The SSV Jahn Regensburg missed the leap to the top of the table in the second Bundesliga, Florent Muslija Hannover 96 still brought a late point at Fortuna Düsseldorf: The surprising first home defeat of the Regensburg team in 2: 3 (1: 1) against the FC Hansa Rostock and a spectacular final phase of 1: 1 (1: 0) by Fortuna Düsseldorf against Hanover shaped the games on Saturday afternoon from a sporting point of view.

SC Paderborn also advanced to the promotion relegation place with a 2-1 (0-0) against FC Ingolstadt.

A violent clash between Fortuna's André Hoffmann and Hanover's Sebastian Ernst overshadowed the game in Düsseldorf. The 28-year-old Hoffmann was brought to the Düsseldorf University Hospital with "suspected fractures in the jaw and cervical spine," said Fortuna. “It was a shocking moment. That looked really bad, ”said Düsseldorf's offensive player Felix Klaus. Hanover's coach Jan Zimmermann said: “I'm really sorry. Everything else is absolutely in the background. ”He wished Hoffmann a speedy recovery.

On the pitch, Fortuna looked like the winner for a long time. Christoph Klarer headed the Rhinelander in the fifth minute in front of 22,398 spectators. In stoppage time it got turbulent. Substitute Florent Muslija (90 + 2) scored with a very remarkable long-range shot to compensate for Lower Saxony. Then referee Robert Kampka looked at a controversial penalty area scene again, but saw no criminal handball and decided against a penalty for Düsseldorf.

In the game with the most goals, things initially looked good for second Regensburg.

Sarpreet Singh scored the 1-0 for the hosts in the 34th minute.

John Verhoek (43./52.) With two goals and Hanno Behrens (49.) turned the game in favor of the promoted team with their goals.

Charalambos Makridis (90th) only managed to catch up.

"I'm incredibly happy that we won today," said Verhoek.

"That was very important."

The new third after 13 games is for the time being SC Paderborn, who defeated Ingolstadt thanks to goals from Sven Michel (56th) and Felix Platte (65th).

Fatih Kaya (70th) scored the goal for the bottom.

At the start of the 13th matchday, Werder Bremen won a thrilling duel at 1. FC Nürnberg with two late goals 2-1.

Striker Niclas Füllkrug (80th) and substitute Leonardo Bittencourt (88th) turned the 0: 1 in favor of the North Germans.

In Kiel, Holstein also won after falling behind.

Thanks to the 2-1 success against Dynamo Dresden, the Kielers left the relegation place and passed the Saxons.