FC St. Pauli is only one point behind third place after a 1-0 away win at VfR Aalen in one of three Sunday matches of Round 15 of the Second Bundesliga thanks to a goal by Christopher Nöthe. Fortuna Düsseldorf suffered another setback with a 0-3 at Erzgebirge Aue, while Karlsruher SC eye the top of the league after beating Dynamo Dresden just as soundly 3-0.
On Saturday Kaiserslauten finished off Union Berlin in a pursuer duell. The "red devils" won their eigth game a row by 3:0. Meanwhile 1. FC Köln were defeated surprisingly. They conceeded their second defeat in a row and lost 0:1 against FC Ingolstadt
VfL Bochum cut their deficit to four points regarding thrid place in the Friday matches. The former Bundesliga team won 2-0 (1-0) at Arminia Bielefeld, handing them their seventh consecutive loss. In other matches SC Paderborn fell 2-3 to SV Sandhausen, despite leading twice and rock-bottom Energie Cottbus failed to sum up points under new coach Stephan Schmidt after a 1-4 home defeat against FSV Frankfurt.
In a bavarian derby on Monday 1860 München beat SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1-0.
The matches on Friday (6.30 pm cet):
Energie Cottbus - FSV Frankfurt 1-4 (0-1)
SV Sandhausen - SC Paderborn 3-2 (1-1)
Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 0-2 (0-1)
The matches on Saturday (1.00 pm cet):
1. FC Kaiserslautern - 1. FC Union Berlin 3:0 (0:0)
1. FC Köln - FC Ingolstadt 0:1 (0:0)
The matches on Sunday (1.30 pm cet):
VfR Aalen - FC St. Pauli 0-1 (0-1)
Erzgebirge Aue - Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-0 (2-0)
Karlsruher SC - Dynamo Dresden 3-0 (20-)
The match on Monday (8.15 pm cet): 1860 München - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1-0 (0-0)