Round 34, Apr 24-26
Großaspach continued their great end run with a win over Osnabrück. That made it 6 wins, 3 draws down the stretch, giving the Sonnenhofer security. Meanwhile, the bitterly disappointing season continues to suck for the Osnabrücker, who had clear expectations of challenging for promotion.
Regensburg had perhaps the last chance, and blew it. Jahn got nothing against Mainz-II, and that pretty much seals their drop. In reality, they would have to make up 8 points with only four games left, virtually impossible. An important point for the mini-Mainzers, but they’re still in trouble.
Rostock may have also condemned Dortmund-II to relegation. Hansa has been quite strong down the stretch, and is secure from the drop. BVB-Bubis needed something, get zero, and have little prospect of staying up.
It’s too late for Cottbus to play in the promotion race, but Energie can be spoilers. And they overpowered Stuttgarter Kickers to hurt the visitors chances, although it’s still open. For Cottbus, they have an outside chance for 4th place, which at least guarantees auto-entry into the main round of the lucrative DFB-Cup.
Münster struggled against Fortuna Köln, but at least stopped their drought (winless in 5). It’s probably too late for the Eagles, they’re in the same boat as Cottbus. Fortuna has no worries, at least on the field.
Kiel had a huge win in a hard fought win over Chemnitz, which allows the Holsteiner to keep 2nd. CFC pressed them, but the hosts were strong enough to grind out a win. Duisburg however keeps up the pressure with a solid win away at Dresden
Eight rounds ago Erfurt was knocking on the door of a promotion. Forward to present, 8 losses in a row, well they’re going nowhere. And the gap to the top was laid bare as they were viciously ripped to shreds by leaders Arminia Bielefeld. The guests were somewhat polite in the first half, holding a deserved lead, but then turned nasty and repeatedly kicked the Rot-Weissen in the balls to start the 2nd period.
A true, “ho-hum, who cares?” match in Wiesbaden. Wehen overran Halle in the 2nd half in a relatively boring match that neither side appeared interested in playing. HFC should have at least had some motivation, as an away win might have kept hopes for 4th place alive.
Unterhaching had a massive win at Stuttgart-II, allowing them to leap out of the drop zone.
Total attendance 68,910 (avg 6,891), 39.1% capacity
SG S-hof Großaspach - VfL Osnabrück 1:0 (0:0) 1,800 Jahn Regensburg - 1. FSV Mainz 05 II 0:0 (0:0) 3,515 Hansa Rostock - Borussia Dortmund II 3:2 (2:2) 11,500 Energie Cottbus - Stuttgarter Kickers 2:0 (2:0) 5,426 Preußen Münster - Fortuna Köln 1:0 (1:0) 8,136 Rot-Weiß Erfurt - Arminia Bielefeld 0:4 (0:1) 5,889 Holstein Kiel - Chemnitzer FC 2:1 (1:1) 7,381 SV Wehen Wiesbaden - Hallescher FC 3:0 (0:0) 2,280 VfB Stuttgart II - SpVgg Unterhaching 1:3 (0:1) 630 Dynamo Dresden - MSV Duisburg 0:2 (0:0) 22,353 1 Arminia Bielefeld (A) 34 21 5 8 69:36 +33 68 2 Holstein Kiel 34 17 12 5 46:23 +23 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 MSV Duisburg 34 17 11 6 56:37 +19 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 16 10 8 53:41 +12 58 5 Preußen Münster 34 15 9 10 49:41 +8 54 6 Energie Cottbus (A) 34 14 10 10 44:41 +3 52 7 Hallescher FC 34 14 8 12 47:46 +1 50 8 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 34 14 7 13 50:39 +11 49 9 Chemnitzer FC 34 14 7 13 38:34 +4 49 10 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 34 13 7 14 44:50 -6 46 11 Dynamo Dresden (A) 34 12 8 14 38:41 -3 44 12 VfL Osnabrück 34 12 8 14 45:50 -5 44 13 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (N) 34 11 10 13 36:53 -17 43 14 Fortuna Köln (N) 34 11 9 14 34:36 -2 42 15 Hansa Rostock 34 11 8 15 51:61 -10 41 16 VfB Stuttgart II 34 11 7 16 42:51 -9 40 17 SpVgg Unterhaching 34 10 7 17 46:58 -12 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 1. FSV Mainz 05 II (N) 34 8 10 16 36:48 -12 34 19 Borussia Dortmund II 34 5 15 14 32:47 -15 30 20 Jahn Regensburg 34 7 6 21 37:60 -23 27 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