Round 24, Feb 6-8
Bielefeld is off to a slow restart, having their first game postponed and then getting slapped silly by Fortuna Köln. The erstwhile leaders were dominated by Fortuna, perhaps their worst game of the season. The hosts on the other hand were determined and continue to secure a place in the safety of midtable.
Preußen Münster is the new leader, with a strong performance against Osnabrück in the “Westfalen-but-the-politicians-say-its-Niedersachen” derby :). No matter geography, politics or culture, it was an exciting match, and the sold out stadium gives indication of the regional interest. Osnabrück played hard, but Münster was the better side and deserved the win.
Erfurt got a huge away win in Dresden. Because of poor behaviour of Dynamo fans (from a November match at Rostock), the DFB ordered this match played with empty stands. Dresden was looking for the win, but RWE was too clever and instead stole the match at the end and vault over their eastern rivals in the promotion struggle.
MSV Duisburg looked strong and pushed a hapless Chemnitz side around. The Zebras took their foot off the gas pedal in the 2nd half, otherwise it could have gotten ugly.
Kiel had a strong performance at Cottbus, defeating Energie and leaving the easterners pondering how they get back into the promotion race…
A relegation 6-pointer in Rostock, and Regensburg has to be the happier side. Jahn played well and fully deserved the point, and although they remain dead last, they’ve shown signs of life. Hansa could have used a win to jump out of the drop zone.
Bad weather caused four matches to get canceled.
Preußen Münster - VfL Osnabrück 2:0 (0:0) 14,300 * Hansa Rostock - Jahn Regensburg 2:2 (1:2) 8,100 Energie Cottbus - Holstein Kiel 0:2 (0:1) 5,884 Dynamo Dresden - Rot-Weiß Erfurt 0:1 (0:0) 0 MSV Duisburg - Chemnitzer FC 3:0 (3:0) 11,260 Fortuna Köln - Arminia Bielefeld 3:0 (1:0) 4,912 Stuttgarter Kickers - Hallescher FC postponed Borussia Dortmund II - SG S-hof Großaspach postponed SpVgg Unterhaching - 1. FSV Mainz 05 II postponed VfB Stuttgart II - SV Wehen Wiesbaden postponed 1 Preußen Münster 24 13 6 5 37:25 +12 45 2 Arminia Bielefeld (A) 23 13 4 6 42:26 +16 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 MSV Duisburg 24 11 9 4 35:22 +13 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Stuttgarter Kickers 23 11 8 4 38:26 +12 41 5 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 24 11 7 6 36:30 +6 40 6 Dynamo Dresden (A) 24 10 8 6 31:27 +4 38 7 Holstein Kiel 24 9 10 5 29:17 +12 37 8 Energie Cottbus (A) 24 10 7 7 26:24 +2 37 9 VfL Osnabrück 23 10 5 8 36:34 +2 35 10 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 23 10 4 9 37:28 +9 34 11 Fortuna Köln (N) 24 9 6 9 30:24 +6 33 12 Chemnitzer FC 24 9 4 11 23:24 -1 31 13 Hallescher FC 23 8 5 10 28:32 -4 29 14 VfB Stuttgart II 23 7 6 10 28:36 -8 27 15 SpVgg Unterhaching 22 7 5 10 33:41 -8 26 16 Borussia Dortmund II 23 4 10 9 24:31 -7 22 17 1. FSV Mainz 05 II (N) 23 5 6 12 26:37 -11 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Hansa Rostock 24 5 6 13 32:49 -17 21 19 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (N) 22 5 6 11 22:39 -17 21 20 Jahn Regensburg 24 4 4 16 24:45 -21 16 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