Without coach Dimitrios Grammozis and almost the entire offensive department around record goalscorer Simon Terodde, Schalke 04 has pimped up its poor record against the top teams in the 2nd division. In the duel of the old masters against 1. FC Nürnberg, the severely weakened Bundesliga relegated won 4: 1 (1: 0). In front of 15,000 spectators, Schalke only managed their second win against a club from the top ten and made it to third place. The coach, who had Corona, watched in the living room at home. Thomas Ouwejan (20th) put Schalke in the lead, who had to do without their strikers Terodde and Marius Bülter and midfielder Dominick Drexler, among others. Fabian Nürnberger (49th) equalized for the club. But then Manuel Schäffler steered a shot from Blendi Idrizi into his own goal (66th) to make it 2-1 for the hosts, and the consolation of goalkeeper Mathenia didn’t help either. Darko Churlinov later made it 3-1 (85th), before Itakura (90th + 4) finished with a nice combination.
Meanwhile, Werder Bremen also won the second game under new coach Ole Werner and continued to catch up towards the top group. At Jahn Regensburg, the Hanseatics prevailed from an early deficit with 3: 2 (1: 1). Werder drew level with their north rivals Hamburger SV on points at least until Sunday. Breitkreuz gave Jahn a 1-0 lead (5th), but Bittencourt (39th), Friedl (59th) and Ducksch (89th) turned the game around. Singhs 2: 3 (90. + 2) fell too late to give the game a final turn. Bremen remains ninth with 26 points, the surprise team Regensburg (28) missed the jump to second place and was passed through to fourth place.