Kassel secured a narrow 4-3 victory over Bad Nauheim in the DEL2 on Monday, October 11th. The away side completed a difficult trip to Germany with a late comeback that kept their impressive start to the season alive.
Both teams arrive at this stage with identical point totals — zero. The DEL2 has yet to distribute points, which means the table reflects games played rather than accumulated rewards. What matters is the pattern emerging from seven rounds of fixtures.
Kassel sit in second place having won six of their seven matches. They have only lost once, to Krimmitschau in a 5-3 defeat last month. Recent form shows consistency: victories against Memmingen, Bitigheim, Freiburg and Lauzitzer Füchse round out their campaign.
Bad Nauheim occupy fourteenth position with just a single win from seven outings. They have lost five consecutive matches, including defeats to Bittigheim, Starbulls Rosenheim, Ravensburg and Regensburg. The pattern suggests a side searching for direction.
We had backed the visitors to win, with 63 per cent confidence. The prediction held. Kassel's superiority across the season showed through in the final moments, when they found another goal to complete the turnaround.
The result extends Kassel's unbeaten run to eight matches and leaves them firmly in the upper echelon of the table. Bad Nauheim remain rooted at the bottom, having not won since their opening fixture.
Without minute-by-minute details available, the narrative comes from the result itself. A side that dominated most of their season delivered when it mattered, while the hosts dug in but ultimately let the tie slip.
