Round 24, Mar 6-8
St.Pauli expeted to be contending for promotion, but instead have stunk all season. Things were beginning to look hopeless, but perhaps now they have shown signs of life. The Paulistas gave a solid defensive performance at Braunschweig. The hosts controlled the tempo and attack, but the Kiez-Kicker defended well and took advantage of unattentive defense by Eintracht. This huge win lifts St.Pauli off the bottom, and the loss likely ends Braunschweig’s promotion hopes.
Leaders Ingolstadt hasn’t been impressing too much lately, and that trend continued at Aue. The difference was that the Schanzer ruthlessly took advantage of Erzgebirge screwups and seized control when they needed to, getting a solid win.
Union Berlin and Kaiserslautern played a drab draw. The visitors had better chances, and probably could have won the match, but weren’t sharp enough.
Nürnberg blew their chance to get back into the promotion race as they were dumped at home by Heidenheim. The visitors desperately wanted a result, and played hard. FCN ran around alot, but not much else.
The traditional western derby between Düsseldorf and Bochum was exciting in the 1st period, but petered out as both sides clamped down on defense after the restart. Doesn’t really help either side, but Fortuna probably needed a win to keep their promotion drive within reach.
Aalen dropped to last, but did get a point against Greuther Fürth. The visitors were the better side, but dicked around instead of finishing the match. Aalen held on and equalized on a crappy goalkeeper error.
It certainly looks like at least one “famous” club is going down. St.Pauli is one, but showed signs of life. 1860 is the other, as they looked crap. The Lions were outplayed at home by Sandhausen, who probably don’t have to worry anymore. 1860 looked crap, and continues to falter, largely looking uninterested.
A rare sellout in Bornheim as FSV Frankfurt and Darmstadt met in a hard fought Hessen derby. Both sides ran around alot and fought for every inch, leading to a tense match, well played in at least the 2nd period. The darmstadters remain on course for a sensational promotion opportunity. FSV remains unbeaten in 2015, banshing any relegation worries.
On omnday night, KSC dominated against RedBallsport Leipzig. The RasenBulls were even down a man, but Swiss international GK Fabio Coltorti was brilliant and was able to pull off some serious saves to salvage a point for Leipzig.
Total attendance 169,669 (avg 18,852), 57.3% capacity, sellout in Frankfurt
1. FC Nürnberg - 1. FC Heidenheim 0:1 (0:1) 31,263
0:1 Wittek (28., Kopfball, Schnatterer)
Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 2:2 (2:2) 33,481
0:1 Sestak (9., Terodde)
1:1 Benschop (12., Bellinghausen)
2:1 Liendl (24., penalty, Benschop)
2:2 Sestak (45., Perthel)
Erzgebirge Aue - FC Ingolstadt 04 0:3 (0:0) 7,500
0:1 Lex (65.
0:2 Morales (77., P. Groß)
0:3 Mo. Hartmann (90. + 3, penalty, P. Groß)
Eintr. Braunschweig - FC St. Pauli 0:2 (0:1) 23,100
0:1 Gonther (25., Daube)
0:2 L. Sobiech (65., Daube)
VfR Aalen - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1:1 (0:1) 6,012
0:1 Gießelmann (17., direct freekick)
1:1 Quaner (68., Feick)
1860 München - SV Sandhausen 2:3 (1:1) 17,100
0:1 Wooten (7.)
1:1 Kagelmacher (33., Wittek)
1:2 Stiefler (47., Kübler)
1:3 Adler (52., Kister)
2:3 Kagelmacher (90. + 1)
1. FC Union Berlin - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:0 (0:0) 20,842
FSV Frankfurt - SV Darmstadt 98 1:1 (0:0) 12,542 *
1:0 Dedic (65., Grifo)
1:1 Gondorf (76., Rosenthal)
Monday:
Karlsruher SC - RasenB. Leipzig 0:0 (0:0) 17,829
1 FC Ingolstadt 04 24 13 9 2 39:19 +20 48
2 SV Darmstadt 98 (N) 24 10 12 2 29:17 +12 42
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3 1. FC Kaiserslautern 24 11 9 4 32:22 +10 42
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4 Karlsruher SC 24 10 10 4 31:18 +13 40
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 24 9 9 6 37:32 +5 36
6 RasenBallsport Leipzig (N) 24 8 10 6 26:18 +8 34
7 Eintracht Braunschweig (A) 24 10 4 10 31:29 +2 34
8 1. FC Nürnberg (A) 24 10 4 10 29:34 -5 34
9 FSV Frankfurt 24 9 5 10 33:38 -5 32
10 1. FC Heidenheim (N) 24 8 7 9 33:27 +6 31
11 SV Sandhausen 24 8 7 9 23:28 -5 31
12 1. FC Union Berlin 24 8 7 9 30:37 -7 31
13 VfL Bochum 24 5 14 5 37:37 0 29
14 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 24 6 10 8 25:27 -2 28
15 1860 München 24 5 7 12 31:39 -8 22
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16 Erzgebirge Aue 24 5 6 13 21:35 -14 21
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17 FC St. Pauli 24 5 6 13 25:42 -17 21
18 VfR Aalen 24 4 8 12 17:30 -13 20
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