Things definitely tightened up a bit, as the favored teams generally were held in check.
Dresden missed a chance and must be kicking themselves. They dominated against Mainz-II, but wasted chances and then got kicked in the balls and surrendered a draw in injury time. A bitter result, as they had the points in the bag. But their fans deserved better: Dynamo should have put this one to bed long ago.
Unterhaching was on the verge of a needed victory, but Duisburg pulled out a point on a free kick by Janjic in the last minute.
Kickers Stuttgart and Osnabrück also battled to a hard fought draw, in a “colorful” match (7 yellow cards).
Finally a home win for Rostock, and somewhat of a surprise, as it was against Bielefeld, who have been stalking the leaders. But Hansa showed great will and organization, perhaps their best match of the season.
Fortuna Köln got an important road win against BVB-II, and have jumped out of the relegation zone.
An impressive effort by Preußen Münster, who overpowered newcomers Sonnenhof Großaspach. The home side led early, but after 25 minutes a deliberate handball not only awared the guests a penalty, but Preußen were down a man. No bother, as they controlled the match and deservedly garb the win, which leaves them in a promotion spot.
Cottbus were stunned at home by Halle, although perhaps “stun” is not correct, since HFC has established themselves as a force to be reckoned with when they visit. (Too bad for them they suck at home). So Energie was basically just beaten down and was unable to hold on to their lead.
Total attendance 64,359 (avg 6,436)
SpVgg Unterhaching - MSV Duisburg 1:1 (0:0) 2,200 Stuttgarter Kickers - VfL Osnabrück 1:1 (0:0) 2,835 Dynamo Dresden - 1. FSV Mainz 05 II 1:1 (1:0) 23,211 VfB Stuttgart II - Chemnitzer FC 0:0 (0:0) 720 Hansa Rostock - Arminia Bielefeld 4:2 (2:0) 10,000 Borussia Dortmund II - Fortuna Köln 0:2 (0:0) 1,067 Holstein Kiel - SV Wehen Wiesbaden 0:0 (0:0) 3,945 Rot-Weiß Erfurt - Jahn Regensburg 2:0 (0:0) 4,983 Preußen Münster - SG S-hof Großaspach 3:1 (1:1) 7,385 Energie Cottbus - Hallescher FC 1:2 (1:0) 8,013 1 Chemnitzer FC 10 6 3 1 14:4 +10 21 2 Dynamo Dresden (A) 10 6 2 2 19:12 +7 20 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Preußen Münster 10 5 3 2 18:13 +5 18 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4 MSV Duisburg 10 4 5 1 15:10 + 17 5 Stuttgarter Kickers 10 5 2 3 16:12 +4 17 6 Arminia Bielefeld (A) 10 5 2 3 19:16 +3 17 7 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 10 5 2 3 16:13 +3 17 8 Energie Cottbus (A) 10 4 4 2 11:7 +4 16 9 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 10 4 3 3 16:14 +2 15 10 Hallescher FC 10 4 2 4 14:12 +2 14 11 VfL Osnabrück 10 4 2 4 12:15 -3 14 12 SpVgg Unterhaching 10 3 3 4 15:17 -2 12 13 Hansa Rostock 10 3 2 5 16:19 -3 11 14 VfB Stuttgart II 10 3 2 5 11:17 -6 11 15 Holstein Kiel 10 2 4 4 10:11 -1 10 16 Fortuna Köln (N) 10 3 1 6 10:12 -2 10 17 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (N) 10 2 4 4 13:18 -5 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Borussia Dortmund II 10 2 3 5 11:16 -5 9 19 Jahn Regensburg 10 2 2 6 13:22 -9 8 20 1. FSV Mainz 05 II (N) 10 1 3 6 11:20 -9 6 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