FSV Frankfurt vs. SG Barockstadt Fulda-Lehnerz 5:1

After last Saturday's 3:2 defeat at Bahlinger SC, FSV Frankfurt faced a derby match against SG Barockstadt Fulda-Lehnerz a week later on Saturday afternoon. The Bornheim side regained top spot in the table with another home win.

In today's starting line-up, FSV goalkeeper Justin Ospelt was back in goal after an injury layoff. Nicolas Loebus started from the beginning compared to the previous Bahlingen game, Tobias Peitz was missing today due to yellow card suspension. The visitors from Eastern Hesse started offensively in the opening minutes and shot at the home team's goal relatively early on, but the ball went wide of the box in the first action. In the 15th minute, returnee Ospelt made two saves in succession. After shots in the FSV penalty area, first from Barockstadt captain Patrick Schaaf and then from Nils Fischer, the Bornheim goalkeeper made two saves in succession to prevent the goal. A short time later, Fulda pressed again and hit the crossbar with a shot from distance. In the 22nd minute, FSV countered towards the visitors' goal. Timo Hildmann broke through in the Barockstadt penalty area and played the ball to Cas Peters, who went down together with an opponent and slotted the ball home for a 1:0 lead. Less than 15 minutes later, Hildmann again marched up to the away team's penalty area and was brought down by Keanu Kraft. Referee Philipp Hofheinz did not hesitate for long and pointed to the spot. Lucas Hermes converted the penalty and scored into the left corner to make it 2:0. A few minutes later, FSV increased the lead to three goals in the match after a one-two between Hermes and Tim Latteier, the latter netting from close range. Nicolas Loebus missed the chance to score a fourth shortly afterwards after Barockstadt prevented Hermes' pass at the last moment. Despite trailing 3-0, the Föllscheelf did not give up and continued to try and build the game up and find the back of the net. Shortly before the half-time whistle, Fulda's Niklas Antlitz finally scored the 1:3 equalizer after he slotted the ball in from close range. Both teams went into the half-time break with this result.

Immediately after the restart, the Black & Blues launched their next attack. Less than a minute later, Birkan Celik shocked the visitors and increased the lead to 4:1 after a pass from Latteier. Despite conceding another goal, the visitors from Fulda did not give up and continued to try and remain dangerous. The tackles became rougher in the course of the second half and the referee interrupted the game several times. In the 65th minute, Leonhard von Schroetter shot at the away team's goal, aiming for the bottom right corner. Fulda goalkeeper Zapico Lopez stretched, threw himself to the ground and caught the ball safely. Two minutes later, SGB took a corner kick and the ball landed in the hands of Fulda captain Schaaf, who failed to hit the ball properly and it went wide of goal. Shortly afterwards, Barockstadt player Leon Pomnitz shot at goal in the FSV penalty area, the ball touched the crossbar and von Schroetter cleared it at the last moment to prevent the visitors from scoring a second goal. Fulda also tried to build the game up in the final phase, looking for the gap but not finding it. The FSV defense attentively averted the danger from crosses in the home penalty area. In the last action of today's match, the Black & Blue counter-attacked again towards the SG Barockstadt goal. Sho Sannomiya, who had come on as a substitute, received the ball and crossed from the right. FSV captain Tim Weißmann, who scored his brace in the last home game against Hoffenheim II, headed the fifth and final goal for the South Hessians from a free position. After three minutes of stoppage time, referee Hofheinz brought the Bornheim goal festival to an end.

FSV Frankfurt win the Hessian duel against Barockstadt Fulda-Lehnerz 5:1. The resounding victory means that the Bornheim side stay in first place in the table. A win for Hoffenheim U23 against SC Freiburg II tomorrow could see the Black & Blues slip down to second place. Next Wednesday, FSV will travel to Upland to play group league side SC Willingen in the quarter-finals of the Krombacher Hessen Cup. Kick-off is at 18:30 at the Willingen Upland Stadium. The following Saturday, March 22, the Hessians will play Eintracht Trier in the Regionalliga Südwest at the Mosel Stadium. Kick-off is at 2 pm.