With a strong comeback, SV Darmstadt 98 secured an important victory in the promotion race and at least temporarily took over the top of the table in the 2nd Bundesliga.

The Hessians turned a 0:2 deficit to a 3:2 (0:1) home win against 1. FC Heidenheim on Friday evening.

Aaron Seydel (77th), Phillip Tietz (81st) and Tim Skarke (83rd) caused cheers in Darmstadt in front of the 11,000 admitted spectators.

With two points more than Werder Bremen, the lilies are in first place, at least for the time being.

Christian Kühlwetter (17th minute) and Robert Leipertz (61st), who had just come on as a substitute, scored for the guests, who were now without a win for the fourth time in a row.

The southern Hessians got into the game better.

The FCH punished Darmstadt's first negligence with the opening goal through cool weather, which only had to be pushed in after good preliminary work.

The hosts had more of a share of the game as the game progressed, but hardly had any chances.

FCH made a more determined impression in front of the goal and made it 2-0 through Leipertz after goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen let a shot ricochet forward.

However, the hosts didn't give up and came back with a shot from Seydel from the edge of the penalty area, before Tietz equalized with a header.

Skarke completely turned the game around.

Paderborn wins in Kiel

After five games without a win, SC Paderborn won again.

East Westphalia defeated Holstein Kiel 4:3 (1:1) in their stadium on Friday evening and secured their eighth place in the table.

Ron Schallenberg gave Paderborn the lead in front of 9,174 spectators (19th minute).

Fiete Arp equalized four minutes later (23').

Then Maximilian Thalhammer (54'), Florent Muslija (74') and Jamilu Collins (76') gave East Westphalia a 4-1 lead.

Alexander Mühling from the penalty spot (81st) and Benedikt Pichler (87th) shortened the lead, but the hosts were unable to equalize.

After two defeats, Holstein trainer Marcel Rapp had changed his team to six positions.

His team was the more active at first, but the guests surprisingly took the lead.

The north Germans benefited from a deflected ball when they deserved equalization. In contrast to previous encounters, Holstein did not unconditionally seek the offensive, but retreated further so as not to be overrun by the rival.

Chances were initially scarce for both sides.

After falling behind, however, the North Germans became more offensive, and the game gained color and excitement.

When conceding goals, the back team of the hosts made some gross blunders.