Clean sheets link these results, but the attempt totals separate them. Cologne scored five despite Union Berlin attempting more shots. Darmstadt won by two while Elversberg recorded twenty-six attempts against seven, and Gladbach scored twice from four total attempts against Karlsruhe’s fifteen. None of those totals proves that every unsuccessful attempt was an easy chance. They illustrate the limits of using shot volume alone to predict a result. Bochum’s tie offered a different pattern: only one attempt separated the sides, and two second-half goals supplied the winning margin.
VfL Bochum 2–0 Mainz
The ESPN event record confirms the final 2–0 score in home–away order. Recorded kick-off: 2026-10-27 19:00 in Jerusalem time.
Scoring sequence: Christian Rasmussen, 46 — VfL Bochum; Philipp Hofmann, 75 — VfL Bochum.
Attempts: VfL Bochum 8 shots, 3 on target; Mainz 9 shots, 5 on target.
Recorded possession: 48.2% for the hosts and 51.8% for the visitors.
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 Karlsruher SC
The ESPN event record confirms the final 2–0 score in home–away order. Recorded kick-off: 2026-10-27 21:45 in Jerusalem time.
Scoring sequence: Robin Hack, 7 — Borussia Mönchengladbach; Lukas Ullrich, 49 — Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Attempts: Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 shots, 3 on target; Karlsruher SC 15 shots, 4 on target.
Recorded possession: 35.9% for the hosts and 64.1% for the visitors.
FC Cologne 5–0 1. FC Union Berlin
The ESPN event record confirms the final 5–0 score in home–away order. Recorded kick-off: 2026-10-27 21:45 in Jerusalem time.
Scoring sequence
- Said El Mala, 32 — FC Cologne
- Linton Maina, 51 — FC Cologne
- Said El Mala, 60 — FC Cologne
- Ísak Jóhannesson, 78 — FC Cologne
- Sebastian Sebulonsen, 88 — FC Cologne
Attempts: FC Cologne 14 shots, 8 on target; 1. FC Union Berlin 17 shots, 4 on target.
Recorded possession: 54.7% for the hosts and 45.3% for the visitors.
SV Elversberg 0–2 SV Darmstadt 98
The ESPN event record confirms the final 0–2 score in home–away order. Recorded kick-off: 2026-10-27 21:45 in Jerusalem time.
Scoring sequence: Lars Kehl, 6 — SV Darmstadt 98; Milan Smit, 56 — SV Darmstadt 98.
Attempts: SV Elversberg 26 shots, 6 on target; SV Darmstadt 98 7 shots, 2 on target.
Recorded possession: 73.8% for the hosts and 26.2% for the visitors.
These matches took place before this report was published; each kick-off is dated above. Figures come from the linked event records, while the interpretation is our editorial reading of those figures.
Archival cover photograph: Cologne’s RheinEnergieStadion; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: Raimond Spekking. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 4.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2018-10-21.
