With a 7:2 (5:2) thrashing of Holstein Kiel, SC Paderborn regained the lead in the 2nd Bundesliga. Darmstadt 98 (also twelve points) had meanwhile taken first place on Friday with a 2-1 (2-0) win at Hamburger SV. After a messed-up start to the season, Karlsruher SC is on the up and won 6-0 (3-0) at Jahn Regensburg after an impressive performance. SV Sandhausen lost to 1. FC Nürnberg 1:2 (1:0). The club showed a clear improvement in performance in the second half and earned three points from SVS.
In Paderborn, Felix Platte (29th/38th), Florent Muslija (7th, penalty kick), Julian Justvan (13th), Raphael Obermair (25th), Marvin Pieringer (52nd) and Dennis Srbeny (80th) made provisions 9641 fans for the SCP goal festival. After five matchdays, the East Westphalians have already scored 18:6. Julian Korb (9th) and Steven Skrzybski (45th + 1) scored the consolation goals for the Kieler Storks. Kiel’s Alexander Mühling (84th) also missed a penalty kick, which failed due to goalkeeper Jannik Huth.
Marcel Franke (7th) and Paul Nebel (14th) gave KSC a 2-0 lead in Regensburg after less than a quarter of an hour. Jerome Gondorf (43rd) made it 3-0 for the guests, who took seven points from the last three games, with a wonderful long-range shot after an exemplary combination. Fabian Schleusener (48’/66′) and Tim Breithaupt (78′) scored three more goals for Karlsruhe.
In Sandhausen, the home side took the lead in the 33rd minute through Bashkim Ajdini. He grabbed the ball in midfield, was able to dupe his opponent with a body turn and was not prevented from a brilliant shot into the goal corner by four club professionals. Christoph Daferner (49th) marked the 1:1 for the Franks, Kwadwo Duah (90th + 3) scored the winning goal for the clubbers.