Leaders Karlsruhe showed they are serious about staying on top, and they ripped Aachen to shreds away. On Sunday, Osnabrück kept pace with a hard fouht win over Stuttgart.
Bielefeld remained on track as they strangled Erfurt.
Heidenheim is back in the promotion race, as they dumped Preußen Münster to join the fray.
By and large the hosts outplayed their guests, and they deserved their win. FCH had been sliding along, but they’ve recently put things back together and look serious about challenging.
A weak relegation eastern duel, but Halle’s win over Babelsberg gives a bit of breathing room for HFC. The Potsdamers didn’t help themselves as Matthias Kühne got his ass tossed right after the restart.
There are a couple of makeup games scheduled for midweek, the biggest is the critical relegation battle as Darmstadt hosts Babelsberg. The 98ers desperately need a win, else they lose virtually all hope.
Kickers Offenbach didn’t play, but they fired head coach Ari van Lent midweek. Despite a great run in the DFB-Cup, Offenbach has basically stunk in league, where they were expected (by management and fans) to contend for promotion.
Weekend attendance was 46,218 (avg 6,603)
SV Wehen Wiesbaden - Chemnitzer FC 0:0 (0:0) 2,153 Alemannia Aachen - Karlsruher SC 0:4 (0:1) 10,598 Hallescher FC - SV Babelsberg 03 1:0 (1:0) 6,256 Arminia Bielefeld - Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2:0 (1:0) 7,211 Wacker Burghausen - 1. FC Saarbrücken 2:1 (1:0) 2,000 1. FC Heidenheim - Preußen Münster 3:1 (2:0) 8,000 VfB Stuttgart II - SpVgg Unterhaching canceled Hansa Rostock - SV Darmstadt 98 canceled Borussia Dortmund II - Kickers Offenbach canceled Sunday VfL Osnabrück - Stuttgarter Kickers 3:1 (2:1) 10,000 1 Karlsruher SC (A) 25 14 8 3 46:16 +30 50 2 VfL Osnabrück 25 15 5 5 42:20 +22 50 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Preußen Münster 25 13 8 4 41:20 +21 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Arminia Bielefeld 24 13 7 4 38:22 +16 46 5 1. FC Heidenheim 25 14 4 7 47:36 +11 46 6 SpVgg Unterhaching 23 11 6 6 38:31 +7 39 7 Chemnitzer FC 24 9 7 8 34:30 +4 34 8 Wacker Burghausen 24 10 4 10 31:33 -2 34 9 VfB Stuttgart II 23 9 5 9 28:28 0 32 10 Hansa Rostock (A) 23 8 5 10 23:31 -8 29 11 Hallescher FC (N) 25 7 7 11 23:34 -11 28 12 Stuttgarter Kickers (N) 25 7 6 12 28:29 -1 27 13 Kickers Offenbach 24 7 6 11 32:34 -2 27 14 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 24 4 15 5 27:31 -4 27 15 1. FC Saarbrücken 24 7 5 12 32:42 -10 26 16 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 24 6 7 11 28:42 -14 25 17 Alemannia Aachen (A) 24 5 9 10 23:35 -12 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 SV Babelsberg 03 23 6 5 12 19:32 -13 23 19 Borussia Dortmund II (N) 24 4 9 11 24:43 -19 21 20 SV Darmstadt 98 22 3 8 11 18:33 -15 17 A = Absteiger just Relegated N = Neuling just promoted 1st line: Promotion to 2.Liga 2nd line: Promotion Playoff with 2.Liga 16th place 3rd line: Relegation to Regionalliga Alemannia Aachen basically relegated due to pending insolvency.