Match Facts

Marco Rose made five changes to the team that started against Stuttgart: Peter Gulasci, Willi Orban, Benjamin Henrichs, Kevin Kampl and Xavi (yellow card suspension) replaced Janis Blaswich, Castello Lukeba, Mohamed Simakan, Nicolas Seiwald and Christoph Baumgartner in the starting lineup.
After 154 days –– or five months –– Willi Orban made his return to the starting eleven. Our captain also started his last Bundesliga game for RBL against Union Berlin in the reverse fixture on September 3rd.
Peter Gulacsi had to wait even longer for his Bundesliga comeback: after 491 (!) days –– or one year and four months –– Pete was back between the posts.
This match was Xaver Schlager's 60th match in an RBL jersey.
Professional debut! El Chadaille Bitshiabu came on as a substitute in the 85th minute - a competitive debut for Chad in our first team.