Overview
- The Landespokal quarterfinal kicked off at 13:00 at Potsdam’s Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion with roughly 7,000 spectators expected, including about 1,600 from Lausitz.
- The game started turbulently and is in progress at 2–2 early in the second half, with the atmosphere reported as lively yet peaceful so far.
- Police deployed in large numbers as the clubs’ supporter groups have a long-standing feud that has previously led to pyrotechnics and confrontations.
- SV Babelsberg 03 is under an FLB sport court observation order until summer 2027 that threatens a one-season cup exclusion and a €34,040 penalty for further breaches, a ruling the club has appealed to the Landesgericht.
- Energie Cottbus entered as the higher-division favorite under coach Claus-Dieter Wollitz despite a run of three straight competitive defeats.