After three defeats in a row, 1. FC Heidenheim celebrated another success in the foreign stadium.
The team from Heidenheim won 1-0 (0-0) on Friday evening thanks to Robert Leipertz's late goal in stoppage time (90 + 2) at Fortuna Düsseldorf and improved to sixth in the table with 24 points for the time being.
In front of 13,873 spectators in the Merkur Spiel-Arena, the Düsseldorfer missed the connection to the midfield and, as twelfth in the table, are now faced with the relegation battle.
Düsseldorf - In a balanced first half, Fortuna dominated the early stages of the game, but without seriously threatening goals.
The offensive actions appeared mostly discouraged and inconsistent.
Heidenheim began to dominate.
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After the break, a similar picture emerged.
At first it was the Düsseldorfers who pushed for the Heidenheimer Tor, but remained too harmless.
Instead, Heidenheim set the decisive pinprick in stoppage time with a successful counterattack.
Marnon Busch prevailed on the right side, left Leonardo Koutris behind and found Leipertz in the middle, who only has to push into the empty goal.
dpa