Hannover 96 is four points behind HSV in fourth place. Hannover beat Fortuna Dusseldorf 2-0 the day before. Nils Fröling secured Hansa Rostock a point in the match against 1. FC Nürnberg in the debut of new manager Patrick Glöckner, who succeeded his predecessor Jens Härtel only at the beginning of the week. Fröling scored in injury time (90 + 1 minutes) for Rostock for 1-1 (0-1). The Franconian hosts, for whom Fabian Nürnberger (5th) was successful, could not leave the relegation zone. Jahn Regensburg and Eintracht Braunschweig split 1: 1 (1: 1).
