Huge win for leaders Sandhausen, who look serious about promotion. Big win for Aalen too, as they upend Regensburg and move into 2nd.
3.Liga - Round 24 VfB Stuttgart II - Wacker Burghausen canceled Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Heidenheim canceled SV Babelsberg 03 - Preußen Münster 0:2 (0:2) 1,549 Arminia Bielefeld - SV Sandhausen 1:3 (0:2) 6,502 VfR Aalen - Jahn Regensburg 2:1 (0:1) 3,154 SV Darmstadt 98 - SV Wehen Wiesbaden 0:1 (0:1) 4,000 Chemnitzer FC - SpVgg Unterhaching 5:1 (2:0) 3,400 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - Kickers Offenbach 1:1 (1:0) 2,649 Werder Bremen II - 1. FC Saarbrücken 2:2 (2:0) 347 VfL Osnabrück - Rot-Weiß Erfurt Tuesday 1 SV Sandhausen 23 12 7 4 35:24 +11 43 2 VfR Aalen 23 11 7 5 30:22 +8 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Jahn Regensburg 23 10 8 5 37:22 +15 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1. FC Saarbrücken 24 8 11 5 42:32 +10 35 5 Wacker Burghausen 23 8 11 4 36:29 +7 35 6 Chemnitzer FC (N) 24 10 5 9 31:29 +2 35 7 1. FC Heidenheim 23 9 7 7 26:24 +2 34 8 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 23 8 9 6 28:24 +4 33 9 Kickers Offenbach 23 9 6 8 28:25 +3 33 10 VfB Stuttgart II 23 8 9 6 27:29 -2 33 11 Preußen Münster (N) 23 7 10 6 25:26 -1 31 12 VfL Osnabrück (A) 21 6 11 4 22:17 +5 29 13 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 23 7 8 8 26:28 -2 29 14 SV Babelsberg 03 24 7 8 9 33:36 -3 29 15 Arminia Bielefeld (A) 24 7 8 9 32:38 -6 29 16 SpVgg Unterhaching 23 8 4 11 38:38 0 28 17 SV Darmstadt 98 (N) 24 7 6 11 31:34 -3 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (A) 24 4 9 11 21:31 -10 21 19 Carl Zeiss Jena 22 4 6 12 24:43 -19 18 20 Werder Bremen II 24 3 8 13 24:45 -21 11
Sandhausen’s win in Bielefeld was quite impressive, especially since Arminia had been showing signs of recovery from their disastrous start. The leaders didn’t generate many chances, but were clinical when they arrived. Bielefeld pressed hard at times, but most threats were easily parried. This was Arminia’s first defeat in seven home matches. I find it hard to take Sandhausen seriously, but they seem to be a determined squad and can grind out the victories.
The big match was in Aalen, although you’d never guess it with only a little over 3,000 in attendance. That seems to be the main problem with lower division German football, attendance is somewhat sketchy unless you’re a “traditional” going through hard times. In any case, Regensburg took the lead, but a courageous fighting Aalen stromed back to seize the lead and deservedly keep the points. This allows them to vault over Jahn into 2nd.
Wehen’s win at Darmstadt probably gives the villagers a nice cushion in the relegation battle. Wehen took the lead after 32 minutes on a goal by Steffen Wohlfahrt, but they didn’t make it easy on themselves: 5 minutes later Canadian international Nikolas Ledgerwood got red carded for a dirty foul. Darmstadt pressed for an equalizer, but Wehen showed solid organization and was able to bring home the points.
Saarbrücken survived at Bremen II due to a 2nd half effort. That blew a chance to sneak closer to Regensburg. They were down two at half due to a brace by Felix Kroos, Bayern star Toni Kroos’ younger brother.
Chemnitz had a nice outing as they thumped unpredicatble Unterhaching. Oberhausen showed some signs of life in their draw against Offenbach, but coach Mario Basler’s side has a way to go if they want to stave off relegation.