Overview
- Hertha BSC, which lost 1–0 to Kaiserslautern on Saturday in Berlin, saw its push for a top‑three finish stall with the gap to the playoff place potentially stretching to eight points.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf fell 2–1 to Holstein Kiel on Friday for a fourth straight defeat, triggering loud fan calls to sack coach Markus Anfang as sporting chief Sven Mislintat said the club will review the situation with an open outcome.
- The 2. Bundesliga table remains packed with five clubs clustered around 50 to 55 points, and recent coverage warns that even single goals could decide promotion as Schalke’s low scoring and Edin Dzeko’s injury raise risk on goal difference.
- GWD Minden lodged a formal protest after a disallowed goal at MT Melsungen, highlighting that referees reviewed only side‑angle footage rather than the new high‑resolution goal‑line cameras the Handball‑Bundesliga introduced for ‘goal or no goal’ calls.
- Borussia Dortmund lost 1–0 to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday in a match overshadowed by a stadium medical emergency that hushed both ends, a day after some fans booed Nico Schlotterbeck over an extension that includes an exit clause.