, which Dirk Schuster hardly changed after the last successful games. He is forced to just replace the injured Puchacz and lets Redondo play in his place.
8:18 p.m
With Marlon Ritter, Boris Tomiak, Lex-Tyger Lobinger and, above all, the current Lautern captain Jean Zimmer, who played 80 competitive games for Düsseldorf, four former fortunes are returning to their old place of work.
8:14 p.m
The direct comparison clearly speaks in favor of the host: Düsseldorf has won four of the last five competitive games against FCK – one of them in the DFB Cup – and has only lost two of the 14 previous second division games against the Red Devils (nine wins, five draws). The overall impressive 42 Bundesliga duels testify to the great history of both teams, but they dates back at least 27 years.
8:07 p.m
After the two goals conceded by leaders St. Pauli today, Fortuna currently has the best defense in the league, with Kastenmeier only having to reach behind him seven times. The Lauter offensive will be required today.
20:02
Düsseldorf has run out of steam. After three wins in a row with 11:2 goals, there have recently been three games without a win, twice Fortuna didn’t get more than a 1:1 at home (against Hannover and Osnabrück) and away at HSV there was a narrow 0:1- Defeat.
19:58
During the break, the Lauterers tested against the French first division club FC Metz and lost 2:3. There’s a tough program ahead for the rest of October: After tonight’s game in Düsseldorf, HSV’s top game awaits again next week at Betzenberg before Lautern welcomes the currently struggling first division club FC Köln in the DFB Cup.
19:53
The Red Devils have a broad chest. After two defeats at the start of the season, they remained undefeated, and the series now extends to eight competitive games. The FCK said goodbye to the international break with a 3-1 home win, and in the last two away games Lautern did not get beyond a draw (1-1 at KSC, 2-2 in Osnabrück).
7:47 p.m
The table constellation in this top game is exciting: Kaiserslautern has 17 points and is in 4th place, Fortuna only has two points less and is in 6th place. Due to St. Pauli’s draw, Lautern can share points with the league leaders and their city rivals HSV draw level, but will hardly be able to overtake them due to a significantly weaker goal difference. With a win, Fortuna could move past today’s opponents and into 3rd or 4th place; with a defeat, the Düsseldorf team would lose sight of the top teams more and more – after they were still at the top of the table two games ago.
7:39 p.m
It is the first game of the “Fortuna for All” project, which gives everyone watching free tickets and therefore ensures a full hut. There will also be free games against St. Pauli (19th matchday) and Braunschweig (28th matchday). In the long term, the project should include as many home games of the season as possible. For some Lauterer fans it is a bit unfortunate that this affects their game, because in a normal, non-sold-out game the FCK fans would have filled significantly more than “just” the guest block.
7:30 p.m
Floodlit game in Düsseldorf: Fortuna welcomes 1. FC Kaiserslautern for the top game of the second league on Saturday evening. The game starts at 8:30 p.m. in the Merkur Game Arena, good evening and welcome!