2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 3-0 Heidenheim: Frank Schmidt’s men beaten but benefit from Hamburg capitulation

1. FC Heidenheim were well beaten by champions Arminia Bielefeld on the 2. Bundesliga’s final day but a spectacular collapse from Hamburger SV ensured they still finished third. Fabian Klos, Andreas Voglsammer and Jonathan Clauss scored for the hosts as they ended the season on a high, with Heidenheim rarely threatening. However Hamburg were beatenContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 3-0 Heidenheim: Frank Schmidt’s men beaten but benefit from Hamburg capitulation”

2. Bundesliga Report – Heidenheim 2-1 Hamburg: Konstantin Kerschbaumer knockout blow as Heidenheim move into third

Konstantin Kerschbaumer scored a stunning winner for 1. FC Heidenheim as they beat Hamburger SV to move into third in 2. Bundesliga ahead of next week’s final day. Hamburg, third before kick-off, took the lead moments into the second half through Joel Pohjanpalo, but an unfortunate Jordan Beyer own goal brought the hosts level. Kerschbaumer’sContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Heidenheim 2-1 Hamburg: Konstantin Kerschbaumer knockout blow as Heidenheim move into third”

2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 1-0 Darmstadt: Manuel Prietl confirms Arminia as champions

Manuel Preitl scored the only goal as Arminia Bielefeld beat SV Darmstadt 98 to confirm themselves as 2. Bundesliga champions. Darmstadt had actually had the better of the first half, with Serdar Dursun having a goal rightly chalked off for offside. Bielefeld’s lead rarely looked in danger following Prietl’s header early in the second half,Continue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 1-0 Darmstadt: Manuel Prietl confirms Arminia as champions”

2. Bundesliga Report – Kiel 2-0 Dresden: Dynamo on the brink

Dynamo Dresden are on the verge of relegation to the 3. Liga after a 2-0 defeat to Holstein Kiel in the first of two 2. Bundesliga games on Thursday. Emmanuel Iyoha and Lion Lauberbach scored in each half, with Dresden reduced to ten men after Jannik Müller saw two quick-fire yellow cards. Markus Kauczinski’s sideContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Kiel 2-0 Dresden: Dynamo on the brink”

2. Bundesliga Report – Stuttgart 5-1 Sandhausen: Die Roten return to second in convincing style

VfB Stuttgart returned to second in the 2. Bundesliga with a surprisingly convincing victory over SV Sandhausen. A superb first half display saw them race into a 4-0 lead, with two goals from Nicólas González accompanied by a Gonzalo Castro strike and Tim Kister own goal. Enrique Peña Zauner pulled one back in a moreContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Stuttgart 5-1 Sandhausen: Die Roten return to second in convincing style”

2. Bundesliga Report – Wiesbaden 0-6 Nürnberg: Robin Hack breathes new life into FCN’s survival hopes

A hat-trick from Robin Hack revived 1. FC Nürnberg’s survival hopes in a stunning 6-0 demolition of SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Hack scored early but his side had been poor until Asger Sörensen added a second and the youngster added the third. Both struck again in the second half before substitute Adam Zreľák finished the routContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Wiesbaden 0-6 Nürnberg: Robin Hack breathes new life into FCN’s survival hopes”

2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 4-0 Dresden: Promotion all but confirmed for Arminia

Arminia Bielefeld have effectively secured promotion to the Bundesliga with a convincing victory over an increasingly-forlorn Dynamo Dresden. Jonathan Clauss gave them the lead early on but they didn’t pull away until the second half. Andreas Voglsammer, Fabian Klos and Cebio Soukou struck in the second half to seal the deal. They need a furtherContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 4-0 Dresden: Promotion all but confirmed for Arminia”

2. Bundesliga Report – Karlsruhe 2-1 Stuttgart: Lukas Fröde increases promotion anxiety for Die Roten

Lukas Fröde’s first goal for Karlsruher SC gave them a shock derby victory over VfB Stuttgart to lift them out of the 2. Bundesliga bottom three and increase Stuttgart’s fears of missing out on promotion. Marvin Wanitzek had given the hosts the lead early on, with Nicólas González equalising from the spot. Karlsruhe never panickedContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Karlsruhe 2-1 Stuttgart: Lukas Fröde increases promotion anxiety for Die Roten”