In two preseason friendlies, second-division soccer clubs Dynamo Dresden and Energie Cottbus each secured a 2-1 victory. In the process, newly promoted Cottbus handed Dynamo its first preseason loss of the preseason. The Lusatians prevailed 2–1 (1–1) thanks to goals by Lukas Michelbrink in the 34th minute and Dominik Pelivan (52nd). Vincent Vermeij had initially put Dynamo ahead (33rd).
In the second match, Dynamo Dresden secured a 2-1 (0-1) victory. Jannis Boziaris initially put Energie ahead with a free kick from 20 meters (37th minute). Till Neininger (53rd minute) and Jonas Oehmichen (66th minute) put Dynamo on the path to victory in this clash of the second-tier teams.
Both clubs had agreed to this two-game friendly, with each match lasting the full 90 minutes, in order to give as many players as possible competitive experience two weeks before the start of the 2026/27 season in the 2. Bundesliga. The matches took place at the Dynamo training center without spectators.
