Overview
- Darmstadt beat Greuther Fürth 4–2 behind a Fraser Hornby brace to move up to third, with Fürth lamenting a wrongly allowed 2–2 equalizer and sinking near the drop after conceding a league‑high 34 goals.
- Hertha edged Braunschweig 1–0 for a fourth straight league win and fifth in all competitions, as a late Braunschweig handball penalty was overturned on video review after fans staged a 12‑minute silence protest.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf defeated Magdeburg 2–1 on Cedric Itten’s 90+5 header for the first victory under Markus Anfang, on a night marked by a medical emergency in the stands and muted support despite the pre‑planned protest pause.
- Schalke were held 0–0 at Preußen Münster despite 40 minutes in numerical advantage after the hosts’ goalkeeper saw red, missing the chance to go top following an early Münster goal chalked off by VAR.
- Beyond the 2. Bundesliga, SC Verl crushed Viktoria Köln 5–1 to go second and stay seven unbeaten in the 3. Liga, while SC Magdeburg routed Wetzlar 33–20 and extended Gisli Kristjansson to 2030 as Leipzig lost 34–27 at Gummersbach in Frank Carstens’ debut and remained bottom.