Borussia Mönchengladbach missed the hoped-for liberation in game one after the Max Eberl era and is therefore still stuck in the relegation zone of the Bundesliga.
Coach Adi Hütter's team improved on Saturday against their neighbor Arminia Bielefeld after losing three competitive games in a row, but had to settle for a 1-1 (1-1) draw after a good performance.
The East Westphalians remained undefeated in the sixth game in a row, but were unable to overtake the Gladbachers in the table.
In front of 10,000 spectators in the arena, Janni Serra (19th minute) scored the goal for Bielefeld, Alassane Plea (38th) scored in an entertaining game for the guests.
The Bielefeld team had to change their defensive line at short notice due to illnesses and injuries, so that Guilherme Ramos made his first start in central defense and Nathan de Medina defended on the left.
But that didn't throw the defense of the hosts out of rhythm.
Keeper Stefan Ortega was able to safely defend the first good opportunity provided by Jonas Hofmann (6th minute), who played beautifully.
Supported by a loud crowd for the first time, Arminia came up with good opportunities from a good defensive line against the offensively started guests, which were mainly initiated by the fast Patrick Wimmer.
Serra used the best of them with a nice left-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area to score the opening goal.
The Gladbachers, where the originally planned Christoph Kramer had to pass due to the corona, had been in the game well until then and had offered an additional offensive power with the Plea, which was not considered recently.
In the varied game with scenes in the penalty area on both sides, Frenchman Plea scored the deserved equalizer with a diving header from a tight angle after preparatory work by Hofmann.
A header by Borussia central defender Matthias Ginter was previously disallowed for offside.
The game remained exciting.
The well-adjusted Gladbacher had more shares of the game, Bielefeld mainly used counterattacks and had good scoring chances through Ramos (44th) and Fabian Kunze, but the good Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer saved time and time again.