Dynamo Dresden made amends for their 1-0 home defeat to SV Sandhausen at the start of the year. In the first third-division away game of 2024, the Saxons secured a 2-0 (1-0) win at SV Waldhof-Mannheim on Tuesday. Tom Zimmerschied had scored for Dynamo in the 45th minute following a corner kick with the involuntary help of Bentley Baxter Bahn. Lucas Cueto (62) increased the lead after a counter-attack in front of 12,512 spectators to secure a deserved victory. Dynamo thus took over the lead in the table, at least for one night.
For 45 minutes, the two teams played a match of equals. In difficult pitch conditions, the visitors were the better team in terms of play, but Mannheim defended attentively and repeatedly launched dangerous counter-attacks. However, both teams were relatively harmless in front of goal. Dresden had the better half-chances before the ball rolled into the net just before the half-time whistle. Zimmerschied had not hit the ball fully, Bentley Baxter Bahn deflected it slightly and was then credited with the own goal.
