Overview

• Ramien Safi struck in the fifth minute with a 20-meter dropkick on his return to the starting lineup.
• Ahmet Arslan converted a 22nd-minute penalty after Franz Pfanne fouled Kaito Mizuta in the box.
• Lucas Brumme made it 3:0 on 30 minutes and later cleared off the line in the 72nd minute.
• Tom Moustier was sent off just before half-time, yet Rostock failed to make their numerical advantage count.
• Jakob Golz preserved the clean sheet by saving Emil Holten’s 82nd-minute penalty following a handball by Klaus Gjasula.