 Unlike the previous season at Fortuna Düsseldorf, he said that he was confident that he had grown and overcome his homesickness.He continued to play in good form when he set up two goals in a 4–2 win over Karlsruher SC on 10 September 2011 and then scored two more braces by the end of 2011 against Energie Cottbus and FSV Frankfurt.After scoring eight times by the end of the first half of the season, Beister scored three more goals, including two vital goals in both wins against Karlsruher SC and Erzgebirge Aue.