1. FC Heidenheim didn’t take advantage of HSV’s mistake and missed a three-pointer against Magdeburg. The spectators in Nuremberg experienced a crazy final phase.
1. FC Heidenheim missed out on Hamburger SV’s re-submission and missed a preliminary decision in the promotion race to the 2nd Bundesliga. After HSV dropped valuable points against SC Paderborn on Friday, coach Frank Schmidt’s team couldn’t get beyond a draw in the 0-0 draw against 1. FC Magdeburg.
Against the second division promoted, the promotion aspirant operated usury in places, especially in the second half. With three games to go before the end of the season, Heidenheim, who recently celebrated three wins in a row, are still four points ahead of relegation rank. The gap to leaders Darmstadt 98 (64 points) is three points.
| 1 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 48:27 | +21 | 64 | ||||
| 2 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 61:31 | +30 | 61 | ||||
| 3 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8th | 62:43 | +19 | 57 | ||||
| 4 | 31 | 15 | 8th | 8th | 50:35 | +15 | 53 | ||||
| 5 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 54:40 | +14 | 53 | ||||
| 6 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 63:39 | +24 | 51 |
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The guests from Magdeburg, who can only theoretically be prevented from staying up, had more of the game in the first half, but found it difficult against compact Heidenheimer. At the same time, the hosts hardly appeared offensively, Tim Kleindienst (42nd) caused a noteworthy danger for the first time with a shot just before the break whistle.
The second half started much faster. Substitutes Kevin Sessa (50th) and Dzenis Burnic (59th) narrowly missed Heidenheim’s lead and each only hit the wood. The second in the table remained the dominant team, but also missed other good chances.
Nuremberg leaves important points behind
1. FC Nürnberg meanwhile frivolously gambled away the urgently needed liberation in the relegation battle. The “Club” did not get better than 3:3 (2:1) against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, but with three games to go they now have a four-point lead over the relegation place.
Coach Dieter Hecking’s team gave up a two-goal lead in a turbulent final phase. Julian Niehues (88th) and Philipp Klement (90th + 5) scored for FCK to the final score.
Big win for Brunswick
In contrast to 1. FC Nürnberg, Eintracht Braunschweig has taken a big step towards remaining in the league. After a turbulent final phase, the newly promoted team defeated bottom-placed SV Sandhausen 2-1 (0-0) and are now seven points ahead of the two direct relegation places in the last three games.
Only in the 82nd minute did Saulo Decarli give Eintracht the lead after a corner kick. And just 72 seconds after Aleksandr Zhirov equalized (88′), Anton Donkor (90′) scored the acclaimed winning goal.