Overview

• VfB Stuttgart beat FC St. Pauli 2:0 as Ermedin Demirovic scored the opener and set up Bilal El Khannouss, after Angelo Stiller had a penalty saved by Nikola Vasilj.
• The result handed St. Pauli their first league loss and pushed Stuttgart up to seventh, with club leaders describing a needed, rounded performance that brought calm.
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern thrashed Preußen Münster 4:1, with Ivan Prtajin netting a hat-trick and assisting Naatan Skyttä to put FCK provisionally atop the 2. Bundesliga.
• In the DEL, the Frankfurter Löwen remained winless after a 3:6 home defeat to the Dresdner Eislöwen, their third straight loss to start the season.
• Oberliga side Westfalia Rhynern will be without attacker Mergim Deljiu for about three to four weeks due to an ankle sprain with ligament damage.