2nd League: Kiel extends its lead – Wild Schalke game

2nd League Kiel extends its lead – Wild Schalke game

The Kiel team around goalscorer Lewis Holtby (M.) celebrated an important home win in the promotion race. photo

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Holstein Kiel is on course for the Bundesliga. The lead over the relegation place is now five points. There is a wild game in the Arena at Schalke.

Holstein Kiel is getting closer and closer to the first Bundesliga promotion in the club’s history. The second-placed team in the 2nd Bundesliga won 1-0 (0-0) against Karlsruher SC and extended its lead over the relegation place to five points.

After several wasted chances, Lewis Holtby rewarded a strong Kiel performance with the opening goal in the 57th minute. The former first division and England professional scored with a deflected long-range shot. His team had previously missed significantly better opportunities thanks to Tom Rothe (3rd), Alexander Bernhardsson (10th/34th), Shuto Machino (46th/49th) and Timo Becker (47th).

Schalke saves a point in a wild game

FC Schalke 04 carelessly missed the connection to the middle of the table. Coach Karel Geraerts’ team lost a 2-0 lead against SC Paderborn, but still managed a 3-3 (1-0) draw in the end. In front of 60,000 spectators in the Veltins Arena, the Bundesliga relegated team was already seemingly comfortably leading after goals from Kenan Karaman (32nd minute) with a hand penalty and Bryan Lasme (50th). But with the leadership behind them, nothing was going well for the Revierclub.

Aaron Zehnter (60th), David Kinsombi (78th) also with a hand penalty and Sebastian Klaas (86th) turned the game in Paderborn’s favor before Keke Topp (90th + 2) equalized in added time in the crazy game Schalke scored. Coach Lukas Kwasniok’s team gained one point over Hamburger SV in the relegation zone, but failed to catch up with HSV.

Hanover only with a draw in Wiesbaden

Hannover 96 lost important points in the fight for promotion. The Lower Saxony team couldn’t get past a 1-1 (0-1) draw at SV Wehen Wiesbaden and thus missed the jump to third place in the relegation zone. 96 only got two points from the last three games. Ivan Prtajin scored the goal for SVWW in front of 10,089 spectators in the Brita Arena (33rd minute). On the side of the guests from Hanover, Andreas Voglsammer scored (54th).

In the evening game, 1. FC Nürnberg won 1-0 (0-0) at 1. FC Magdeburg, ending their winless streak at foreign venues in 2024. Can Uzun scored the winning goal for them in the 81st minute Guests.

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