Hannover 96 celebrated a home win against 1. FC Magdeburg at the start of the 10th matchday in the 2nd Bundesliga. The Lower Saxony team won 2-1 on Friday evening (October 20th, 2023) in front of 38,000 spectators and remain on the heels of leaders FC St. Pauli.
With the success, the third home win in a row, the Lower Saxony team climbed to second place, at least temporarily, with 18 points behind leaders St. Pauli (19). Magdeburg remained winless for the fifth game in a row and slipped to ninth place.
Leopold and Teuchert ensure Hanover’s victory
Enzo Leopold scored in the 11th minute to give Lower Saxony an early lead – quite lucky because his shot from almost 20 meters was deflected by Magdeburg’s Daniel Heber, unstoppable for keeper Dominik Reimann.
Baris Atik brought Magdeburg back after the break with a remarkable long-range shot into the left corner (57′). Immediately afterwards, Hannover took the lead again, Cedric Teuchert converted a hand penalty caused by Daniel Elfadli (61st) to make the final score 2-1 – it was Teuchert’s sixth goal of the season.
At Magdeburg only Atik is a goal threat
Despite a committed performance, Magdeburg came away empty-handed in the end. The guests had significantly more possession of the ball – but only one really dangerous player in Atik. The 28-year-old also missed the best opportunity to make it 2-2 with a free kick (78′), 96-keeper Ron-Robert Zieler fished away the ball that was curled towards the near corner.
Overall, Hannover was more forceful in its attack efforts. Louis Schaub (34th) and Teuchert (38th) had the second goal on their hands before the break. On the other hand, the 96ers successfully kept Magdeburg away from their own penalty area in the final phase and hardly allowed any chances.
Hannover hosts Schalke, Magdeburg welcomes Elversberg
Next matchday, Hannover 96 will face FC Schalke 04 (Saturday, October 28th, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.). One day later, 1. FC Magdeburg will face SV Elversberg at home (1:30 p.m.).