Hannover host Karlsruhe as 2. Bundesliga matchday 4 will commence on Friday. The hosts recorded their first league win of the season last time out as Lars Gindorf's second-half penalty-kick was enough against ten-man Darmstadt. Karlsruhe were left empty handed after taking an early 2-0 lead against promotion favorites Wolfsburg.
Hannover: Weinkauf; Allgeier, Tomiak, Ghita; Neubauer, Thordarson, Oudenne; Taibi, Hartel, Gindorf; Bundu
Karlsruhe: Bernat; Zor, Kobald, Franke, Ofli; Pinto Pedrosa, Wanitzek ©, Wiethaup; Ben Farhat, Eichinger, ******* uda

#karlsruhe #darmstadt #wolfsburg #weinkauf

Magdeburg entertain Holstein Kiel on Sunday afternoon in 2. Bundesliga with hopes of extending their winning streak to three games in all competitions. Both teams progressed to the second round in Pokal actions last week, but Kiel are still looking for their first league win of the season as they drew 2-2 with Darmstadt and St. Pauli. However, Magdeburg lost 6-1 to Darmstadt in their first home game of the campaign.
Magdeburg: Reimann ©; Nadjombe, Müller, Garcia MacNulty, Nollenberger; Kwarteng, Hyryläinen, Michel, Iyoha, Atik; Zukowski
Kiel: Weiner; Sekine, Nekic, Zec, Tolkin; Meffert ©; Kapralik, Balzi, Davidsen, Therkelsen; Harres

#first #sunday #pokal

Dynamo Dresden took all three points at the expense of promotion candidates Darmstadt courtesy of an early strike. The visitors only have one point from the first two games of the campaign before more challenging fixtures against Hannover and Kaiserslautern.
Boosted by their vociferous fans, Dresden started the game positively. Similarly, Darmstadt once again had a poor start to a game as they conceded inside the first fifteen minutes.
Jonas Sterner scored Dresden's first goal of the season after a superb one-two with Vincent Vermeij. The right-back has joined Thomas Stamm's side on a permanent transfer this summer after his loan spell from Hannover last term.
Florian Kohfeldt made his first substitution at the break as Lars Kehl came on for his debut in place of Yosuke Furukawa. However, it was Marcel Schuhen who was the busiest goalkeeper G early in the second-half.
Darmstadt's captain saw a yellow card for his protest twenty minutes from time when Kai Klefisch saw his second booking of the game. The red card delayed Kohfeldt's next changes as Stoke City loanee Milan Smit and Yannik Luhrs made their debuts as late substitutes.

#game #early #minutes

Dynamo Dresden and Darmstadt are looking for their wins of the season as they go head-to-head on Sunday. The hosts lost 3-0 at Nürnberg in the opening week as Mohamed Ali Zoma bagged the season's first hat-trick.
Florian Kohfeldt's men were also in the same direction before sealing a comeback 2-2 draw at home against Holstein Kiel. Both teams finished the game with ten players when they last met in February.
Dresden: Schreiber; Sterner, Keller, Müller, Rossipal; Wagner, Rapp; Lemmer, Hauptmann ©, Bobzien; Vermeij
Darmstadt: Schuhen ©; Lannert, Pfeiffer, Vukotic, Kleinhansl; Klefisch, Akiyama; Weißhaupt, Duijvestijn, Furukawa; Lee

#zoma #kiel

Dynamo Dresden host Darmstadt on Sunday afternoon as both sides search for their first win of the season. The hosts lost 3-0 at Nürnberg in the opening matchday, with Mohamed Ali Zoma scoring a hat-trick.
Meanwhile, Darmstadt came from a two-goal deficit to earn a point at home against Holstein Kiel. Ho-jae Lee played a big part for Florian Kohfeldt's side after coming off the bench to make his 2. Bundesliga debut. Darmstadt have now added another striker to their ranks as Stoke City's Milan Smit joined them on loan.
Both teams finished with ten players the last time they met in February. Vincent Vermeij scored twice in the stroke of half-time moments after Patric Pfeiffer's sending off.
Luca Marseiler, Fabian Nürnberger and Merveille Papela have to wait a little longer for their first appearances of the season due to injuries. As for the hosts, Lars Bünning, Kenneth Schmidt and Tobias Raschl are unavailable.
Dresden: Schreiber; Sterner, Keller, Müller, Rossipal; Wagner, Rapp; Hauptmann ©; Inanoglu, Vermeij, Bobzien

#hosts #dynamo #sunday

As officially announced this afternoon, Tuesday 11 August, Fortuna Düsseldorf have secured the services of Andreas Müller.
The 26-year-old joins the Red and Whites on loan from Karlsruhe SC and will wear the No.6 jersey for the 2026-27 campaign.
Müller, a native of Sinsheim, joined the youth academy of TSG Hoffenheim in 2009 and played for the club for eight years.
In July 2017, he joined the U-19 team of FC Astoria Walldorf and three seasons later, he made the move to 1.FC Magdeburg.
The 26-year-old then played for SV Darmstadt 98 for a further two campaigns and most recently for Karlsruhe.SC.

#played #whites

Argentine Guillermo Balzi and South Korean Lee Ho-jae scored on their 2. Bundesliga debut as SV Darmstadt and Holstein Kiel shared spoils at Bollenfalltor. The hosts scored twice in the last 15 minutes after their poor start to the game.
Former Newell's Old Boys midfielder Balzi opened the scoring inside the first ten minutes with a brilliant finish after Phil Harres' fortuitous ****** ist. There was no fortune involved when Harres doubled their advantage just before the break, though.
The striker who had a brilliant pre-season scored with a free header after Adrian Kapralik's pinpoint delivery. Darmstadt looked defeated until the introduction of their summer signing Lee at the hour mark.
The tall striker first received a huge cheer from the home fans when he helped his injured teammate Yosuke Furukawa get off the pitch by holding him all by himself. Five minutes after that incident, the former K League 1 targetman scored with a brilliant finish.
Darmstadt sealed the point five minutes before time as Aleksandar Vukotic produced a bullet header from Lance Duijvestijn's corner-kick delivery. Kiel's coach Tim Walter was visibly irritated after the final whistle by the manner in which his team dropped two points.

#minutes #finish

Fortuna Düsseldorf have publicly announced the capture of Philipp Förster for the upcoming 3.Liga campaign.
The attacking midfielder, who most recently played for Karlsruher SC, has joined Düsseldorf on a free transfer.
Förster has signed a year-long contract which will end on June 30, 2027, and will wear the number 10 jersey at Fortuna.
Born in Bretten, Baden, Förster came through the academies of Karlsruher SC and VfB Stuttgart before entering senior football.
He broke through first at Waldhof Mannheim and also had stints at 1.FC Nürnberg, SV Sandhausen, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, SV Darmstadt as well.

#sseldorf

BBC Radio Solent's Portsmouth FC commentator Andrew Moon has joined the Portsmouth squad for their pre-season training camp in the Republic of Ireland.
The group are not playing any official games during their time in Ireland but have been putting the work in to get prepared for the upcoming Championship season.
After this camp, they have friendlies scheduled against Woking, Aldershot, Bristol Rovers, Wycombe and Farnborough before travelling to Germany to take on Darmstadt 98.