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Kiel (dpa) - Holstein Kiel took the opportunity to climb to the top of the table in the 2nd Bundesliga for at least one night.

In the home game against the Würzburger Kickers on Friday evening, the North Germans had a happy 1-0 (0-0) success.

In the second game of the evening Hannover 96 and SC Paderborn drew 0-0.

The penalty that Alexander Mühling converted (60th minute) to victory for Kiel was extremely controversial.

While the visibly angry Kickers continued to occupy last place in the table, the Kiel jumped after their fifth game in a row without defeat with 42 points to first place in front of Hamburger SV (41), who will only play against Fürth on Saturday.

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From the start, the Kiel team had a hard time against the guests who, unusually, arrived by charter plane on the day of the match and were defensively well graduated.

In an uneventful first half, Jannik Dehm's free kick (21st) and Janni Serras for an unplaced header (32nd) gave them only two half-chances.

After the change, the inclusion of the top performers Fin Bartels and Mühling (57th), who were initially spared due to the stresses of the previous weeks, brought about the change, as the latter used the penalty for his eighth goal of the season shortly afterwards.

The video assistant checked the action of Kickers goalkeeper Hendrik Bonmann, who hit the ball, but also hit Jae-Sung Lee slightly - it stayed with the penalty.

Fabian Reese negligently forgave the decision (78th).

However, Hannover 96 hardly makes any progress in the promotion race.

The team of coach Kenan Kocak had to be content with a 0-0 in the home game against SC Paderborn and are in fifth place with six points behind the relegation place before the Saturday games.

Although the Lower Saxony did not lose for the third time in a row, a draw is not enough in view of the demand for catching up.

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Paderborn is still in the middle of the table and will probably have nothing to do with promotion or relegation this season.

In the first 45 minutes, the guests had a good chance of taking the lead.

After the break, Hannover was initially better in the freezing cold, but also missed good opportunities.

The draw was overall fair.

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