1-0 win vs. Huddersfield in third-place play-off

The highlights:

2nd minute: RWE aren’t shying away from the encounter. Right-back Heber crosses into the box and finds teammate Baier on the penalty spot. His header is, however, no problem for Plogmann, who holds on to the effort.

7th minute: Heber causes more problems for the Green-White defence. The agile RB again breaks down the right-hand side and is stopped unfairly by Marco Friedl. The resulting free kick is cleared by Werder.

9th minute: Goal for the hosts. Benjamin Baier scores with a low shot from distance. Essen play the ball with tempo to the SVW box and Baier tries his luck from the right around 20 yards out. His shot goes low into the left-hand corner of the net. 1-0 to Essen.

11th minute: Mbom with a great chance to equalise. Kruse attacks down the right and finds Mbom on the penalty spot. The youngster shoots first time but his effort misses the left upright by millimetres.

19th minute: Eggestein goes close with a header! Kruse whips in a corner from the left and Eggestein rises highest in the area, unfortunately, the 20 year old can’t nod the ball on target.

23rd minute: One after the other, Käuper and Mbom both go into a couple of challenges strongly and see yellow cards brandished their way.

27th minute: Milot Raschica fires in a powerful shot from 16 yards out, which forces Raedler in the Essen goal into a great save with both fists.

30th minute: SVW miss another brilliant chance to equalise. Kruse receives a lofted pass in the box and sees that Raedler is slightly off his line. The Green-White number ten tries to lift the ball over the goalkeeper but his effort lands wide of the goal by just a few centimetres.

41st minute: Friedl is stopped at the last second! Moisander finds the Werder left-back, who just has one opponent to beat, but the Austrian can’t get the better of his man and is tackled.

45th minute: A spectacular save from Plogmann. Baier again tries his luck from distance, and his strike is on its way into the top left corner of the goal before Plogmann stretches to deny the hosts a second.

46th minute: Full time. The hosts started the match better and capitalised early on their dominance. Werder did grow into the game but missed their chances, so Baier’s impressive strike was the difference in the end