Unterhaching got the huge win in the relegation battle with Elversberg. The two sides met in this critical six pointer in the München suburbs, and the home side really dominated the match and came away with a solid win. This allows them to vault over the Saarland side by a single goal-difference margin.
Saarbrücken showed signs of life and blasted a lame Halle squad. It’s really “too little, too late”, as it seems like the relegation train already left the station.
Darmstadt took 2nd on Saturday by upending Burghausen. With key striker Domink Stroh-Engel on a card ban, the 98ers struggled to make their pressure pay off, it took almost an hour. They were never in jeopardy, as Wacker is too crap, but they would have certainly added several more if their goal-getter had been playing.
Leipzig barely held onto 2nd place. The RedBulls were in trouble against Dortmund’s U23. Perhaps because coach Jürgen Klopp was watching, the youngsters were out to impress, and were all over the favored moneybaggers. It took a fine comeback late from the RasenBallsportler to avoid defeat and giving up 2nd place to Darmstadt.
Leaders Heidenheim continue to march. Kiel hoped to catenaccio their way out, and things got more difficult when they went down a man after 40 minutes. Eventually the pressure caused the exhausted Holsteiners to collapse and they got slapped. They still need to be worried about the relegation struggle.
Chemnitz likely said goodbye to any relegation worries with a powerful ass-kicking of a surprisingly lame Erfurt squad.
Total attendance 60,193 (avg 6,019)
Stuttgarter Kickers - MSV Duisburg 2:0 (1:0) 4,150 1. FC Saarbrücken - Hallescher FC 3:0 (2:0) 4,553 VfL Osnabrück - VfB Stuttgart II 3:0 (1:0) 8,059 SpVgg Unterhaching - SV Elversberg 2:0 (2:0) 2,800 1. FC Heidenheim - Holstein Kiel 3:0 (0:0) 11,000 Jahn Regensburg - SV Wehen Wiesbaden 3:0 (1:0) 2,868 SV Darmstadt 98 - Wacker Burghausen 1:0 (0:0) 10,200 Hansa Rostock - Preußen Münster 2:4 (1:1) 6,500 Chemnitzer FC - Rot Weiß Erfurt 4:0 (3:0) 6,024 Borussia Dortmund II - RedBull Leipzig 3:3 (2:1) 4,039 1 1. FC Heidenheim 34 22 9 3 56:22 +34 75 2 RasenBallsport Leipzig (N) 34 20 7 7 55:32 +23 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SV Darmstadt 98 34 19 9 6 54:24 +30 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 VfL Osnabrück 34 14 9 11 49:35 +14 51 5 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 13 10 11 42:39 +3 49 6 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 34 13 10 11 37:41 -4 49 7 MSV Duisburg (A) 34 12 12 10 40:37 +3 48 8 Preußen Münster 34 11 13 10 49:46 +3 46 9 Hallescher FC 34 13 7 14 43:47 -4 46 10 Jahn Regensburg (A) 34 12 9 13 50:50 0 45 11 Chemnitzer FC 34 11 11 12 40:43 -3 44 12 Hansa Rostock 34 12 8 14 42:52 -10 44 13 Rot Weiß Erfurt 34 12 7 15 47:45 +2 43 14 Borussia Dortmund II 34 11 9 14 39:45 -6 42 15 Holstein Kiel (N) 34 9 13 12 38:35 +3 40 16 VfB Stuttgart II 34 10 8 16 40:51 -11 38 17 SpVgg Unterhaching 34 9 10 15 41:59 -18 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 SV Elversberg (N) 34 10 7 17 30:49 -19 37 19 1. FC Saarbrücken 34 8 7 19 36:54 -18 31 20 Wacker Burghausen 34 7 9 18 32:54 -22 30 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