Dynamo Dresden stumbled badly in the 3rd division. Thomas Stamm's team lost 2:1 (0:2) at 15th-placed VfB Stuttgart II and missed out on a move to the top of the table. Laurin Ulrich (38th minute) surprisingly put the hosts ahead, after the change Samuele di Benedetto (48th) increased the lead. Stefan Kutschke (88th/foul penalty) only managed to equalize for Dresden. Stuttgart's Mohamed Sankoh was shown the red card in the 68th minute for a challenge.
Dresden started with a lot of pressure and created some good chances in Aspach. The hosts struggled to get into the game, but scored the first goal: After losing the ball, Dynamo were not wide awake and Ulrich took advantage of this to take a surprising lead. The promotion co-favorites were also caught cold after the changeover. After Dynamo goalkeeper Tim Schreiber picked up a controlled back pass with his hands, resulting in an indirect free-kick in the five-meter box, di Benedetto smashed the ball into the top left-hand corner.
Dynamo tried new personnel, bringing on Kutschke for Christoph Daferner. 24 hours before the game, it had become known that the captain had opened a gym in Dresden as a partner, where, according to the club, one of the other two partners had "a right-wing extremist past". After an intensive exchange with the club's management, Kutschke "revealed his views and distanced himself from right-wing extremist backgrounds".
