The home side dominated the first half and supplied most of the early pressure. They didn't really though create many oppurtunities, the first chance of the game fell to the home side. A game of pinball occured in the Braunschweig area, Marcel Correia then nearly scored an own goal as it bounced off him, but luckily Mohammad Baghdadi managed to clear it just in time.
The away side then started to assert a small amount of pressure as they recorded their first shot. Raffael Korte had a chance on goal, but he dragged his shot well wide. Korte then had another glorious oppurtunity to score, after Braunschweig initiated a swift counter-attack; Håvard Nielsen played in Korte, but again he didn't make the right connection as he just put it past the goal.
On the 39th minute, Karlsruher sneaked in front through Manuel Torres. A surging and determined run by Hiroki Yamada paid off as he crossed to Torres, who then spun the defender and crashed home from close range. That was the last action of the first half.
The second half wasn't as fluent compared to the first as chances were rare. The best chances fell to the away side, Korte again had another chance but his drilled effort from distance flew just over the bar. The second was a great oppurtunity to equalise, Hendrick Zuck went through, but his powerful effort was saved excellently by Dirk Orlishausen. The ball fell to Zuck on the rebound, though his header was tame and Orlishausen saved easily.
