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Rot-Weiss Essen beat Fortuna Köln 2-0 to extend unbeaten run
Rot-Weiss Essen beat Fortuna Köln 2-0 in a 3.
Liga match in Essen on Tuesday.
Marek Janssen put Essen ahead in the 20th minute, and substitute Jakob Cuba Potocnik scored the second goal in the 82nd.
Essen has now gone eight games without a loss since its opening defeat and remains third in the table.
Newly promoted Fortuna Köln struggled to create chances and remains in the middle of the standings.
Fortuna is only two points clear of the relegation places, making its position less secure than Essen’s.
Essen next visits FC Ingolstadt on Saturday, while Fortuna hosts VfB Stuttgart’s reserve team on Friday.
Rot-Weiss Essen beat Fortuna Köln 2-0 to extend its unbeaten run in the 3. Liga to eight games.
Marek Janssen put Essen ahead in the 20th minute.
Substitute Jakob Cuba Potocnik scored the second goal in the 82nd minute.
The win kept Essen third in the table, while Fortuna remained in mid-table, two points clear of the relegation places.
Fortuna’s best chance came in the 50th minute, when Jannik Mause’s shot went narrowly wide.
- Who
- Rot-Weiss Essen and Fortuna Köln.
- What
- Essen won 2-0 and extended its unbeaten run to eight games.
- When
- Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Essen’s Hafenstraße.
- Why
- Essen scored twice, while Fortuna failed to convert its chances.
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Marek Janssen put Rot-Weiss Essen ahead after a pass from Marvin Obuz.
Jannik Mause’s shot for Fortuna Köln went narrowly wide.
Substitute Jakob Cuba Potocnik scored Essen’s second goal.
- Final score
- Rot-Weiss Essen 2-0 Fortuna Köln
- Unbeaten run
- 8 games
- Opening goal
- Marek Janssen, 20th minute
- Second goal
- Jakob Cuba Potocnik, 82nd minute
- Essen’s position
- 3rd in the table
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