3.Liga, Round 26: Arminia in control

Round 26, Feb 20-21

Leaders Bielefeld took a huge step towards an immediate bounce-back to the 2.Liga. The Arminen put in a strongeffort at Kickers Stuttgart, and other results went their way. So now they sit on top with a nice cushion in the promotion race. The Kickers were able to hold with their guests for a half, but Bielefeld raised their level in the 2nd period, and the hosts couldn’t respond. A deserved victory for the leaders.

Erfurt essentially ended Osnabrück’s season, dropping the visitors for their 5th straight defeat. More important, RWE has moved into 2nd thanks to Münster’s collapse. The Erfurter are quite strong at home, which will be crucial in the dogfight for the promotion spots.

Duisburg is back in contention as they overpowered Fortuna Köln to claim 3rd place.

The big loser was Preußen Münster, who were well-beaten at home by Hostein Kiel. Not a great upset, as the “Storks” are a strong road team and were well prepared for Preußen. They looked faster and were well organized, and have quietly popped into contention.

Another big loser was Dresden, who disappointed a big crowd again and lost to Wehen. Looks like it’s over for Dresden, they might as well start preparing for next season. Wehen obviously isn’t going anywhere either, but they’ve probably known that for a while, along with all 22 of their fans (player wives and girlfriends).

Cottbus on the other hand is keeping their options open. They’d been crap recently, so the bottom dwellers showing up was just what the doctor ordered. Energie thumped Regensburg and remain within striking distance.

Dortmund-II was lucky to salvage a point, as Halle should have put away the latch earlier. This could be crucial in the relegation battle.

Huge relegation battle win for Rostock against Mainz-II. Hansa was the league’s worst home side, and struggled in this one too. However they managed to get the win, which was absolutely required.

Total attendance 72,733 (avg 7,273)

SpVgg Unterhaching    -   Chemnitzer FC	        0:0 (0:0)    1,750
Borussia Dortmund II  -   Hallescher FC	        1:1 (0:1)      631
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	      -   VfL Osnabrück	        3:1 (1:0)    5,952
Hansa Rostock	      -   1. FSV Mainz 05 II	2:1 (0:0)    7,300
VfB Stuttgart II      -   SG S-hof Großaspach	4:1 (1:0)      950
Energie Cottbus	      -   Jahn Regensburg	4:1 (1:0)    6,390
Dynamo Dresden	      -   SV Wehen Wiesbaden	0:1 (0:0)   20,797
Preußen Münster	      -   Holstein Kiel 	1:3 (1:2)    8,672
MSV Duisburg	      -   Fortuna Köln	        2:0 (1:0)   12,041
Stuttgarter Kickers  -    Arminia Bielefeld	0:2 (0:0)    8,250 	


 1  Arminia Bielefeld (A) 	26   16  4  6 	  52:28  +24 	  52 
 2  Rot-Weiß Erfurt 	  	26   13  7  6 	  40:31  +9 	  46
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 3  MSV Duisburg 	  	26   12  9  5 	  39:26  +13 	  45
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 4  Preußen Münster 	  	26   13  6  7 	  38:29  +9 	  45 
 5  Holstein Kiel 	  	26   11  10 5 	  33:18  +15 	  43 
 6  Energie Cottbus (A) 	26   12  7  7 	  32:26  +6 	  43 
 7  Stuttgarter Kickers 	25   11  9  5 	  39:29  +10 	  42 
 8  Dynamo Dresden (A) 	  	26   10  8  8 	  31:29  +2 	  38 
 9  SV Wehen Wiesbaden 	  	25   11  4  10 	  39:30  +9 	  37 
10  Fortuna Köln (N) 	  	26   10  6  10 	  31:26  +5 	  36 
11  VfL Osnabrück 	  	26   10  5  11 	  37:42  -5 	  35 
12  Chemnitzer FC 	  	26    9  6  11 	  24:25  -1 	  33 
13  Hallescher FC 	  	25    9  6  10 	  31:34  -3 	  33 
14  VfB Stuttgart II 	  	25    8  6  11 	  33:41  -8 	  30 
15  SpVgg Unterhaching	  	24    7  6  11 	  34:43  -9 	  27 
16  Hansa Rostock 	  	26    6  7  13 	  35:51  -16 	  25 
17  Borussia Dortmund II 	25    4  12 9 	  25:32  -7 	  24
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18  1. FSV Mainz 05 II (N) 	25    5  7  13 	  27:39  -12 	  22 
19  SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (N) 24    5  7  12 	  24:44  -20 	  22 
20  Jahn Regensburg 	  	26    5  4  17 	  29:50  -21 	  19



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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