The two newly promoted second division players, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Magdeburg, drew in a spectacular game.

In the 4:4 (2:3) on Sunday, both teams caught up and offered the spectators on the Betzenberg gripping entertainment.

Terrence Boyd (7th minute), Boris Tomiak (40th), Philipp Hercher (47th) and Mike Wunderlich (66th / penalty) scored for Kaiserslautern.

Moritz Kwarteng (11th/22nd) and Mo El Hankouri (17th) were successful for Magdeburg, who also benefited from an own goal by Tomiak (79th).

The 35,643 spectators in the Fritz Walter Stadium saw an exciting and extremely intense game in the first half.

After the early FCK lead, Magdeburg turned up the heat with three goals in a row within eleven minutes.

The hosts fought their way back into the game and made the connection.

With the narrow deficit at the break, the Palatinate were well served overall.

The second round was turbulent, and it only took 90 seconds for Hercher to equalize.

Even after the goal, the game continued to swing back and forth.

Both teams were close to scoring another goal.

Wunderlich scored from the point, Tomiak's unfortunate own goal suited the crazy game.

The four-time Bundesliga champions missed out on a promotion spot on Matchday 6, while Magdeburg is 16th.

Leitl successful against former club

In Hanover, coach Stefan Leitl won 2-1 (0-0) with the 96ers against his former club SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

The relegated first division team is still waiting for their first win of the season and is now second to bottom in the table, and the Franconians have been waiting for a threesome for 18 games across the season.

The pressure on Leitl successor Marc Schneider is increasing.

Maximilian Beier (52nd) and former Fürth Håvard Nielsen (86th) scored for Hanover.

Afimico Pululu (81st) scored the goal for the Franks.

After the third win in a row, Hannover is on the way up.

Leitl was under contract with SpVgg for more than three years until the summer, and in 2021 he even led the cloverleaf to the upper house.

"Of course it's a special game," said Leitl.

Part of his family had come all the way from Bavaria.

And she saw a balanced game in the first half without any major highlights.

After falling behind, Fürth made an effort and was initially rewarded by Pululu before Nielsen struck.

Holstein Kiel beats Sandhausen

Thanks to Steven Skrzybski's fourth goal of the season, Holstein Kiel recovered from the 7-2 defeat at SC Paderborn a week ago.

The attacker's long-range shot in the 72nd minute brought the North Germans a not undeserved 1-0 (0-0) win over SV Sandhausen.

In front of 10,000 spectators, including Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther, the first 45 minutes offered a sporting highlight.

In the 39th minute, guest captain Alexander Schirow failed with a header at Kiel goalkeeper Thomas Dähne.

Even after the change of sides, the hosts needed a warm-up phase to get a better grip on the game, but the goal of the day came practically out of nowhere.

After this defeat, the Palatinate are still waiting for their first away point.