Arminia Bielefeld, unimpressed by the victories of the competition in the fight for promotion, maintains the lead in the second division. Hannover outnumbered air in the table cellar.
Dusseldorf (dpa) - Arminia Bielefeld has impressively withstood the pressure of the big favorites for promotion and has maintained the lead in the 2nd Bundesliga.
The East Westphalia beat Jahn Regensburg 6-0 (2-0) and are now 41 points after 21 game days one point ahead of Hamburger SV. HSV temporarily overtook Arminia on Saturday thanks to a 2-0 (0-0) against Karlsruher SC, VfB Stuttgart (38) equalized with Bielefeld through the 3-0 (2-0) against Erzgebirge Aue.
Luck Cebio Soukou (15th), the replacement for long-term injured key player Andreas Voglsammer (10 goals, 5 assists), brought the team of coach Uwe Neuhaus into the lead. Joan Simun Edmundsson (35.), who also slipped into the starting XI, scored the second goal. In addition, Manuel Prietl (65.), Reinhold Yabo (87.) and Cedric Brunner (90.) met. Marcel Correia (86.) from Regensburg also made a strange own goal.
The promotion favorites had put Arminia under pressure on Saturday. After a pyro show approved and successfully carried out in German professional football for the first time, Lukas Hinterseer's goals (68th and 81st minute) made him the match winner for HSV against relegation candidate Karlsruhe. Three minutes before kick-off, ten fans from the ultra grouping had lit ten smoke pots in front of the north grandstand of the Volkspark Stadium under supervision. "That was a first good step," said HSV boss Bernd Hoffmann.
In Stuttgart, Daniel Didavi laid the foundation stone for the second clear home win under new coach Pellegrino Matarazzo with two goals against Aue before the break (34th and 42nd). Mario Gomez then went one better (90th).
The Bundesliga relegation teams Hannover 96 and 1. FC Nürnberg and the former first division club VfL Bochum were the big winners in the table cellar this weekend. Hanover celebrated a 3: 1 (1: 0) at favored SpVgg Greuther Fürth on Sunday despite a 30-minute shortfall and moved towards the center of the table with 25 points. The goals for Lower Saxony were scored by Genki Haraguchi (41.), Cedric Teuchert (70.) and Simon Stehle (90. + 6). In addition, ex-goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler saved a penalty from Fürths Branimir Hrgota (63.). Equally tied with Hanover is Nuremberg, which won 1-0 at VfL Osnabrück on Saturday.
The first victory of the year was cheered by the Bochumers, who left the relegation places with 1: 0 (1: 0) at the last strong SV Wehen Wiesbaden with 23 points. The 21st matchday ends on Monday with the north derby between Holstein Kiel and FC St. Pauli.
Table 2. Bundesliga
20th matchday of the 2nd league