Sandahausen strengthens their promotion position, and relegation struggling clubs prove to be tough nuts to crack…
Carl Zeiss Jena - VfL Osnabrück 2:0 (0:0) 4,236 SV Babelsberg 03 - VfB Stuttgart II 1:4 (0:2) 1,420 SV Sandhausen - Werder Bremen II 2:0 (0:0) 2,810 1. FC Saarbrücken - Wacker Burghausen 0:0 (0:0) 3,878 Preußen Münster - Rot-Weiß Erfurt 3:2 (1:1) 5,432 1. FC Heidenheim - Jahn Regensburg 0:0 (0:0) 8,400 Kickers Offenbach - SV Wehen Wiesbaden 0:2 (0:0) 6,111 SpVgg Unterhaching - Arminia Bielefeld 5:0 (1:0) 1,720 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - VfR Aalen 0:0 (0:0) 4,055 Sunday: Chemnitzer FC - SV Darmstadt 98 0:0 (0:0) 8,300 1 SV Sandhausen 33 17 9 7 51:35 +16 60 2 VfR Aalen 33 16 9 8 42:33 +9 57 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Chemnitzer FC (N) 33 15 9 9 45:33 +12 54 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1. FC Heidenheim 33 14 10 9 41:31 +10 52 5 Jahn Regensburg 33 13 12 8 47:34 +13 51 6 Wacker Burghausen 33 11 17 5 48:39 +9 50 7 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 33 11 14 8 44:38 +6 47 8 Kickers Offenbach 33 12 10 11 39:34 +5 46 9 1. FC Saarbrücken 33 10 14 9 52:45 +7 44 10 Preußen Münster (N) 33 10 14 9 36:37 -1 44 11 VfL Osnabrück (A) 33 10 13 10 37:33 +4 43 12 VfB Stuttgart II 33 10 12 11 38:42 -4 42 13 SV Darmstadt 98 (N) 33 10 11 12 40:41 -1 41 14 SpVgg Unterhaching 33 11 7 15 54:50 +4 40 15 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 33 9 11 13 36:44 -8 38 16 Arminia Bielefeld (A) 33 8 14 11 44:54 -10 38 17 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (A) 33 8 13 12 31:38 -7 37 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 SV Babelsberg 03 33 9 10 14 38:53 -15 37 19 Carl Zeiss Jena 33 7 11 15 33:51 -18 32 20 Werder Bremen II 33 4 10 19 29:60 -31 22
Sandhausen gave a ho-hum performance, but facing hopeless Werder II, it was enough to keep all the points. SVS now has a slight gap at the top, and they can see the the 2.Liga city lights. Bremen is basically mathematically eliminated: 5 games left, they would need to win all, and Oberhausen and Babelsberg would need to lose all.
Jena may have woken up too late, but a strong performance against Osnabrück at least raises hope that it’s not completely over. They’ll need a couple more strong wins to still have a chance though. Osnabrück crapped once more, and need to be careful they don’t get dragged into the relegation mire.
Heidenheim and Regensburg met in a hard fought match that helps neither advance. It was pretty even, but Jahn blew a couple of decent chances to steal a win near the end.
Preußen Münster effectively ended any hopes that Erfurt had of sneaking in the promotion playoff. The Eagles pressed hard and got the win that puts them securely above relegation in midtable. RWE loses for the first time in about 6 matches, and now drop out of the race, which has to be disappointing for them.
Oberhausen fended off the efforts of Aalen and deserved the draw. RWO continues to improve, but remain mired in the fierce relegation battle. Aalen slips again and needs to be worried about slipping in their promotion hopes.
Offenbach blew an opportunity to keep their promotion desires on track. Facing struggling Wehen, the Kickers figured an easy win, but instead gave a drab performance. Wehen took an hour, but realized that the emperor had no clothes, then struck for a couple of goals to gain a crucial win.
Unterhaching has been struggling and sinking, but they woke up and gave Bielefeld a severe ass-whupping.
Babelsberg got “owned” against Stuttgart II in a romping defeat that leaves them in the drop zone. They certainly hoped for at least a point, but did nothing to deserve it.
Chemnitz blew a huge chance to strengthen their position. The Light-Blues have been playing great, and moved into 3rd. Despite a nice little crowd and domination against Darmstadt, they were unable to get the win. The 98ers held on to get a valuable point in the relegation tussle, and CFC missed their opportunity to breathe fire down Aalen’s neck in the promotion race.