Co-favorite 1860 Munich missed the return to the promotion zone at the end of the year in the 3rd football league.
In the 1:1 (0:0) against the in-form promoted Rot-Weiss, the lions remained without a win for the fourth time in a row after three bankruptcies and overwintered two points behind the relegation place.
RWE hingehen increased their lead over the relegation zone to six points with their seventh game in a row without defeat and is knocking on the door to the top half of the table.
Albion Vrenezi (76th) gave the hosts hope of the end of their negative series with a penalty after a foul on Stefan Lex in the Essen penalty area.
But Felix Bastians (90+1) prevented the Lions from returning to the leading trio with Essen’s equaliser.