Third division football club SC Verl missed the leap out of the relegation zone.
The East Westphalians took a point at the end of the eighth matchday against SV Meppen with a late goal to make it 2:2 (1:2) but were not able to displace promoted Rot-Weiss Essen from the first non-relegation zone.
Meppen’s hopes of a place in the top half of the table, on the other hand, remained unfulfilled after the fourth game in a row without a win.
The guests took the lead twice through Morgan Faßbender (7th and 31st). However, Joel Grodowski (26′) and Joscha Wosz (87′), who came on as a substitute a few minutes earlier, equalized for the home side.