Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-2 Holstein Kiel
Goals: 0-1 Mühling (5’), 1-1 Narey (40’), 1-2 Skrzybski (65’), 2-2 Peterson (87’)

Holstein Kiel only just missed out on promotion to the Bundesliga at the end of last season – losing out to Cologne in the play-offs – but they remain without a league win in 2021/22 after a 2-2 draw in Düsseldorf on Friday. It was not through lack of trying, however: Ole Werner’s side twice took the lead, only to be pegged back each time, including a late equaliser from Fortuna supersub Kristoffer Peterson three minute from time. Still, it was Kiel’s first point of the campaign, with Düsseldorf in mid-table on four.

Hannover 1-0 Heidenheim
Goals: 1-0 Weydandt (88’)

Hannover picked up their first win of the season on Friday, but they left it late to finally break Heidenheim’s resistance. Hendrik Weydandt was only brought off the bench in the closing stages of the game, but he proved to be the hero for the home side when he drilled in a powerful shot with just two minutes left on the clock, showing a clinical edge his teammates had lacked with a number of presentable chances earlier in the encounter.

Karlsruhe 0-0 Werder Bremen
Red card: Wanitzek (57')

Karlsruhe maintained their unbeaten start to the season and kept a third successive clean sheet after a goalless draw with Werder, despite Marvin Wanitzek’s 57th-minute red card following two bookings in the space of seven minutes. Even with the numbers advantage, Markus Anfang’s visitors couldn’t find a breakthrough and sit in mid-table after one win, two draws and a defeat from their first four fixtures back in the second division.

Paderborn 3-1 St. Pauli
Goals: 0-1 Burgstaller (28'), 1-1 Dzwigala o.g. (45'), 2-1 Pröger (65'), 3-1 Michel (90+3')
Red card: Ziereis (6')

The visitors went into their trip to Paderborn buoyed by last week’s derby win over Hamburger but were up against it early on as Philipp Ziereis was handed a straight red-card after just eight minutes. But St. Pauli found themselves in front less than half an hour into proceedings, with Guido Burgstaller grabbing his second goal of the season. Paderborn fairly fortuitously equalised on the stroke of half time as Adam Dzwigala turned into his own net and the host’s wrapped up all three points thanks to second-half strikes from Kai Pröger and Sven Michel.

Hansa Rostock 1-3 Dynamo Dresden
Goals: 0-1 Mörschel (1’), 1-1 Mamba (43’), 1-2 Vlachodimos (63’), 1-3 Kade (70’)

Last season’s third division champions got the better of their fellow promoted club in Saturday’s late kick-off. Dresden took the lead with less than a minute on the clock when Heinz Mörschel tapped home Ransford Königsdörffer’s parried shot. The hosts drew level just before half-time when Streli Mamba chested down and finished a cross flicked on in the box. They had the better chances to start the second half as well but fell behind again just after the hour mark when Panagiotis Vlachodimos headed in Christoph Daferner’s cross. They extended their advantage only minutes later when Julius Kade put away another rebound after Markus Kolke failed to hold Philipp Hosiner’s header. It makes it three wins and a draw from four games for promoted Dresden as they claim early second place behind flawless Regensburg.

Hamburg 2-2 Darmstadt
Goals: 0-1 Tietz (pen. 14'), 1-1 Schonlau 30', 2-1 Heyer (45'), 2-2 Tietz (45'+4)

All four goals fell in a barnstorming first half in Hamburg. Phillip Tietz broke the deadlock from the penalty spot after being caught late by Jonas David, but HSV hit back through Sebastian Schonlau and Mortiz Heyer goals to lead. Tietz headed in an equaliser in stoppage time, though, to send the two sides in level at the break. The Darmstadt danger man was denied his hat-trick by home goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes, while the likes of Bakery Jatta and Benjamin Goller also went close to finding a winner. The Red Shorts climb to seventh, a point and three places above Darmstadt.

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