Overview
- Kaiserslautern were held 1-1 by Nürnberg after a lengthy VAR review confirmed a stoppage-time penalty that Robin Knoche converted, ending the FCK’s perfect home run under Torsten Lieberknecht.
- Bayer Leverkusen beat Freiburg 2-0 to extend their Bundesliga unbeaten streak to seven matches as Jonas Hofmann and coach Kasper Hjulmand set sights on a tricky cup trip to Paderborn.
- Hansa Rostock ended a five‑month away drought with a 4-2 win at Viktoria Köln, easing further from the 3. Liga relegation places with doubles from Ryan Naderi and Kenan Fatkic.
- Magdeburg shifted focus to a lucrative DFB-Pokal tie at fourth-tier Illertissen, with defender Jean Hugonet doubtful pending an MRI for a suspected knee injury and the club eyeing the round-of-16 payout.
- Füchse Berlin fell 39-38 to HSV Hamburg in the Handball-Bundesliga as the club confirmed an ACL tear for Fabian Wiede that rules him out for the rest of the season.