2. Bundesliga (Week 27) : Nürnberg defeats Leipzig 3-1
GERMANY, Mar. 20, 2016 (AMP) — 2. Bundesliga / Match day 27: After a 2-1 victory over 1860 Munich on March 13, Die Bullen lost 3-1 against FC Nürnberg.
45 minutes of play and neither FC Nürnberg nor RB Leipzig have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Petrák ('70), Füllkrug ('75) and Burgstaller ('90).
RB Leipzig remains in first place with 56 points from 27 games, a 3-point lead over runner-up SC Freiburg, which has a game in hand.
View : Full 2. Bundesliga table (as of March 20, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | SC Freiburg | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 29 | 28 | 53 |
| 3 | FC Nürnberg | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 32 | 22 | 53 |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 45 |
| 5 | VfL Bochum | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 17 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Heidenheim | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 41 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | SV Sandhausen | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 36 | -2 | 36 |
| 10 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 35 |
| 11 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 35 |
| 12 | FC Kaiserslautern | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 39 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Arminia Bielefeld | 27 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 30 |
| 14 | FSV Frankfurt | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 43 | -14 | 29 |
| 15 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 38 | -13 | 27 |
| 16 | 1860 Munich | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 38 | -13 | 25 |
| 17 | Paderborn | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 44 | -21 | 24 |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 44 | -21 | 19 |
Fixtures and Results : 2. Bundesliga 2015-2016
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Overview
1. FC Nürnberg
- Position: 3
- Best performance of the season:Arminia Bielefeld 0-4 FC Nürnberg (11 Mar.)
- Previous game:Arminia Bielefeld 0-4 FC Nürnberg (11 Mar.)
- Next game:FSV Frankfurt - FC Nürnberg (3 Apr.)
RB Leipzig
- Position: 1
- Best performance of the season:RB Leipzig 3-0 Union Berlin (19 Feb.)
- Previous game:RB Leipzig 2-1 1860 Munich (13 Mar.)
- Next game:RB Leipzig - VfL Bochum (2 Apr.)
FC Nürnberg
3:1
RB Leipzig
3:1 (0:0)
- 20 March 2016
- 13:30
- Nuremberg
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 56 |
| 2 |  SC Freiburg | 53 |
| 3 | FC Nürnberg | 53 |
| 4 |  FC St. Pauli | 45 |
| 5 |  VfL Bochum | 44 |
Week 27 Results
| Friday 18 March 2016 | ||||
 | Union Berlin | 3-1 | Eintracht Braunschweig |  |
 | FC Heidenheim | 2-2 | FSV Frankfurt |  |
 | Paderborn | 0-0 | MSV Duisburg | |
| Saturday 19 March 2016 | ||||
 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4-3 | FC Kaiserslautern |  |
 | SV Sandhausen | 0-2 | FC St. Pauli | |
| Sunday 20 March 2016 | ||||
| FC Nürnberg | 3-1 | RB Leipzig | |
 | 1860 Munich | 1-1 | Arminia Bielefeld | |
| VfL Bochum | 2-2 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |  |
| Monday 21 March 2016 | ||||
| SC Freiburg | 20:15 | Karlsruher SC |  |