Triple pack in eleven minutes
Kleindienst takes the top of the table – Klos the record
03/17/2023, 8:59 p.m
The 2nd league begins with the realization that a 2-0 lead doesn’t have to mean anything. Neither Karlsruhe nor Bielefeld have a three-point lead. In the way is either the Heidenheimer Kleindienst or a very late Nuremberg 911.
1. FC Heidenheim vs. Karlsruher SC 5: 2 (2: 2)
Tim Kleindienst shot 1. FC Heidenheim to the top of the table in the 2nd Bundesliga for at least one night with a hat-trick within eleven minutes around the break. In the 5: 2 (2: 2) in the Baden-Württemberg duel with Karlsruher SC, the promotion candidate showed morale, because KSC initially presented. Leon Jensen (14th minute) and Mikkel Kaufmann ensured a supposedly comfortable lead for coach Christian Eichner’s team. But then Kleindienst struck three times (38th/45th/49th). Florian Pick (62nd) and substitute Kevin Sessa (89th) then made it clear.
While FCH has been unbeaten for six games, Karlsruhe have suffered a defeat after five wins in a row. They are in eighth place with 34 points. In the early stages, the guests seamlessly continued the performance they had shown in the 4-2 win against Hamburger SV last Sunday. Jensen converted a rebound in front of 12,975 spectators and Kaufmann benefited from a mistake in the build-up of Tim Siersleben, who was substituted during the break.
The Heidenheimers reported back before the change of sides. Kleindienst scored twice from distance and after the break, the league’s top scorer with 19 goals headed in. The KSC never recovered from the home side’s race to catch up. Especially since Pick and Sessa added hits four and five. They also scored from afar.
Arminia Bielefeld vs. 1. FC Nuremberg 2: 2 (2: 0)
Despite a strong performance by his record player Fabian Klos, Arminia Bielefeld missed out on an important win in the relegation battle. In the 2-2 (2-0) win against 1. FC Nürnberg, the East Westphalians gave up their second win in the second game under new coach Uwe Koschinat, despite a 2-0 lead.
Masaya Okugawa (6th) and Captain Klos (23rd), who became the only Bielefeld record player with his 409th appearance, scored the goals for Arminen, who had defeated leaders Darmstadt 98 the previous week. Kwadwo Duah (57th) and Erik Shuranov with a penalty kick (90th + 8) brought the club back.
Bielefeld dominated the game against the chronically weak Franconians at the beginning. After a strong Klos cross, Okugawa scored early in the near corner for the lead, a little later the captain crowned his record game with a dry shot from around 20 meters. Nürnberg improved in the second half after a system change and came back.