Eintracht Braunschweig vs Holstein Kiel 1-0

Eintracht Braunschweig beat Holstein Kiel 1-0 after Jan Urbich’s 11th-minute strike proved enough. A VAR check in the 5th minute had already ruled out his earlier effort, but the home side still took the lead and held it.

Braunschweig thought they had opened the scoring in the 5th minute when Urbich was involved, only for VAR to cancel the goal. Urbich then put them ahead in the 11th minute, and the 1-0 scoreline held at half-time.

Holstein Kiel had more of the ball after the break and made three changes on 82 minutes, while Braunschweig made two on 57 minutes and another on 67 minutes before a late switch on 80 minutes. Kiel pushed without finding a shot on target, and Braunschweig protected the lead through the closing stages.

Kiel finished with 65% possession, 591 passes to Braunschweig’s 313 and 12 shots to 10, yet the home side had the only effort on target, three to nil in that column. Kiel also had 1.37 expected goals to Braunschweig’s 1.2, while Braunschweig led 8-1 for offsides and finished with two corners to three.

The bookings were spread across both sides. Braunschweig’s cautions went to Max Marie on 29 minutes, I. Koutsidis on 44 minutes, Fabio Di Michele Sanchez on 62 minutes and Yann Sturm on 65 minutes. Kiel were booked three times, with Ivan Nekić on 15 minutes, Guillermo Balzi in first-half stoppage time and Jonas Torrissen Therkelsen on 82 minutes.