In the 3. Liga game on 18 September 2026, Verl beat FC Wurzburger Kickers 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 10:2, corners 8:3.
Match report
Werder II secured a 2:1 victory over Würzburger Kickers at Sportclub Arena in the Third League's seventh round. The home side took the lead through Janne Berner in the twenty-seventh minute before the visitors responded. Almin Mesanovic equalised for Würzburger just before half-time, but Tarsis Bonga's strike in the forty-seventh minute proved decisive.
And here's the thing about this match — it was decided in those opening forty-seven minutes. Berner's goal came from a well-worked move, while Mesanovic's response caught the defence flat-footed. Bonga finished clinically after the break, capitalising on poor positioning. Würzburger pushed for a second equaliser but could not find the breakthrough.
D discipline became a concern as the match progressed. Berner received a yellow card in the fifty-fifth minute, a reminder of the physical nature of the contest. Louis Breunig was cautioned in the eighty-eighth minute as Werder sought to see out the game. Franck Evina came on for Würzburger in the sixty-first minute, the first of several tactical changes.
The statistics were straightforward. Werder held sixty per cent possession and registered ten shots on target against the visitors' two. The home side's accuracy of fifty-three per cent reflected their clinical approach. Würzburger created nothing from open play, their big chances created standing at zero.
Both sides remain in the lower reaches of the table, separated by position alone. Werder sit fourteenth with seven points from six games, while Würzburger occupy thirteenth place on the same tally. The result extends Werder's unbeaten run to three matches following Wednesday's draw with Sonnenhof Gossau.
