2. Bundesliga (Week 5) : Bochum beats Darmstadt 2-1
GERMANY, Sep. 10, 2017 (AMP) — 2. Bundesliga / Match day 5: After two straigth victories against FC St. Pauli and MSV Duisburg, Darmstadt 98 lost 2-1 against VfL Bochum.
Darmstadt 98 had started off well by taking the lead in the 24th minute with a goal by defender Aytaç Sulu. Trailing 1-0 at half time, VfL Bochum players nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring twice in the second period (Diamantakos Dimitrios '81 and Kruse '86).
SV Darmstadt 98 remains in second place with 10 points from 5 games, 3 points behind Fortuna Düsseldorf.
View : Full 2. Bundesliga table (as of September 10, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | SV Sandhausen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | MSV Duisburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | FC Nürnberg | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Erzgebirge Aue | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | FC St. Pauli | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | FC Ingolstadt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Heidenheim | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | FC Kaiserslautern | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 2 |
| 18 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
Fixtures and Results : 2. Bundesliga 2017-2018
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Overview
SV Darmstadt 98
- Position: 2
- Best performance of the season:Darmstadt 98 3-0 FC St. Pauli (18 Aug.)
- Previous game:MSV Duisburg 1-2 Darmstadt 98 (25 Aug.)
- Next game:Darmstadt 98 - Arminia Bielefeld (17 Sep.)
VfL Bochum
- Position: 11 +1
- Best performance of the season:VfL Bochum 3-2 Dynamo Dresden (27 Aug.)
- Previous game:VfL Bochum 3-2 Dynamo Dresden (27 Aug.)
- Next game:VfL Bochum - FC Heidenheim (17 Sep.)
Darmstadt 98
1:2
VfL Bochum
1:2 (1:0)
- 10 September 2017
- 13:30
- Darmstadt
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 10 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 10 |
| 4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 |
| 5 |  SV Sandhausen | 8 |
Week 5 Results
| Friday 8 September 2017 | ||||
 | FC Heidenheim | 1-3 | Jahn Regensburg | |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1-1 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |  | |
| Saturday 9 September 2017 | ||||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 0-4 | MSV Duisburg | ||
 | FC Ingolstadt | 1-2 | Erzgebirge Aue |  |
| Holstein Kiel | 2-1 | FC Kaiserslautern |  | |
| Sunday 10 September 2017 | ||||
| Darmstadt 98 | 1-2 | VfL Bochum | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3-2 | Union Berlin |  |
 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1-1 | SV Sandhausen | |
| Monday 11 September 2017 | ||||
 | FC Nürnberg | 20:30 | FC St. Pauli |  |