First home defeat of the season at Böllenfalltor
SV Darmstadt 98 suffered their first home defeat of the season. In Saturday evening's top match, the Lilies lost 0-2 (0-1) to Hannover 96
In the opening stages, both teams largely cancelled each other out, with clear scoring opportunities initially scarce. However, the visitors took the lead with their first dangerous shot: Neubauer found the far corner after 14 minutes with a well-placed long-range effort. Darmstadt struggled to find their rhythm and didn't register their first noteworthy shot until around the half-hour mark, when Fynn Lakenmacher got on the end of it.
Hannover consistently seizes opportunities
Even after the change of ends, the game remained evenly matched for a long time, without any clear-cut scoring opportunities. But, as in the first half, the visitors were clinical: After a quickly taken free kick, Thordarson's initial shot was saved by Marcel Schuhen, but he converted the rebound to make it 2-0 (57').
Darmstadt continued to struggle against the compact defense of the Lower Saxony side and found few solutions in attack. Thus, the Lilies suffered their first home defeat of the season.
The best scenes from the top match can be found in the photo gallery on DA.news .
