The fierce battle for promotion continue, as everybody jockeys for position.
Leaders Köln are in control of the board, as they got a difficult away win at Sandhausen. The Kölners were superior, but they had a hard time with the villagers, and could only come away with a single goal. Nevertheless, since others haven’t decided whether they want to go up or not, it seems like the leaders are safe at the top for at least a while. Greuther Fürth holds onto 2nd, but they had a hard time getting a draw at home against Karlsruhe.
With Kaiserslautern going Monday night, it was a chance for others to make a move. Instead, the Red Devils failed miserably, a;most disgracefully, as they went down against relegation threatened Aue. Union Berlin failed, as they were held to a point at Düsseldorf. St.Pauli also failed miserably, as they even lost at home against Bochum. It was Paderborn that seized the chance to leap into 3rd. They did it with a crushing rout in the Westfalen derby against more storied Bielefeld. It was a strong effort by the homeside (with a rare sellout), but it wasn’t without some help from Arminia. SCP started well and had just taken the lead as their pressure paid off after about half and hour. But a minute later, the game was decisively changed. Arminia’s Schonfeld lost his cool when a ball was kicked at him when he was on the ground. He leapt up and shoved the culprit, and the ref red-carded his ass. What a dunce. From that point on, Paderborn dominated and ran to a historic victory.
The relegation battle remains tight, and although Cottbus finally got an away point after a horrible stretch, they are still dead last and look hopeless. FSV Frankfurt defeated Dresden in a hard fought match, so that keeps Dynamo in a drop spot. Bielefeld’s rout meant that Arminia holds the playoff spot, and Aue did themselves a huge favor as they outplayed a lame Lautern. Ingolstadt played a strong Bavarian derby with 1860 and got some critical points.
Fortuna Düsseldorf - 1. FC Union Berlin 1:1 (1:0) 30,687
1:0 Erat (35.)
1:1 Brandy (58., Dausch)
SpVgg Greuther Fürth - Karlsruher SC 1:1 (0:1) 11,235
0:1 Yabo (19., van der Biezen)
1:1 B. Röcker (82., Brosinski)
FC Ingolstadt 04 - 1860 München 2:0 (1:0) 13,734
1:0 P. Hofmann (21., Mo. Hartmann)
2:0 Quaner (88., Lappe)
FSV Frankfurt - Dynamo Dresden 3:2 (0:1) 6,229
0:1 Grifo (11., direct freekick)
1:1 Kapllani (54., Kauko)
2:1 Epstein (83., penalty, Kauko)
3:1 Huber (86., Leckie)
3:2 Schuppan (89., Poté)
FC St. Pauli - VfL Bochum 0:1 (0:1) 29,063 *
0:1 Eyjolfsson (12., Tasaka)
Sunday/Monday:
VfR Aalen - Energie Cottbus 2:2 (1:1) 5,571
1:0 Traut (4.)
1:1 Möhrle (10., Bohl)
2:1 Barth (81., A. Hofmann)
2:2 Michel (90. + 3, Fetsch)
SV Sandhausen - 1. FC Köln 0:1 (0:0) 9,800
0:1 Helmes (48., Gerhardt)
SC Paderborn 07 - Arminia Bielefeld 4:0 (1:0) 15,000 *
1:0 Wemmer (33., Bakalorz)
2:0 Meha (50., Hünemeier)
3:0 Vrancic (57., direct freekick)
4:0 Strohdiek (86., Vrancic)
Monday:
Erzgebirge Aue - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:0 (1:0) 8,600
1:0 Sylvestr (5., Löning)
1 1. FC Köln 21 12 6 3 33:11 +22 42
2 SpVgg Greuther Fürth (A) 21 11 3 7 37:25 +12 36
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3 SC Paderborn 07 21 10 5 6 37:32 +5 35
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4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 21 10 4 7 34:22 +12 34
5 Karlsruher SC (N) 21 8 9 4 28:19 +9 33
6 1. FC Union Berlin 21 9 6 6 32:27 +5 33
7 FC St. Pauli 21 9 5 7 28:26 +2 32
8 SV Sandhausen 21 8 6 7 18:18 0 30
9 1860 München 21 8 5 8 19:24 -5 29
10 FSV Frankfurt 21 7 6 8 32:32 0 27
11 Fortuna Düsseldorf (A) 21 7 6 8 23:31 -8 27
12 VfL Bochum 21 7 5 9 20:22 -2 26
13 FC Ingolstadt 04 21 7 4 10 21:27 -6 25
14 VfR Aalen 21 6 7 8 22:25 -3 25
15 Erzgebirge Aue 21 7 4 10 23:32 -8 25
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16 Arminia Bielefeld (N) 21 6 4 11 29:42 -13 22
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17 Dynamo Dresden 21 4 10 7 22:32 -10 22
18 Energie Cottbus 21 3 5 13 23:35 -12 14
A = Absteiger just Relegated
N = Neuling just promoted
1st line: Promotion to Bundesliga
2nd line: Playoff with 16th Bundesliga
3rd line: Playoff with no.3 of 3.Liga
4th line: Relegation to 3.Liga