Heidenheim overtakes Paderborn: headbutt and red worsen St. Pauli’s crisis

Heidenheim overtakes Paderborn
Headbutt and red worsen St. Pauli’s crisis

With the fourth win in a row, Fortuna Düsseldorf is very close to the promotion places of the 2nd Bundesliga – FC St. Pauli, on the other hand, is falling towards the relegation zone. The SC Paderborn the next top game, this time in Heidenheim. Meanwhile, there is nothing to get for Karlsruher SC.

Fortuna Dusseldorf – FC St. Pauli 1: 0 (1: 0)

Fortuna Düsseldorf has found its way back to success after a mini-crisis and is once again targeting promotion places in the 2nd Bundesliga. After two defeats in a row in the first half of October, the Rhinelanders celebrated their third win in a row with a 1-0 (1-0) win over FC St. Pauli.

While the Dusseldorfers moved up to one point to the relegation place, the situation for the Hamburgers is getting more and more serious after just one win in the last eleven games. The relegation zone is just one point away. Rouwen Hennings (22nd) scored the winning goal for Fortuna, Betim Fazliji saw the red card for the guests after a headbutt against Dawid Kownacki (58th).

Hennings, back in the starting eleven for the first time since August 20, struck against his former club with a remarkable direct acceptance into the near corner – after a tee shot by goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier and a header extension by Kownacki. It was his eighth goal against his “old love”.

Previously, St. Pauli had had the best chance to take the lead, but Jackson Irvine failed with a header at the brilliantly reacting Kastenmeier (12th). With the lead behind them, Fortuna got the game under control better, Hennings missed the great chance to make it 2-0 (40th) with an exemplary counterattack. After the break, St. Pauli goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj saved the second goal with his foot after a deflected shot by Kristoffer Peterson (52′).

Karlsruher SC – Holstein Kiel 1: 4 (0: 2)

Karlsruher SC’s downward trend has continued. The Badeners lost against Holstein Kiel 1: 4 (0: 2) and conceded the fourth bankruptcy in a row. An own goal by Tim Breithaupt (16th) and a goal by Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (30th) ensured a reassuring lead for the North Germans, who improved to seventh place in the table with 23 points.

Fabian Reese (67′) made it 3-0 after Marcel Franke’s shot was cleared off the line in the 56th minute. In the 72nd minute, Simone Rapp scored the consolation goal for the former Bundesliga club. Again Wriedt (90 + 2) restored the old three-goal distance. In the last five games, KSV Holstein managed their third win. On the other hand, KSC celebrated the last three on October 7th with a 2-1 win at Arminia Bielefeld.

The hosts seemed very unsettled by the recent negative results. Fin Bartels had the first good opportunity with a long-range shot in the fifth minute, but the ball went just wide of the post. The storks also dominated events in the period that followed, seemed lighter on their feet and more consistent in the duel. Kiel acted very compactly, narrowed the spaces and tried again and again to create danger with quick switching games. Fabian Schleusener had the first big chance for Karlsruhe on the foot (40th), but he only hit the side netting.

1. FC Heidenheim – SC Paderborn 3:0 (1:0)

1. FC Heidenheim has improved to third place in the table. The Baden-Württemberg team won the chasing duel against SC Paderborn 3-0 (1-0) and now have 27 points.

The FCH pushed past the East Westphalians (26 points), who are fourth. Jan-Niklas Beste (35th) scored the opening goal for the hosts, Denis Thomalla (76th) and Beste again (90th + 1) increased in the final phase. In the duel between the best defense in the second division and the best attack, Heidenheim’s defensive qualities prevailed.

Paderborn had great difficulties setting accents on the offensive. There were many bad passes and little constructive action towards the opposing goal. The hosts, on the other hand, played less frills and more effectively. Again and again Paderborn were forced to lose the ball by aggressive pressing – and thus lost the second top game in a row after the 2:3 against HSV in the previous week.

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