Ninety
Saarbrücken
DFB-Pokal
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1 - 1
Full time
Hertha
Saarbrücken vs Hertha: match report
Saarbrücken hosted Hertha Berlin at Ludwigsparkstadion on Saturday 22 August 2026, in the DFB-Pokal (round 1). Benjamin Brand is the referee, averaging 3.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.9.
Result and scorers
Saarbrücken 1-1 Hertha. Goals: Paul Seguin 69' for Hertha; Philip Fahrner 90'+2' for Saarbrücken.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 65' Yellow card: Linus Gechter (Hertha)
- 65' Yellow card: Kai Brunker (Saarbrücken)
- 69' Goal: Paul Seguin (Hertha)
- 90'+2' Goal: Philip Fahrner (Saarbrücken)
- 98' Yellow card: Oluwaseun Adewumi (Hertha)
- 117' Yellow card: Kevin Sessa (Hertha)
- 118' Yellow card: Sebastian Vasiliadis (Saarbrücken)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 37.4% | Possession | 62.6% |
| 7 | Shots | 33 |
| 2 | Shots on target | 9 |
| 5 | Corners | 11 |
| 16 | Fouls | 20 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Saves | 1 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Saarbrücken 4-2-3-1
Coach: Argirios Giannikis
- 33 Kevin Broll GK
- 42 Philip Fahrner DEF
- 21 Mladen Cvjetinovic DEF
- 4 Siemen Voet DEF
- 28 Niko Bretschneider DEF
- 5 Daniel Gleiber MID
- 6 Patrick Sontheimer MID
- 20 Florian Pick FWD
- 10 Christian Kühlwetter FWD
- 17 Abdenego Nankishi FWD
- 29 Alexander Staff FWD
Bench
- 1 Matteo Bignetti GK
- 3 Anton Bäuerle DEF
- 7 Calogero Rizzuto DEF
- 15 Abdoulaye Kamara MID
- 16 Seung-Joon Lee MID
- 19 Sebastian Vasiliadis MID
- 31 Kelsey Meisel FWD
- 8 Gökdeniz Gürpüz FWD
- 9 Kai Brünker FWD
Hertha 4-2-3-1
- 35 Marius Gersbeck GK
- 2 Julian Eitschberger DEF
- 44 Linus Gechter DEF
- 27 Niklas Kolbe DEF
- 42 Deyovaisio Zeefuik DEF
- 30 Paul Seguin MID
- 8 Kevin Sessa MID
- 23 Jón Thorsteinsson FWD
- 33 Soufian Gouram MID
- 7 Josip Brekalo FWD
- 17 Sebastian Grønning FWD
Bench
- 43 Tim Goller GK
- 41 Pascal Klemens DEF
- 31 Márton Dárdai DEF
- 29 Jerome Diallo DEF
- 21 Boris Lum MID
- 28 Jelani Ndi FWD
- 18 Luca Schuler FWD
- 20 Farid Alfa-Ruprecht FWD
- 19 Oluwaseun Adewumi FWD