All favorites but two made it to Round of 16 of the DFB Cup in Wednesday's matches of the Second Round. Only Second Bundesliga sides MSV Duisburg (0-1 at Karlsruher SC) and Union Berlin (0-2 at Offenbach) fell to Third league teams.
Meanwhile Bayern München, VfB Stuttgart and VfL Wolfsburg showed no mercy with their opponents. Fortuna Düsseldorf won the Rhine derby against Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 after extra-time, Hannover against Dynamo Dresden after penalty shootout.
On Tuesday Titleholders Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 cruised with ease past their challengers of the Second Bundesliga. Dortmund won 4-1 (2-0) at VfR Aalen, Schalke 3-0 (1-0) against SV Sandhausen.
The Second League sides VfL Bochum and 1. FC Köln had more trouble against teams from the fourth division. Bochum came back from a goal down to win 3-1 (1-1) at TSV Havelse, while Köln won 4-3 after penalties at Wormatia Worms, drawing goalless after 120 minutes.
The matches on Tuesday (7.00 pm cet):
Berliner AK 07 - TSV 1860 München 0-3 (0-1)
Wormatia Worms - 1. FC Köln 3-4 (0-0, 0-0) a.p.
Preußen Münster - FC Augsburg 0-1 (0-0)
Eintracht Braunschweig - SC Freiburg 0-2 (0-1)
The matches on Tuesday (8.30 pm cet):
TSV Havelse - VfL Bochum 1-2 (1-1)
FC Schalke 04 - SV Sandhausen 3-0 (1-0)
VfR Aalen - Borussia Dortmund 1-4 (0-2)
FSV Mainz 05 - Erzgebirge Aue 2-0 (1-0)
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All favorites but two made it to Round of 16 of the DFB Cup in Wednesday's matches of the Second Round. Only Second Bundesliga sides MSV Duisburg (0-1 at Karlsruher SC) and Union Berlin (0-2 at Offenbach) fell to Third league teams.
Meanwhile Bayern München, VfB Stuttgart and VfL Wolfsburg showed no mercy with their opponents. Fortuna Düsseldorf won the Rhine derby against Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 after extra-time, Hannover against Dynamo Dresden after penalty shootout.
On Tuesday Titleholders Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 cruised with ease past their challengers of the Second Bundesliga. Dortmund won 4-1 (2-0) at VfR Aalen, Schalke 3-0 (1-0) against SV Sandhausen.
The Second League sides VfL Bochum and 1. FC Köln had more trouble against teams from the fourth division. Bochum came back from a goal down to win 3-1 (1-1) at TSV Havelse, while Köln won 4-3 after penalties at Wormatia Worms, drawing goalless after 120 minutes.
The matches on Tuesday (7.00 pm cet):
Berliner AK 07 - TSV 1860 München 0-3 (0-1)
Wormatia Worms - 1. FC Köln 3-4 (0-0, 0-0) a.p.
Preußen Münster - FC Augsburg 0-1 (0-0)
Eintracht Braunschweig - SC Freiburg 0-2 (0-1)
The matches on Tuesday (8.30 pm cet):
TSV Havelse - VfL Bochum 1-2 (1-1)
FC Schalke 04 - SV Sandhausen 3-0 (1-0)
VfR Aalen - Borussia Dortmund 1-4 (0-2)
FSV Mainz 05 - Erzgebirge Aue 2-0 (1-0)
The matches on Wednesday (7.00 pm cet):
Karlsruher SC - MSV Duisburg 1-0 (0-0)
Arminia Bielefeld - Bayer Leverkusen 2-3 (2-2, 1-1) a.e.t.
Kickers Offenbach - 1. FC Union Berlin 2-0 (0-0)
VfB Stuttgart - FC St. Pauli 3-0 (3-0)
The matches on Wednesday (8.30 pm cet):
Hannover 96 - Dynamo Dresden 5-4 (1-1, 1-1) a.e.t.
FC Bayern München - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4-0 (1-0)
Fortuna Düsseldorf - Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 (0-0) a.e.t.
VfL Wolfsburg - FSV Frankfurt 2-0 (0-0)
