After the derby victory in the Sportpark, 1860 has four home and two away games to play.
Are the lions now expanding their top position in the table?
For the first time this season there was no goal.
Ismaik praises: "A step forward!"
It is well known that Manni Schwabl is a first-class host who would also have become a first-class innkeeper if he had not chosen the office of president at SpVgg Unterhaching.
Opposing coaches like the 1860 coach Michael Köllner (after the settled youth dispute) welcomes Schwabl to the sports park as well as pensioners, families and strikers free of charge (Sascha Mölders in summer).
So it was no wonder that during the half-time break of the local derby, free Leberkass rolls were distributed to the grandstand visitors.
Food for the nerves for the 150-strong Haching delegation, who otherwise had little reason to be happy on a cold, rainy and in the end also pointless Monday evening (0: 2).
The lions, on the other hand, were frugal guests: they came without fans, scored three points in a matter-of-fact way - and at the end performed a dance of joy, which was short enough that the sports park lawn, which had been named “Pitch of the Year” before the game, was not too expensive to charge.
Even in the game, the Lions had appeared so light-footed that in the end there was little doubt about the legality of their fourth Derby three in a row.
Captain Sascha Mölders not only scored the last goal (to 2-0/84) - he also received no opposition when he said to the Magenta TV cameras: “We believe in our own strength.
In the end we deserved to win.
I've never lost to Unterhaching.
Now we are fully involved.
Every victory gives you confidence. "
An expression of this new self-confidence is first place in the table - and the first zero of the season, which Hasan Ismaik also picked up in his obligatory jubilation Facebook post.
"What Michael Köllner will be particularly happy about after this victory is the fact that 1860 can also win games without conceding a goal," wrote the investor and concluded: "This is progress." In addition, Ismaik ventured a forecast that he only recently considered Boldness would have been interpreted: "Your diligence will pay off in the end."
On closer inspection, it is already paying off.
Where generations of 1860 teams used to sink into an autumn depression, the strengthened Giesingeners now have a golden autumn.
Until November 28th, when the next derby is due (Türkgücü), the Lions could ideally expand their top position in the table: Four home games are pending in quick succession, starting with the weak starters from Duisburg on Halloween Saturday.
On November 7th and 21st it will be against Halle and Uerdingen (place 12 and 14 respectively)
There are also two away trips, where self-confident Köllner protégés could set additional scent marks.
One of these away games leads to Dresden in 1860, to the not yet so convincing top favorite (November 15).
The other appearance abroad could be just as exciting - on Tuesday, November 24th, it goes to the surprise newcomer Verl, who won 2-1 on the last matchday in Saarbrücken, against the other strong promoted team.
18 points will be awarded over the next 31 days, and from now on the lions will be measured by their previous average of two points per game.
Köllner called the increased expectations “curse of the good deed”.
On Monday, after the 2-0 derby, he looked relieved: “To play to zero in Haching is a tremendous achievement.
They are a good team that asked everything from us. "
Away at Köllner, everything is top anyway: In this ranking, 1860 takes second place - tied with contractions.
At home, on the other hand, there is room for improvement.
In the current home table, Mölders and Co. occupy 9th place - just below Haching.
The next development step would now be to win the home games without fans.
Only then can it really be a golden November.