2. Bundesliga Saturday Konference: Home wins for Paderborn, Darmstadt, Karlsruhe and Elversberg

Early Saturday’s four 2. Bundesliga games all ended with wins for the home teams.

Five 2. Bundesliga games, five wins for home teams. After Schalke’s 2-1 victory over Hertha Berlin kicked things off last night, the action continues today with four matches played simultaneously.

Paderborn’s 2-1 win against Holstein Kiel provided a dramatic finish. The hosts were dominant for the majority of the game, but Kiel nearly took an undeserved point before Filip Bilbija’s 99th-minute winner.

Bochum also started their campaign with a defeat as both clubs who were relegated from Bundesliga witnessed the difficulty of the league. Isac Lidberg, who was courted by African Champions League winners Pyramids FC, scored a hattrick in a stunning 4-1 win for Darmstadt.

There were also five goals in the game between Karlsruher SC and Preußen Münster. The hosts were leading 2-0 inside the first 20 minutes, but Münster showed real fight to level the score ten minutes before time. Lilian Egloff scored Karlsruhe’s winner in the 88th-minute against ten-man Münster.

SV Elversberg also beat Nürnberg thanks to a 90th-minute strike from Maximilian Rohr. Arminia Bielefeld will host Fortuna Düsseldorf later tonight in the first Topspiel of the season. The matchday will be concluded with three matches tomorrow afternoon.