Sixth win in a row for Werder Bremen and a hard-fought home win for Schalke 04: On the 21st match day of the second Bundesliga, SV Werder continued their winning streak with a 2-1 (0-0) win against Karlsruher SC.
The Royal Blues were also able to secure three points in the 2-1 (0-1) win against Jahn Regensburg.
In Saturday's third game, SV Sandhausen beat Erzgebirge Aue 2-0 (1-0) in a basement duel.
Bremen initially climbed to second place in the table with 38 points.
However, FC St. Pauli can regain second place against SC Paderborn in the evening.
Goalscorer Marvin Ducksch (51st) scored the lead for the North Germans.
It was the twelfth goal of the season for the attacker, who scored for the sixth time under Werner.
Philipp Hofmann (59th) succeeded in surprisingly equalizing for Baden, who had previously been unable to set any accents on the offensive.
Anthony Jung (76th) scored to win for SVW.
Schalke fell behind against Regensburg after a brilliant shot by Andreas Albers (32nd).
Goal guarantor Simon Terodde (63') and Malick Thiaw (73') turned the game around.
S04 is third for now.
Cebio Soukou (44th) scored the 1-0 for Sandhausen with a hand penalty after video evidence.
This was preceded by a controversial handball by Anthony Barylla.
In the 69th minute Christian Kinsombi (69th) increased for the Baden-Württemberger.
Sixteenth in the table, the SVS drew level with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 15th place.
Aue, on the other hand, continued the negative trend of the last few weeks.
In the last seven games there was only one point for FC Erzgebirge.