Match summary
Cottbus beat Hannover 3-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Tolcay Ciğerci put Cottbus ahead with a direct free kick in the 14th minute and Maurice Neubauer equalised in the 28th minute. In the second half, Ciğerci put Cottbus back in front from the penalty spot in the 71st minute and Justin Butler made it 3-1 from a corner in the 76th minute.
Hannover can feel hard done by, creating 3.05 expected goals (xG) from 27 shots to Cottbus's 1.35 from 12.