Overview

• SC Verl beat Energie Cottbus 2-1 on the 7th matchday in Verl after trailing into the final quarter-hour.
• Erik Engelhardt opened the scoring for Cottbus in the 58th minute before Chilohem Onuoha struck in the 79th and 81st minutes to turn the match.
• Cottbus finished with ten players after Nyamekye Awortwie-Grant was sent off for a second yellow card in the 83rd minute.
• The victory made it three league wins in a row for Verl and moved them to 12 points in sixth place, with Cottbus eighth on 11.
• Verl travel next to Jahn Regensburg, while Cottbus must regroup after missing a third win in eight days following earlier victories over Waldhof Mannheim and Erzgebirge Aue.