3.Liga, Round 9: Dynamo on top

Dresden has seized the top spot in the 3.Liga, getting a good away win at Sonnenhof-Grossaspach, so far the best of the promoted sides.

The top clash was Duisburg hosting erstwhile leaders Stuttgarter Kickers. The Zebras didn’t overly impress, but the Kickers had no clue what to do, so they can’t complain about the loss. Significant is that MSV is now living up to their role as a contender. The Kickers have been playing well, and considering that they were a relegation possibility, they have to be satisfied at least with their start, if not with this outing.

Bielefeld seems back on track after a humble start. They dominated and got the easy win against Dortmund-II.

Fortuna Köln got a critical win to at least prevent themselves from losing contact with the safety zone. Their victims were UNterhaching, who have been up-and-down. Fortuna has to be concerned about their lame attendance numbers, which is pretty amazing. everyone knows that with 1.FC Köln back in the Bundesliga, all eyes are on them. But there should be enough room for clubs like Fortuna or Viktoria (in the Regionalliga), especially in such big city (1 million +). But nobody shows up at their games, which is pretty sad.

Halle kept up their reputation as a gracious host – they’ve lost 4/5 and only have a single point. (Luckily for them, they’re a rude guest – unbeaten and the league’s best road team). This time they figured to get a win against a crap Stuttgart-B squad, but despite dominating, got kicked in the balls and lose again.

Cottbus hasn’t apparently got the message that scoring goals is a good thing. Energie lost an opportunity at Mainz-B, the worst defensive team and last place. So of course it ended 0-0, and Energie certainly didn’t help themselves.

Founding Bundesligist Preußen Münster might be a dark horse this season. They notched up a win at crap Regensburg, but it’s 3 points regardless. They’ve quietly moved into striking distance of a promotion challenge, much better than their pathetic performance last season.

A huge early season ex-GDR matchup on Sunday with Chemnitz hosting Rostock.

 	
SV Wehen Wiesbaden  -  	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	       3:1 (1:0)   2,783
VfL Osnabrück	    -  	Holstein Kiel	       2:1 (1:1)   7,211
1. FSV Mainz 05 II  -  	Energie Cottbus	       0:0 (0:0)     893
SG Sonhf Großaspach -  	Dynamo Dresden	       1:3 (1:1)   7,329
Jahn Regensburg	    -  	Preußen Münster	       0:1 (0:0)   2,798
MSV Duisburg	    -  	Stuttgarter Kickers    2:0 (1:0)  11,533
Fortuna Köln	    -  	SpVgg Unterhaching     2:0 (1:0)   1,160
Arminia Bielefeld   -  	Borussia Dortmund II   3:0 (2:0)  10,558
Hallescher FC	    -  	VfB Stuttgart II       0:2 (0:1)   5,372
Chemnitzer FC	    -  	Hansa Rostock	       -:- (-:-)


 1  Dynamo Dresden (A)	  	9    6 	1  2 	  18:11  +7   19 
 2  MSV Duisburg	  	9    4  4  1 	  14:9 	 +5   16
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 3  Stuttgarter Kickers	  	9    5 	1  3 	  15:11  +4   16
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 4  SV Wehen Wiesbaden	  	9    5 	1  3 	  16:13  +3   16 
 5  Preußen Münster	  	9    4 	3  2 	  15:12  +3   15 
 6  Chemnitzer FC 	  	7    4 	2  1 	   9:3 	 +6   14 
 7  Arminia Bielefeld (A) 	8    4 	2  2 	  14:11  +3   14 
 8  Energie Cottbus (A) 	8    3 	4  1 	   8:5 	 +3   13 
 9  VfL Osnabrück 	  	9    4 	1  4 	  11:14  -3   13 
10  Rot-Weiß Erfurt 	  	9    3 	3  3 	  14:14   0   12 
11  Hallescher FC 	  	9    3 	2  4 	  12:11  +1   11 
12  SpVgg Unterhaching 	  	8    3 	2  3 	  13:13   0   11 
13  SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (N) 8    2 	4  2 	  12:13  -1   10 
14  Borussia Dortmund II 	8    2 	3  3 	  10:11  -1    9 		
15  Holstein Kiel   	        9    2 	3  4 	  10:11  -1    9 
16  Hansa Rostock   	        8    2 	2  4 	  12:15  -3    8 
17  Jahn Regensburg 	  	9    2 	2  5 	  13:20  -7    8
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18  Fortuna Köln (N) 	  	9    2 	1  6 	   8:12  -4    7 
19  VfB Stuttgart II 	  	8    2 	1  5 	  10:17  -7    7 
20  1. FSV Mainz 05 II (N) 	8    1 	2  5 	  10:18  -8    5



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

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