Winter conditions, and the first cancelations due to snow…
Osnabrück jumps to the top, as they beat down stubborn Halle. Erstwhile leaders Münster had a rough time in Karlsruhe, who showed signs of being what everyone expected. KSC played well, fending off the Preussen attacks (another goal for Matt Taylor, btw), and when they realized they could win, pressed on and were rewarded. Whether there’s still an opening in the promotion race, it’s hard to say, but KSC looks recovered. Bielefeld also leaped over with a tough win against Heidenheim.
Other chasing teams didn’t get the results they wanted. Rostock was crap against Dortmund Bubis. In fact, they only got a draw because a Dortmund forward missed a couple of open netters. Burghausen got biatch-slapped at home by Stuttgart-Bubis. Offenbach pressed hard, especially in the end, but Chemnitz defense held for a draw. Haching’s excuse is that they got snowed out.,,
Aachen remains in crisis, and was probably lucky against Wehen. However, it’s Wehen we’re talking about, so you know the result: draw! It’s almost like the weatherman “…and for Wehen, there’s a 73% for a draw…” In another relegation influencing match, Saarbrücken kicked Darmstadt in the balls. FCS pretty much dominated, although the 98ers got back in the match – theoretically – when they got a lucky bounce. However, they really had no clue and in the end were fortunate that FCS didn’t want to rub their noses in it.
Wacker Burghausen - VfB Stuttgart II 1:3 (0:0) 2,200 VfL Osnabrück - Hallescher FC 2:0 (0:0) 9,000 Karlsruher SC - Preußen Münster 2:1 (1:0) 9,244 Kickers Offenbach - Chemnitzer FC 0:0 (0:0) 5,895 1. FC Saarbrücken - SV Darmstadt 98 3:1 (2:1) 3,450 Borussia Dortmund II - Hansa Rostock 0:0 (0:0) 4,000 Alemannia Aachen - SV Wehen Wiesbaden 1:1 (0:0) 12,000 Arminia Bielefeld - 1. FC Heidenheim 1:0 (1:0) 6,828 Stuttgarter Kickers - SpVgg Unterhaching canceled Rot-Weiß Erfurt - SV Babelsberg 03 canceled Attendance: 52,617 (avg 6,577) 1 VfL Osnabrück 15 10 2 3 23:10 +13 32 2 Arminia Bielefeld 15 9 3 3 22:14 +8 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Preußen Münster 15 8 5 2 26:12 +14 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 SpVgg Unterhaching 14 8 3 3 26:20 +6 27 5 Wacker Burghausen 15 8 1 6 22:18 +4 25 6 Hansa Rostock (A) 15 7 4 4 18:18 0 25 7 1. FC Heidenheim 15 7 3 5 26:23 +3 24 8 Kickers Offenbach 15 6 5 4 26:18 +8 23 9 Karlsruher SC (A) 15 5 7 3 18:10 +8 22 10 Chemnitzer FC 15 6 4 5 19:16 +3 22 11 VfB Stuttgart II 15 6 3 6 20:18 +2 21 12 1. FC Saarbrücken 15 6 2 7 20:24 -4 20 13 Stuttgarter Kickers (N) 14 4 3 7 18:17 +1 15 14 Alemannia Aachen (A) 15 3 6 6 16:22 -6 15 15 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 15 1 11 3 16:18 -2 14 16 Hallescher FC (N) 15 3 5 7 11:20 -9 14 17 SV Babelsberg 03 14 3 3 8 11:21 -10 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 18 SV Darmstadt 98 15 2 5 8 14:24 -10 11 19 Borussia Dortmund II (N) 15 2 5 8 12:27 -15 11 20 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 14 2 4 8 13:27 -14 10 1st line: Promotion to 2.Liga 2nd line: Promotion Playoff with 2.Liga 16th place 3rd line: Relegation to Regionalliga
Hey, I visited Saarbrueken in February and spent money there. What gives?
Yep, you can’t trust those Saarlanders. They probably wish they still had a national team like in the 1950s (see article on the regular site, Saarland for the World Cup