With the seventh win in a row, Werder Bremen has at least temporarily taken over the top of the table in the 2nd Bundesliga.

The first division relegated team won 2-1 (0-0) at Hansa Rostock on Friday evening and thus overtook SV Darmstadt 98 (39) and FC St. Pauli (38) with 41 points.

Both clubs are still playing at the weekend.

In front of 10,000 spectators in the Ostseestadion, the Green-Whites had a hard time despite their field advantage.

It was not until the 52nd minute that Marvin Ducksch redeemed Bremen with his twelfth goal of the season.

In the 74th minute, Niclas Füllkrug made it 2-0, and Rostock's goal from Robin Meißner (83rd) came too late.

Bremen coach Ole Werner celebrated his seventh win in seven games and is just one win away from beating Otto Rehhagel's club record.

Next Saturday, Werder welcomes the current bottom team FC Ingolstadt.

Holstein Kiel's sporting upswing is also continuing.

At the relegation candidates FC Erzgebirge Aue, the North Germans won 3:2 (2:0) in the second half after a crazy match and with the sixth game in a row without defeat they got further away from the danger zone.

In front of 4,788 spectators, Fin Bartels (19th), Sören Gonther (38th / own goal) and Kwasi Wriedt (90th) scored for Kiel.

For the table penultimate from Aue, where Soufiane Messeguem (42nd / gross foul play) saw the red card, the situation in the fight for survival after eight consecutive matches without a win is becoming more and more critical.

The goals from Nikola Trujic (79th) and Jan Hochscheidt didn't change that.

The guests, who started with Alexander Mühling again after serving the yellow card suspension, initially had to survive two seconds of shock in snowstorms, but goalkeeper Thomas Dähne made strong saves against Dimitri Nazarov (17th) and Prince Osei Owusu (18th).

In return, Bartels did better after Fabian Reese's sharp cross and scored from five meters.

Kiel's second attempt was also successful, because Gonther directed Julian Korb's cross into his own net in front of keeper Martin Männel.

To make matters worse, Messeguem stepped up against Phil Neumann and rightly saw red.

After the change, playing football on the increasingly difficult ground became increasingly difficult.

Kiel went for a counterattack, but failed to add the third goal.

Trujic and Hochscheidt were punished with a double strike, but Edeljoker Wriedt still let Kiel celebrate.