Haraguchi strikes in Hannover win

Genki Haraguchi recorded his fifth goal of the season as Hannover came away with a 4-2 win over Osnabruck in matchday 27 of the German second division.

Hannover resumed football action one week later than the rest of the league due to their match postponement with Dynamo Dresden after two of their players tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

Haraguchi shuffled through various positions in the game, starting on the left wing before being switched to an anchor role and then into an advanced midfield position. In the 74th minute, with the score 2-1 to Osnabruck, the 29-year-old broke free and was brought down for a spot kick. Marvin Ducksch converted to draw level and swung the match around with his second five minutes later. And in the 86th minute, Haraguchi struck a grounder from distance to wrap up the match.

In another match, Ryo Miyaichi participated in St. Pauli’s heavy 0-4 defeat at Darmstadt.

2. Bundesliga
Osnabruck 2-4 Hannover
(Ceesay (P) 6′, Amenyido 47′ – van Aken (OG) 11′, Ducksch (P) 75, 80′, Haraguchi 86′)

P	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	P
1	Arminia Bielefeld	26	14	10	2	26	52
2	Hamburger SV	26	12	9	5	20	45
3	VfB Stuttgart	26	13	6	7	12	45
4	FC Heidenheim	27	12	8	7	6	44
5	Darmstadt	27	9	12	6	2	39
6	Erzgebirge Aue	27	10	8	9	3	38
7	Greuther Fuerth	26	10	7	9	4	37
8	Holstein Kiel	26	9	8	9	0	35
9	Hannover 96	26	9	8	9	-1	35
10	Jahn Regensburg	27	9	7	11	-6	34
11	St. Pauli	27	8	9	10	-2	33
12	Bochum	26	7	10	9	-3	31
13	Osnabrueck	27	7	9	11	-5	30
14	Sandhausen	27	6	12	9	-5	30
15	Nuernberg	27	7	9	11	-12	30
16	Wehen	27	7	7	13	-12	28
17	Karlsruher SC	26	6	9	11	-11	27
18	Dynamo Dresden	25	6	6	13	-16	24

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