Heidenheim is threatening to run away with the title. The ambitious Badeners easily kicked Stuttgart’s ass and have opened up a big lead at the top.
A wild 6 minutes at the end of the match saw Erfurt bang in 3 goals against Darmstadt, and lifts RWE into the coveted 3rd place. The match looked like a scoreless tussle, but the finish means that the eastern club needs to be taken very seriously.
A 3/Liga season high crowd of over 23,000 were on hand for an eastern clash between traditional GDR side Hansa and upstart RedBull/Rasenballsport. Rostock didn’t look at all like the failing side and went to work, perhaps encouraged by their large support. Hansa gets a deserved win and looks to be out of trouble. In this form, they could mount a threat, so they should be watched closely. Obviously for Leipzig, they will continue to challenge, but I’d bet most easterners enjoyed the result.
Pascal Testroet scored a hat-trick and showed that Osnabrück perhaps still has some life. Haching had been flying high, but were well beaten.
Halle outplayed Duisburg at the Zebra’s home, and come away with a solid win.
Elversberg got an important win, thanks to a hat-trick by Italian striker Angelo Vaccaro.
huge road win for Saarbrücken in a relegation clash with Burghausen, while a late goal by American Matt Taylor gave struggling Münster just enough to keep their head above water. Loser Kickers Stuttgart miss a chance to climb out of the well.
Total Attendance was 66,742 (avg 6,674)
Rot-Weiß Erfurt - SV Darmstadt 98 3:0 (0:0) 6,457 MSV Duisburg - Hallescher FC 1:3 (1:3) 10,700 VfL Osnabrück - SpVgg Unterhaching 3:1 (3:1) 7,247 VfB Stuttgart II - 1. FC Heidenheim 0:3 (0:1) 1,530 SV Elversberg - Jahn Regensburg 3:1 (1:0) 680 Holstein Kiel - Chemnitzer FC 1:1 (0:0) 4,309 SV Wehen Wiesbaden - Borussia Dortmund II 1:1 (0:0) 2,703 RasenBallsport Leipzig - Hansa Rostock 1:2 (0:1) 23,421 Wacker Burghausen - 1. FC Saarbrücken 1:2 (1:1) 3,000 Preußen Münster - Stuttgarter Kickers 1:0 (0:0) 6,695 1 1. FC Heidenheim 17 12 3 2 28:11 +17 39 2 RB Leipzig (N) 17 9 3 5 27:19 +8 30 ------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 17 9 2 6 30:20 +10 29 ------------------------------------------------------------ 4 SpVgg Unterhaching 17 7 6 4 28:24 +4 27 5 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 17 7 6 4 22:19 +3 27 6 SV Darmstadt 98 17 7 4 6 25:16 +9 25 7 VfL Osnabrück 17 7 4 6 24:19 +5 25 8 VfB Stuttgart II 17 7 4 6 24:23 +1 25 9 SV Elversberg (N) 17 7 4 6 17:17 0 25 10 Hansa Rostock 17 7 4 6 20:25 -5 25 11 MSV Duisburg (A) 17 6 5 6 20:22 -2 23 12 Hallescher FC 17 7 2 8 19:21 -2 23 13 Borussia Dortmund II 17 6 3 8 20:28 -8 21 14 Jahn Regensburg (A) 17 5 5 7 23:29 -6 20 15 Holstein Kiel (N) 17 4 7 6 19:17 +2 19 16 Preußen Münster 17 4 7 6 28:28 0 19 17 Chemnitzer FC 17 4 6 7 19:25 -6 18 ------------------------------------------------------------ 18 Stuttgarter Kickers 17 4 4 9 18:23 -5 16 19 1. FC Saarbrücken 17 3 7 7 20:29 -9 16 20 Wacker Burghausen 17 3 4 10 17:33 -16 13 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