St. Pauli 1-1 Nuremberg
Goals: 1-0 Kyerah (pen. 74’), 1-1 Duman (90’+2)

St. Pauli missed the chance to climb back into the top three after conceding a last-gasp equaliser to Nuremberg. A cautious encounter exploded into life when Pauli’s Finn Becker fired against the woodwork early in the second half. Christopher Buchtmann tested Christian Mathenia as the hosts turned the screw, culminating in Daniel-Kofi Kyerah breaking the deadlock from the penalty spot. Substitute Taylan Duman hit the upright in the closing stages, before turning in an injury-time leveller to leave Pauli fourth and Nuremberg three points back in sixth.

Hannover 2-0 Karlsruhe
Goals: 1-0 Weydandt (25’), 2-0 Beier (90’+2)

Hannover all but secured their Bundesliga 2 status for another year after beating Karlsruhe. Tim Breithaupt fluffed his lines with the game’s first opening of note, and was punished in the 25th minute when Hendrik Weydandt powered in Linton Maina’s cross with his head. There were chances at both ends for Maximilian Beier and Fabian Schleusener, before Hoffenheim-owned Beier sealed the points in the third minute of added time.

Heidenheim 1-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Goals: 0-1 Piotrowski (20’), 0-2 Klaus (33’), 2-1 Malone (47’), 1-3 Klarer (56’)

Fortuna Düsseldorf are guaranteed Bundesliga 2 football next season after scoring a comfortable win in Heidenheim. Rouwen Hennings and Oliver Hüsing went close with long-range lob attempts, before Matthias Zimmermann carved open the home defence to tee up Jakub Piotrowski for the opener. Felix Klaus pounced on a mistake by Heidenheim goalkeeper Kevin Müller to add a second, but the hosts halved the deficit within minutes of the restart through substitute Maurice Malone’s cross-shot. It didn’t take long for Düsseldorf to restore their two-goal advantage, though, with Christoph Klarer heading in Edgar Prib’s cross before the hour.

Darmstadt 6-0 Erzgebirge Aue
Goals: 1-0 Pfeiffer (17’), 2-0 Skarke (18’), 3-0 Manu (19’), 4-0 Skarke (39’), 5-0 Honsak (74’), 6-0 Kempe (90’)

Darmstadt climbed to second and relegated Erzgebirge Aue thanks to an emphatic win at the Böllenfalltor. Three goals in the space of two first-half minutes from Luca Pfieffer, Tim Skarke and Braydon Manu set the tone, before Skarke doubled his tally after fantastic work from Manu. After Ben Zolinski went agonisingly close to a consolation, substitute Mathias Honsak made it five. Tobias Kempe rounded out the scoring with a thunderous free-kick.

Ingolstadt 0-4 Hamburg
Goals: 0-1 Kittel (27'), 0-2 Schonlau (29'), 0-3 Glatzel (57'), 0-4 Kaufmann (81')

Hamburg moved to within three points of the promotion play-off spot with a comfortable win at relegated Ingolstadt. Robert Glatzel went close early on, before Ingolstadt's Stefan Kutschke made Daniel Heuer Fernandes work with a rare effort on the HSV goal. Headed efforts from Sonny Kittel and Fabian Schonlau put the Dinos in control, though, with Kittel unlucky not to add to his tally towards the end of the first half. Glatzel and Mikkel Kaufmann added the gloss to a third straight Hamburg victory.

SVW Bremen Werder Bremen - KSV Kiel Holstein Kiel

Matchday 32 round-up: Bremen concede top spot