Fortuna Düsseldorf has provided further proof of its new away strength and won 2-1 (1-0) at Holstein Kiel. In the game of the table neighbors Shinta Appelkamp (42nd minute) and Dawid Kownacki (82nd) were successful with a penalty kick for the guests. Steven Skrzybski (70th) scored his tenth goal of the season for Kiel. Fortuna’s Marcel Sobottka saw the yellow-red card (90 + 3).
Dusseldorf won an away game for the third time in a row and seems to have overcome its weakness on foreign pitches. In addition, the team ended its negative series: The Fortunes had not won against Kiel for 16 years.
Both sides had chances to score in the offensive game. The biggest missed by Düsseldorf’s Emmanuel Iyoha (9th) when he only hit the side netting when he was free-standing. Appelkamp did better just before half-time and completed the goal for the dominating guests after some preliminary work by Kristoffer Petersen. After the break, the hosts increased their pressure and created more chances, but didn’t play precisely enough.
20-year-old Tim Schreiber made his second division debut in goal for Kiel because first-choice goalkeeper Thomas Dähne was out with a flu infection. The junior selection player showed his class several times, but he was powerless when it came to penalty kicks.
Rostock wins in Regensburg
Two goals from Hansa Rostock’s Kai Pröger halted the upward trend of SSV Jahn Regensburg and inflicted the sixth defeat of the season on the Upper Palatinate after two league wins in a row. The Rostock offensive player (7th/26th minute) initiated the unchallenged 3-0 (2-0) away win on Saturday. An own goal by Jan Elvedi (64th) also resulted in the final score. In the table, the North Germans moved up to one point behind the Regensburg team.
The callousness in front of goal made the difference. Regensburg had more possession at times, but Joshua Mees (16th/44th) failed twice in a one-on-one with Rostock goalkeeper Markus Kolke. The unsatisfactory exploitation of chances was punished by Hansa’s right winger Pröger: His powerful volley to make it 2-0 caused a loud murmur among the 10,380 spectators.
After the break, the home side pushed for the goal. Andreas Albers (53.) shot the ball but only on the crossbar. A positional mistake by the always vulnerable Jahn goalkeeper Dejan Stojanovic (65th) brought the decision. Elvedi deflected Svante Ingelsson’s shot and the ball tumbled into the near corner. Stojanovic had speculated on a cross in the middle and oriented himself in the other direction.
The final score between the two former first division clubs 1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Nürnberg was 0:0. Due to the large crowd of spectators, the game started about ten minutes late. The 46,895 spectators in the sold-out Fritz-Walter-Stadion then saw a game on an average level, in which both teams were primarily concerned with defence.
Kaiserslautern created a few chances after the break, but were repeatedly denied by the strong Nuremberg goalkeeper Christian Mathenia, who made several saves. An alleged hand penalty by the Palatinate was withdrawn in the 80th minute with the help of video evidence because a Lauterer played the ball with his hand.
Both traditional clubs are currently in the middle of the table. Promoted Lautern has 20 points and thus a sufficient cushion down. Nuremberg has 15 points and is only two points ahead of relegation place 16.
