The Bundesliga relegated Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 can go into the international break in the second division more relaxed thanks to their top strikers.

The 3-0 (1-0) against Hansa Rostock released the battered Bremer and their coach Markus Anfang on Sunday.

After three competitive games without a win, a controversial penalty kick put Werder on track.

The celebrated man was the successful shooter Marvin Duksch (39th minute), who also scored the 2-0 (53rd).

The 27-year-old moved from Hannover 96 to Weser at short notice and scored for Lower Saxony in Bremen on the first match day.

Nicolai Rapp (90th + 4) got the final score.

The evening before, top scorer Simon Terodde had shaken the Schalke Arena in a 3-1 (1: 1) win in West Schlager against Fortuna Düsseldorf.

With two goals (46th and 90th) and the template for the interim 1: 1 by Marius Bülter (15th), the 33-year-old made the difference in a fast-paced duel.

"Simon has the quality to make the difference in phases in which it is on a knife's edge to make the difference," enthused Schalke coach Grammozis and confessed: "We are glad that we have him."

Paderborn dupes Dresden

Without Terodde's clout it might have been tight for him. After the bad 1: 4 last week at front runner Jahn Regensburg, who suffered his first defeat on Sunday with 0: 2 at the strong FC St. Pauli, there had been a bang on Schalke during the week. "It was important that Tacheles was also talked about", Grammozis confirmed the pronunciation before the important duel.

It remains to be seen whether this is necessary in Düsseldorf. At Schalke it was only enough for Shinta Appelkamp's leading goal (12th). "We're there with four points, of course we're not happy with that," said Fortuna's new coach Christian Preußer, who slipped into the cellar early with his team after the unfortunate defeat. Schalke with seven points and Werder with eight points, on the other hand, have first made contact with the upper third of the table.

Hamburger SV is just a lot worse with six points.

Nevertheless, things are not going well for HSV and their new coach Tim Walter.

On Saturday, 1. FC Heidenheim only scored 0-0.

"Overall, this game was a step forward for us," said Walter defiantly.

In Hamburg, however, St. Pauli is still on top, which thanks to Guido Burgstaller (74th / 89th) jumped to fourth place with ten points against the previously immaculate Regensburg team.

At the top of the table, SC Paderborn moved up to second place behind Regensburg (12) with a clear 3: 0 (3: 0) at the previously strong promoted Dynamo Dresden with now eleven points.

Sven Michel (8th) and Kai Pröger (24th and 26th) made short work of it early on.

On Saturday Holstein Kiel celebrated their first win of the season with a 3-0 (2-0) win against Erzgebirge Aue. On the other hand, it looks bleak for Hanover, which went down 4-0 at SV Darmstadt 98 and is now penultimate. “I am disappointed with all of us. We're doing a lot of things right now, ”said 96 striker Hendrik Weydandt, who scored the winning goal against Heidenheim a week earlier.