GARBSEN, Germany (Interstat) — TSV Havelse and Wurzburger Kickers (Ger) played to a 2-2 draw Tuesday at Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion in Garbsen. Kwasi Okyere Wriedt gave Havelse the lead in the 24th minute, scoring the opening goal before he was substituted in the 68th minute. The match changed in the 27th minute when Wurzburger’s Farahnak E. was sent off, leaving the visitors to play a man down for more than an hour. Wriedt was cautioned in the 33rd minute, and Wurzburger’s Breunig L. received a yellow card in the 38th minute. Havelse could not turn its numerical advantage into a larger lead.

At halftime, Havelse led 1-0 after Wriedt’s early finish and Farahnak’s dismissal. Wriedt’s goal remained the only score of the first half. The half ended with Havelse ahead by one goal. The first half also produced cautions for Wriedt and Breunig. Wurzburger made its first change at the interval, with Evina F. entering. Havelse waited until the 63rd minute for its first substitution, when Grzywacz E. came on.

Despite the sending off, Wurzburger Kickers responded with two goals. Tarsis Bonga, who played the full match, scored once, and Jermain Nischalke added another during a 28-minute appearance. Nischalke also was booked in the 67th minute. Wurzburger had another yellow card in the 66th minute, before Nischalke’s caution. Havelse’s Robin Velasco, who played 77 minutes, provided an assist, and the hosts’ second goal came after that assist, allowing Havelse to secure the draw. Havelse also had yellow cards shown to Schumacher K. in the 69th minute, Mausehund Y. in the 70th minute and Paldino L. in the 90+1st minute. Wurzburger’s goals came from Bonga and Nischalke, while Havelse answered late after Velasco’s assist. Nischalke’s goal and caution came after the break.

Wurzburger made a substitution at the 46th minute with Evina F. entering. Kinsombi D. and Kastanaras T. followed in the 62nd minute. Havelse brought on Grzywacz E. in the 63rd minute, then Wardak Y. and Wriedt in the 68th minute. Velasco was substituted in the 77th minute, the same minute Wurzburger’s Hemmerich L. entered. Wurzburger’s Kiefersauer X. came on in the 90+3rd minute. The late changes could not produce another goal, and the teams settled for a draw.

The match produced seven yellow cards and one red card. Wriedt, Breunig, Nischalke, Schumacher, Mausehund and Paldino were among those booked, along with one unnamed Wurzburger player. Farahnak’s dismissal in the 27th minute forced Wurzburger to adjust early. Wurzburger used five substitutions, while Havelse used four. The teams finished with seven cautions and one dismissal.

The draw moved Wurzburger Kickers (Ger) to 0 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in this competition. Its overall record stands at 0 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw. TSV Havelse is now 1 win, 7 losses and 2 draws in this competition, and its overall record is also 1 win, 7 losses and 2 draws. Wurzburger had previously lost 3-1 at Heidenheim and 2-0 at home to Hansa Rostock before the draw. Havelse entered after a 0-0 draw with Wurzburg, a 5-0 loss at Regensburg, a 3-1 loss to Fortuna, a 3-1 loss to Fortuna Koln, a 2-1 loss at Duisburg, a 2-2 draw with Grossaspach, a 2-1 loss at Munster, a 3-2 win over SV Waldhof Mannheim, a 1-0 loss at RW Essen and a 3-2 loss to Stuttgart II. Havelse’s next scheduled 3. Liga match is at Meppen, followed by matches against Saarbrucken, Ingolstadt, Wehen, Viktoria Koln and Hansa.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of TSV Havelse 3, Wurzburger Kickers (Ger) 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected TSV Havelse with an 81.5 percent probability to win. The actual result differed from both projections.