Halle FC have suffered another setback in their fight to stay in the league. Coach Sreto Ristic's charges lost the clash between their neighbors in the table against 1. FC Saarbrücken 0:2 (0:2) on Saturday. Kai Brünker (19th minute) and Bone Uaferro (41st minute) scored the goals for the visitors in front of 6,289 spectators at the Leuna-Chemie-Stadion. Halle's Enrique Lofolomo (79) was shown the red card for rough play. After their ninth defeat of the season, the club from Halle are in danger of dropping to a relegation place if VfB Lübeck score against Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday.
The match was overshadowed by an incident in the Halle fan block. One spectator had to receive intensive medical treatment from an emergency doctor. The spectators therefore stopped their support between the 20th and 45th minute.
The hosts were unable to make any impact in attack before the break. Former Halle keeper Tim Schreiber did not get a single shot on target. The attempts by Erich Berko (15) and Dominic Baumann (16) were blocked. Sebastian Zielenecki's header (38') went over the goal. Saarbrücken were far more dangerous in the opposition penalty area. Kasim Rabihic's shot (10') was saved by Moritz Schulze. He was powerless with the two headers from Brünker (19) and Uaferro (41).
The hosts were also unable to convince after the break. Only Tunay Deniz's header (61'), which was cleared off the line by Saarbrücken captain Manuel Zeitz, was a goal in the air. The visitors restricted themselves to defending their lead. Saarbrücken did so almost effortlessly, especially as HFC were outnumbered in the closing stages.
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