3 – 1
“Justin Butler fires Cottbus into an early lead, assisted by King Samuel Manu.”
Pivotal“Noah Weißhaupt heads home from a corner to level the score after Darmstadt's pressure finally paid off.”
Pivotal“Aleksandar Vukotic turns home Lance Duijvestijn's assist from a corner to give Darmstadt their first lead of the match.”
Pivotal“Yannik Lührs seals the win with a late third goal for Darmstadt deep into the closing stages.”
Darmstadt 98
Energie Cottbus
Outstanding performance
Darmstadt 98•DefenderCottbus struck inside four minutes through Justin Butler and looked the more composed side for long stretches, dominating possession at 57% and completing far more passes than their hosts. Darmstadt clawed level before the break thanks to Noah Weißhaupt's header from a corner, and the match stayed tense until a flurry of substitutions reshaped the game after the hour mark. Lance Duijvestijn's introduction proved decisive - his shot forced a save before he turned provider for Aleksandar Vukotic's 77th-minute winner, and Yannik Lührs added a third in the 88th minute to put the result beyond doubt. Despite being outpassed and out-possessed, Darmstadt's superior shot count (16 to 10) and relentless tackling (16 to 9) ultimately told the story, with their position-2 standing in the table now looking well-earned after a statement comeback win.
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Yosuke Furukawa is on, and Noah Weisshaupt is off.
Corner awarded.
Lance Duijvestijn takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Yannik LührsYannik Luhrs takes a shot with his left foot and scores.
assist: Raoul Petretta
Goal! Yannik Luhrs scores, making it 3-1.
Tolcay Cigerci takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Lance DuijvestijnYellow CardYellow card issued to Lance Duijvestijn.
Corner awarded.
Kai Klefisch takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
Lance Duijvestijn takes a shot with his right foot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Jannis Boziaris is substituted for Lukas Michelbrink.
Tolcay Cigerci Yellow CardYellow card issued to Tolcay Cigerci.
Noah Weisshaupt receives a yellow card.
Aleksandar VukoticShot on goal! Aleksandar Vukotic heads it in for a goal.
assist: Lance Duijvestijn
Goal! Aleksandar Vukotic scores to make it 2-1, assisted by Lance Duijvestijn.
Corner awarded.
Noah Weisshaupt takes a shot with his head, but it's saved.
Lance Duijvestijn takes a shot with his right foot, but it's saved.
Yannik Luhrs comes on for William Mikelbrencis.
On comes Fynn Lakenmacher, off goes Marco Richter.
Shot - Justin Butlers Profile Right Footed Shot Missed
King Samuel Manu attempts a header but misses the shot.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Dmytro Bogdanov comes on for Moritz Hannemann.
Substitution: Dominik Pelivan comes on for Leonardo Bittencourt.
Marco Richter took a left-footed shot but missed.
Lance Duijvestijn comes on for Lee Ho jae.
Hiroki Akiyama comes on for Nicolas Verkooijen.
Yellow card issued.
Yellow card issued to Justin Butlers.
Patric PfeifferYellow CardYellow card issued to Patric Pfeiffer.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Fousseny Doumbia comes on for Axel Borgmann.
Lucas Copado takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Substitution: Lucas Copado replaces Christian Kinsombi.
First half ends with a score of 1-1.
Corner awarded.
Marco Richter takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Christian KinsombiYellow CardChristian Kinsombi receives a yellow card.
Patric Pfeiffer takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Marco Richter takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Noah Weisshaupt takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
assist: Ho-jae Lee
Goal! Noah Weisshaupt scores to make it 1-1, assisted by Lee Ho-jae.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Justin Butler takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Tolcay Cigerci takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Lee Ho jae's right-footed shot is blocked.
Marco Richter takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Shot - Justin Butlers Profile Head Shot Saved
Shot - Justin Butlers Profile Head Shot Saved
Tolcay Cigerci takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Lee Ho-jae takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Marco Richter takes a right-footed shot, but it misses the target.
Shot - Justin Butlers Profile Right Footed Shot Goal
assist: King Manu
Goal! Justin Butler scores to give his team a 1-0 lead, assisted by King Samuel Manu.
Kick-off! The referee is Justin Joel Hasmann.
