Overview
- HSV eliminated Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB-Pokal round of 16 after a 1:1 draw, winning the shootout 4:2 with goalkeeper Larissa Haidner making the key save to reach the quarterfinals.
- MSV Duisburg’s women recorded an eleventh win in eleven Niederrheinliga matches with a 2:0 result, extending an eight-point lead and a commanding 54:3 goal difference.
- ETB SW Essen beat BW Dingden 2:0, snapping the promoted side’s defensive run and handing them their first conceded goal after 410 minutes.
- 1. FC Penzberg edged SV Ohlstadt 3:2 to make it ten unbeaten (seven wins, three draws) as Franz Fischer was hospitalized with injuries to the C5–C6 vertebrae, with an expected six weeks in a neck brace.
- SpVgg Unterhaching routed DJK Vilzing 5:0, highlighted by 17-year-old Wesley Krattenmacher’s late brace that included his first Regionalliga Bayern goal.