Thanks to their congenial strike duo, Werder Bremen secured an important away win against Hansa Rostock. Thanks to the threesome in the Ostseestadion, the Bundesliga relegated team now greets them from the top of the table.
Werder Bremen has continued its triumphal march and at least for the time being has taken the lead in the 2nd Bundesliga. At Hansa Rostock, the relegated team celebrated their seventh win in a row with a 2-1 (0-0), coach Ole Werner is only one win away from the more than 40-year-old Bremen starting record set by Otto Rehhagel in 1981.
After an uneventful and hard-fought first half, goalscorer Marvin Ducksch (54) broke the spell. A little later, Niclas Füllkrug (74th) increased, Rostock shortened through Robin Meißner (84th). In the table, Werder has now passed Darmstadt 98 with 41 points. The Hessians, who recently conceded a 0:5 against Hamburger SV, can jump back to the top on Sunday (1.30 p.m./in the t-online live ticker) with a win at Hannover 96.
Bremen had big problems with the attentive Rostockers on Friday – and with the poor condition of the turf in the Ostseestadion. Inaccuracies and many duels shaped the game. Only Mitchell Weiser (37th) had a chance to score in the first round, Markus Kolke parried the Bremen player’s shot.
Ducksch scored his 13th goal of the season shortly after the break. That played Bremen in the cards. Rostock now had to take more risks – and Werder opened up space for counterattacks. Füllkrug successfully completed one of them.
Ore Mountains Aue – Holstein Kiel 2: 3
The descent from the Erzgebirge Aue continues unabated. Against Holstein Kiel, the Saxons remained without a win in the eighth game in a row. Kwasi Okyere Wriedt sealed the bitter 2:3 (0:2) defeat of the violets on Friday evening with his goal in the 90th minute. Previously, Nikola Trujic (79′) and Jan Hochscheidt (84′) equalized the visitors’ lead by Fin Bartels (19′) and an own goal by Sören Gonther (38′) in front of 4,788 spectators outnumbered.
While Kiel remained undefeated in the sixth game in a row and is safely in the middle of the table, Aue is threatened with falling to last place in the table this weekend if FC Ingolstadt wins against SV Sandhausen.
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