Hannover celebrated a confident victory against the difficult-to-play newcomers Wehen Wiesbaden. Braunschweig was also unable to free itself in Rostock.
Hannover 96 underlined its strong form in the 2nd Bundesliga and also celebrated a 2-0 (1-0) home win against the promoted team from Wehen Wiesbaden. The Lower Saxony team cracked the guests, who were known for their good defense, early on. In the eleventh minute it was Harvard Nielsen who put 96 ahead. The Hanoverians hardly let anything go as the game progressed. However, it took a long time for a second goal to be achieved. It wasn’t until the 74th minute that Derrick Köhn made everything clear.
With the win, Hannover jumps to second place in the table for the time being. However, St. Pauli has the opportunity to overtake again with a win against Hertha BSC in the evening. Kaiserslautern can also overtake the Hanoverians again with three points against bottom-placed Osnabrück on Sunday.
In the parallel games, Holstein Kiel won 2-0 in Karlsruhe and jumped to third place in the table for the time being. Hansa Rostock won 1-0 against Eintracht Braunschweig thanks to a late goal from Jasper van der Werff in the 87th minute. This means that Eintracht remains in second-to-last place in the table.
Hannover 96 – contractions Wiesbaden
Havard Nielsen (11th) gave the 96ers the early lead in front of 31,100 spectators. The Norwegian headed a cross from Phil Neumann to score his third goal of the season. The hosts then missed the preliminary decision before the break because they missed several good chances. But then Köhn made everything clear.
Wiesbaden, close to a surprise in the DFB Cup on Wednesday with a 2-3 defeat against defending champions RB Leipzig, has already been waiting for a win for six competitive games and is stuck in the bottom of the table. It remained exciting for a long time in the second half because Jannik Dehm only hit the crossbar for Hannover (52nd) and the video assistant did not decide on a penalty for 96 when the ball hit Robin Heußer on the hand (58th).
Karslruher SC – Holstein Kiel
Holstein Kiel has now overcome its mini-crisis and has set its sights on the promotion places again. After a strong start to the season and second place in the table, the Kiel team recently suffered two defeats.
Benedikt Pichler with his third goal of the season (24th) and Tom Rothe with a header after a cross from ex-national player Lewis Holtby (27th) laid the foundation for the third away win of the season with a double strike. Steven Skrzybski also failed with a hand penalty to KSC goalkeeper Patrick Drewes (34th), Marcel Franke had the ball hit his hand after a shot from Skrzybski.
After only one point from the last four games, the KSC has slipped close to the relegation places with ten goals conceded. Kiel managed the lead cleverly, Karlsruhe hardly had any significant chances to score.
Hansa Rostock – Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig missed a break in the bottom of the table. Coach Jens Härtel’s team lost 0-1 (0-0) at Hansa Rostock on Saturday without the injured striker Anthony Ujah despite several great chances. With just one win from eight games, Lower Saxony remains in 17th place.
Should newly promoted VfL Osnabrück win against 1. FC Kaiserslautern on Sunday (1:30 p.m. in the live ticker on t-online), Braunschweig, who have not won in five games, would be the new bottom team. After three games without a win, Rostock celebrated another success and improved to eighth place. Defender Jasper van der Werff (87th) scored the victory from a corner in front of 25,600 spectators.
The ex-Rostocker Härtel relied on Kaan Caliskaner in attack as a replacement for Ujah, who scored three of Braunschweig’s five goals this season. Without the Nigerian, who had a shoulder injury, the guests’ biggest drawback was converting chances. Again and again Eintracht played promisingly into Rostock’s penalty area, but there was a lack of accuracy there.