With a big exclamation mark in the promotion campaign, Darmstadt 98 made the connection to the front runners FC St. Pauli.

The lilies won thanks to goals from Emir Karic (70th) and Tobias Kempe (90th + 2) at Jahn Regensburg 2-0 (0-0) and are only one point behind the Hamburgers.

It was Darmstadt's first victory against feared opponents Regensburg.

Darmstadt started really strong in the ghost game, after 25 minutes there were 6-0 shots on goal.

But more than one shot from the post by Tim Skarke from the first minute was not possible.

There was excitement after half an hour after a handball by Jahn professional Max Besuschkow.

However, after verification by the video assistant, there was no penalty.

Shortly after the break, 98 missed the next high-profile goal opportunity through Phillip Tietz.

Regensburg, which did not have a single ball contact in the guest penalty area in the first half, now played much more forcefully and had the chance to take the lead from Sarpreet Singh (68th).

The 0: 1 came as a surprise.

Karic executed from 14 meters after the clever back pass from Tietz.

Kempe made it 2-0 in stoppage time.

Bremen 4-1 in Hanover

Werder Bremen is still on the upswing under the new coach Ole Werner.

At Hannover 96, the Bundesliga relegated won 4: 1 (1: 1) on matchday 18 and made contact with the leading group.

It was the third win in the third game under Werner.

In a game played offensively by both teams, the goals worth seeing stood out in the first half.

Werder's Romano Schmid (22nd) hit the corner.

Hanover's Sebastian Kerk made it even more spectacular: The 27-year-old duped with a direct free kick from almost 40 meters from Werder goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka (34th).

He had stood too far in front of the gate and was surprised by Kerk.

Former Hanoverian Marvin Ducksch (51st) increased for Bremen.

Anthony Jung (72nd) and Marco Friedl (84th) made the decision.

Werder had a little more of the game, Hanover was particularly dangerous on the counterattack.

Bremen also had the necessary luck: After an unfortunate defensive action, the crossbar saved Ömer Toprak from an own goal (64th).

Rostock scores thanks to Breier

Double goalscorer Pascal Breier saved Hansa Rostock an important point in the relegation battle.

The 29-year-old center forward scored 2: 2 (1: 2) in the guest appearance at Karlsruher SC, first to lead (7th), then later to equalize (82nd).

After the first game of the second half of the season, promoted Rostock has three points ahead of the relegation place.

KSC had initially turned the game through Daniel Gordon (13th) and Philipp Hofmann's ninth goal of the season, but then missed the chance to move up to third place with a win to just three points.

With 25 counters, the people of Baden are rather in the no man's land of the table during the winter break.

Coach Christian Eichner's team had to attribute the equalization to themselves a little.

After the break, she only managed the lead and let the guests back into the game.

However, for a long time Hansa didn't think about it enough.

Before Breier met a second time, Steli Mamba had missed the greatest of the few chances (60th).