Round 23, Feb 27-Mar 2
Darmstadt was the big winner as the 98ers upended Braunschweig deep into injury time. It’s pretty amazing for a club that could have been in the 4th division. The match was hard fought and looked to peter out, but late sub Jan Rosenthal rifled a shot into the net at the closing whistle.
Kaiserslautern was in total control against Greuther Fürth, but had to unnecessarily sweat the closing minutes as the visitors tried to pull out a point.
A huge relegation battle in Hamburg, but St.Pauli can’t be too happy with the draw against Aue. It was a hard-fought match, with both sides wasting sitters. But the Paulistas desperately needed a win, so only Erzgebirge can be happy with the result.
Leaders Ingolstadt seemed to be running away, but they’ve been dicking around recently, and the field seems to be moving closer. It was a rare sellout as they faced 1860 in a Bavarian derby. The Schanzer were clearly the dominant club, but 1860 hung around and struck late to grab a point that is quite valuable, considering their relegation battle position.
Fortuna Düsseldorf had a hard fought win away to Heidenheim, which keeps their slim promotion hopes alive – at least they’re within striking distance.
1. FC Kaiserslautern - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2:1 (1:0) 23,796
1:0 Zimmer (38., Karl)
2:0 Löwe (48., penalty, Zoller)
2:1 Gießelmann (85., direct freekick)
VfL Bochum - FSV Frankfurt 3:3 (1:0) 11,594
1:0 Terrazzino (16., Eisfeld)
2:0 Eisfeld (61., Losilla)
2:1 Dedic (79., Balitsch)
3:1 Latza (81.)
3:2 Kapllani (84., penalty, Grifo)
3:3 Kapllani (90. + 1, Grifo)
SV Darmstadt 98 - Eintr. Braunschweig 1:0 (0:0) 13,600
1:0 Rosenthal (90. + 3)
1. FC Nürnberg - Karlsruher SC 1:1 (1:1) 30,458
1:0 G. Burgstaller (4., Sylvestr)
1:1 Hennings (45., Torres)
SV Sandhausen - VfR Aalen 2:0 (0:0) 5,112
1:0 Bouhaddouz (65., F. Hübner)
2:0 Mockenhaupt (83., own goal)
FC St. Pauli - Erzgebirge Aue 0:0 (0:0) 22,590
1. FC Heidenheim - Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:2 (1:1) 11,800
1:0 Leipertz (11., Titsch-Rivero)
1:1 O. Fink (23., Liendl)
1:2 Bellinghausen (61., Liendl)
RasenB. Leipzig - 1. FC Union Berlin 3:2 (3:2) 24,780
1:0 D. Kaiser (3., penalty, Damari)
2:0 Kimmich (7., Damari)
2:1 Skrzybski (8., Parensen)
3:1 Teigl (13., Forsberg)
3:2 Polter (29., Quiring)
FC Ingolstadt 04 - 1860 München 1:1 (1:0) 15,000 *
1:0 Danilo (41.)
1:1 Bandowski (83., Rama)
1 FC Ingolstadt 04 23 12 9 2 36:19 +17 45
2 SV Darmstadt 98 (N) 23 10 11 2 28:16 +12 41
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3 1. FC Kaiserslautern 23 11 8 4 32:22 +10 41
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4 Karlsruher SC 23 10 9 4 31:18 +13 39
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 23 9 8 6 35:30 +5 35
6 Eintracht Braunschweig (A) 23 10 4 9 31:27 +4 34
7 1. FC Nürnberg (A) 23 10 4 9 29:33 -4 34
8 RasenBallsport Leipzig (N) 23 8 9 6 26:18 +8 33
9 FSV Frankfurt 23 9 4 10 32:37 -5 31
10 1. FC Union Berlin 23 8 6 9 30:37 -7 30
11 1. FC Heidenheim (N) 23 7 7 9 32:27 +5 28
12 VfL Bochum 23 5 13 5 35:35 0 28
13 SV Sandhausen 23 7 7 9 20:26 -6 28
14 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 23 6 9 8 24:26 -2 27
15 1860 München 23 5 7 11 29:36 -7 22
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16 Erzgebirge Aue 23 5 6 12 21:32 -11 21
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17 VfR Aalen 23 4 7 12 16:29 -13 19
18 FC St. Pauli 23 4 6 13 23:42 -19 18
1st line: Promotion to Bundesliga
2nd line: Playoff with 16th Bundesliga
3rd line: Playoff with no.3 of 3.Liga
4th line: Relegation to 3.Liga
A = Absteiger just relegated
N = Neuling just promoted