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Düsseldorf (dpa) - VfL Bochum and Holstein Kiel have each made a further step towards the Bundesliga.
While Bochum confidently defeated the second division bottom Würzburger Kickers 3-0 (1-0) and is thus again the front runner, the tied Kielers were very lucky in 1-0 (0-0) against Erzgebirge Aue.
Alexander Mühling (81st minute) shot the North Germans to victory with a penalty kick.
Previously, the guests had only been denied two hits because of offside positions after a video decision.
With 45 points from 23 games, the duo passed Hamburger SV and SpVgg Greuther Fürth again.
The Franks blundered in 2-2 (0-1) at Hannover 96 and are now third with 43 points.
Fürth was clearly better in terms of play.
Havard Nielsen (68th) and Dickson Abiama (76th) secured at least one point after Genki Haraguchi (41st) and Moussa Doumbouya (70th) each surprisingly took the lead.
Hanover leads the secured midfield as seventh with 34 points.
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But the Lower Saxony have nothing to do with the promotion race.
In the close fight to return to the Bundesliga, Bochum in particular played sovereignly in a 3-0 win against Würzburg.
The team of coach Thomas Reis rehabilitated themselves for the 0: 1 last in Aue.
Robert Zulj (21st), Danny Blum (62nd) and Gerrit Holtmann (81st) shot VfL to the top of the table at least until Monday.
Then Hamburger SV can overtake VfL and Kiel again with a victory in the city derby at FC St. Pauli.
"You noticed today that we really wanted to play football," said goal scorer Blum on Sky.
In the fight against relegation, despite the recent good performances for Würzburg after the eleventh away defeat in the twelfth game, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay in the 2nd division.
On Sunday, the gap to the non-relegation ranks could grow to ten points.
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