After season's restart the team of Arminia Bielefeld continued their undefeated run, drawing VfL Osnabruck, which helped them remain on the top spot in the league.
One team, going all to pot is Nürnberg, who after their relegation from the German's top-flight last season, are now just a place above the country's second division relegation zone.
On Friday Erzgebirge Aue will probably add to the home's side worries another heavy defeat.
In another Friday encounter Heidenheim will be facing SV Wehen.
One thing worth mentioning here, is the fact that despite the big gap between the two sides in the standing, Heidenheim lost their most recent match, while SV Wehen are on a winning streak of 2 consecutive matches.
In a battle from the bottom half of the table SV Sandhausen will be feeling uneasy against Jahn Regensburg.
That being said, these two sides are expected to end in a tense draw, which won't be that bad for both of them.
On Saturday Hannover 96 will try to add to its tally a third consecutive win, this time against VfL Osnabruck.
This won't be that easy, considering the home side's draw against the league leaders on away turf, which proved their ability to resist.