Eintracht Braunschweig 0-0 Paderborn

Paderborn missed the chance to go top after Lukas Kwasniok's team were held to a scoreless draw by a disciplined Eintracht side, who are now unbeaten in seven games. Anton-Leander Donkor hit a post for the hosts early on and, incredibly, that was as close as either side came to scoring in a largely uneventful affair. Top scorers in the division with 32 goals, Paderborn failed to score in a game for the first time this season.

Nuremberg 0-0 Hannover

A drab encounter at the Max-Morlock-Stadion ended in a scoreless draw that did little to help either side's second-division cause. Mats Möller Daehli's shot towards the end of the first half brought a reaction save from Ron-Robert Zieler, while a Johannes Geis free kick soon afterwards wasn't far off target as the home side probed. Derrick Köhn and substitute Hendrik Weydandt tried and failed to push Hannover ahead in the second half, but both teams would ultimately settle for a draw.

Arminia Bielefeld 2-0 St. Pauli
Goals: 1-0 Serra (76'), 2-0 Serra (84')

Janni Serra scored a late brace as Bielefeld climbed off the foot of the table with victory over Pauli. Marcel Hartel squandered the best chance of a first half in which Arminia contributed little in an attacking sense, but the 59th-minute introduction of Serra turned the game on its head. He needed less than 20 minutes to find his range, nestling a fine effort into the bottom corner from 16 yards. Jackson Irvine went within a whisker of levelling, before Serra headed in a second to give Arminia only their third win of the league campaign.

Heidenheim 3-1 Greuther Fürth
Goals: 1-0 Mainka (9'), 2-0 Kleindienst (33'), 2-1 Hrgota (52'), 3-1 Beste 56'

Greuther finished the weekend in bottom place as they were brushed aside by Heidenheim on Sunday. The hosts raced into a two-goal lead at half time thanks to goals from Patrick Mainka and Tim Kleindienst, which left Greuther staring down the barrel of a fifth defeat of the campaign. Branimir Hrgota gave them a glimmer of hope by pulling one back shortly after the interval, but the Cloverleaves were soon trailing by two once more. Jan-Niklas Beste struck just four minutes after Hrgota to wrap up all three points for his team, who are fourth and just five points off top spot as a result.

Karlsruhe 0-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Goals: 0-1 Peterson (8'), 0-2 Peterson (22')

Having previously gone four games unbeaten at home, Karlsruhe suffered a second successive defeat at the Wildpark as Fortuna came away with all three points and ended their own run of back-to-back league losses. Kristoffer Peterson was the hero, scoring his first league goals of the season by the midway point of the first half. There would be no way back for Karlsruhe, who now sit just outside the top half, while Fortuna move sixth and to within five points of the promotion places.

HSV Hamburg Hamburg - FCM Magdeburg Magdeburg

Matchday 13 round-up: Magdeburg climb off bottom and deny HSV top spot