The Saxons celebrated a 1-0 away win over VfB Stuttgart in the first round on Saturday after the short winter break.
Frankfurt am Main. RB Leipzig is at the top of the table in the German Bundesliga at least until Sunday. The Saxons celebrated a 1-0 away win over VfB Stuttgart in the first round on Saturday after the short winter break and are one point ahead of FC Bayern, who will receive FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday.
Bayer Leverkusen are three points behind Leipzig after a 2-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt. Union Berlin moved up to fourth place at least until Sunday with a 2-0 win in Bremen against Werder. City rivals Hertha won 3-0 at home against Schalke, which prolonged the negative series of the “Royal Blues”. The Gelsenkirchen team have been without a win for 30 league games, and Tasmania Berlin’s upper house record is only one match missing.
Mönchengladbach improved to seventh place thanks to a 1-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld, Hoffenheim conceded a 3-1 home defeat against Freiburg. FC Augsburg prevailed 1-0 at 1. FC Köln.
Marcel Sabitzer played through
The Leipzig team prevailed in Stuttgart thanks to a goal by Dani Olmo (67th). In the 22nd minute Emil Forsberg had awarded a penalty for RB. Marcel Sabitzer played through with the winners, at VfB Sasa Kalajdzic was replaced in the 58th minute.
In Frankfurt, Leverkusen took the lead in the ninth minute through Nadiem Amiri. Coach Adi Hütter’s team managed to turn things around with Amin Younes (22nd) and an own goal by Edmond Tapsoba (54th). Martin Hinteregger played through with the winners, Stefan Ilsanker was on the substitute bench. On the other hand, Julian Baumgartlinger on his 33rd birthday and Aleksandar Dragovic were in action over the entire distance.
Their ÖFB team-mate Valentino Lazaro had to watch Gladbach’s success in Bielefeld after sustaining an injury while warming up. In the victory of the “Fohlen” secured by Breel Embolo (58th), Stefan Lainer played through, Hannes Wolf came on in the 85th minute. At Bielefeld, Manuel Prietl left the pitch in the 88th minute, Christian Gebauer was replaced in the 52nd minute.
Union Berlin fourth
Union Berlin is in fourth place three places and three points ahead of the Champions League round of 16 Gladbach. Sheraldo Becker (12th) and Taiwo Awoniyi (28th) shot the capital club to a 2-0 win against Bremen. Christopher Trimmel was in action at Union until the final whistle, as was Marco Friedl with Bremen. Romano Schmid was replaced in the 76th minute.
It was a surprisingly clear 1: 3 home defeat for Hoffenheim against SC Freiburg, who with Philipp Lienhart thanks to Baptiste Santamaria (7th), Vincenzo Grifo (34th / penalty) and Kasim Adams (42 / own goal) already at break 3-0 lead. Florian Grillitsch was absent from the guests due to an injury and Stefan Posch due to a suspension. Christoph Baumgartner played through and prepared TSG’s honorary goal through Ihlas Bebou (58th).
Augsburg won 1-0 in Cologne, ÖFB team striker Michael Gregoritsch only entered the field in the 89th minute. Schalke, the Styrian’s ex-club, lost 3-0 at Hertha after goals from Matteo Guendouzi (36th), Jhon Cordoba (52nd) and Krzysztof Piatek (80th) and are still last with 4 points from 14 rounds. Alessandro Schöpf played through in the debut of neo-coach Christian Gross.
