Overview
- Hamburger SV fell 4–1 at Köln as Immanuel Pherai and Fabio Vieira were sent off and a potential 1–2 was erased after a lengthy VAR review, with referee Daniel Schlager publicly defending the decisions and his application of the captain-only discussion rule.
- At FC St. Pauli, coach Alexander Blessin overhauled his front line and then replaced the trio at halftime in a loss to Gladbach, a drastic gambit commentators say underscores a deepening form problem.
- 1. FC Nürnberg edged Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 through goals from Mohamed Zoma and Finn Becker to extend an unbeaten run to four matches, as Braunschweig scorer Kevin Ehlers later saw a second yellow in stoppage time.
- In the Landesliga, SG Bockum-Hövel lost 3–2 to Lüner SV after a 100th-minute retaken penalty, a red card for their coach, and an earlier goalkeeper injury, capping a match decided in extended stoppage time.
- Lower-league volatility persisted as ESV Hönebach’s 1–6 defeat stretched a winless season to 13 losses in 16 and TSV Altenlotheim routed TuSpo 8–1, prompting sharp criticism from TuSpo coach Christopher Kurz over his players’ readiness.