VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 1:1 (1:0), goals: 1:0 Lukas Daschner (25th), 1:1 Davie Selke (54th)
Cologne, November 11th, the connection doesn’t need to be explained much, but on this holy date of the carnivalists there is usually no Bundesliga football for the local first football club. This was last the case in 2000, when Cologne beat HSV 4-2, Dirk Lottner scored two goals. Alaaf.
Blissful times, the not very happy present is the last place in the table, only slightly brightened up by the rather fortunate point win at Castroper Straße. The Cologne game on November 11th Of course it ended 1:1.
VfL took the lead through Lukas Daschner, it was a Bochum goal that we have seen before: long strike from goalkeeper Manuel Riemann, good actions from Kevin Stöger and Philipp Hofmann – and Daschner won. The lead was okay, Bochum was, as is so often the case in their home stadium, the more dominant team. Cologne came back through Davie Selke, Florian Kainz and Linton Maina initiated the attack strongly. As a result, Cologne’s goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe particularly stood out, throwing himself into every Bochum shot.
VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Dortmund 2:1 (1:1), goals: 0:1 Niclas Füllkrug (36th), 1:1 Deniz Undav (42nd), 2:1 Serhou Guirassy (83rd, penalty kick)
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As if he had never been away: Serhou Guirassy (left) secures VfB’s victory with a penalty.
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Stories always only make sense in retrospect, and because that’s the case, this game basically had to end with a penalty goal from Serhou Guirassy. His injury ended VfB Stuttgart’s phenomenal run and while the striker recovered, the Swabians not only lost two Bundesliga games, they also missed three penalties in a row. Deniz Undav missed against Hoffenheim, Silas in Heidenheim, this time Chris Führich after 13 minutes against Dortmund, Gregor Kobel was the first BVB keeper to save a penalty in the Bundesliga since Roman Weidenfeller in 2013.
This is one of the reasons why the game against BVB ended in a 1:1, which from VfB’s point of view was extremely frustrating due to their oppressive superiority, in the 83rd minute when Kobel fouled the onrushing Silas – and Guirassy had conveniently been on the pitch for 16 minutes. His first appearance after the muscle injury. He grabbed the ball, ran – and scored his 15th goal of the season to make it 2-1.
It was well deserved, VfB outplayed BVB in places, Undav, Enzo Millot, Jamie Leweling – after 33 minutes the statistics showed 9:0 shots on goal for VfB. In addition, Mats Hummels had to be substituted early after a hit to the head. But as is sometimes the case in football, Dortmund took the lead with their first attack of the game. Julian Ryerson’s cross pass was not cleared by Dan-Axel Zagadou and Niclas Füllkrug was saved. Anyone who supported VfB had to think it was a bad joke.
It was the once again convincing Undav who scored the overdue equalizer, Leweling prepared the assist. Millot could have scored again before the break, but Kobel repeatedly made strong saves. Things continued lively in the second half, two chances for Stuttgart and in between a shot at the post by BVB. But that was deceptive, the statistics rose to 22:5 shots on goal for VfB in the end. For Dortmund it is the second painful league defeat in a row after the 0:4 against Bayern.
SV Darmstadt 98 – FSV Mainz 05 0-0
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Lots of fight, little shine: Darmstadt and Mainz split goalless.
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Before the game, Darmstadt had to replace not one, not two, no, three players because of a red card suspension. Matej Maglica, Klaus Gjasula and captain Fabian Holland, all defensive players, were missing due to the flood of dismissals in the last two games. And it wasn’t even the head coach who was able to regroup his team. Thorsten Lieberknecht was missing for personal reasons, Ovid Hajou replaced him on the sidelines.
The Lilies went into this relegation duel weakened – and in view of this, the draw is a point gain for the Hessians against the Rheinhessen. The game itself was hardly worth mentioning, a 0-0 of the worse kind, which Darmstadt almost won with the last action. The Mainz goalkeeper Zentner saved.
FC Augsburg – TSG Hoffenheim 1:1 (0:1), Tore: 0:1 Wout Weghorst (23.), 1:1 Ermedin Demirovic (53.)
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Shielded from view: After a firecracker explosion, a spectator in the TSG Hoffenheim fan block had to be treated by paramedics. The game is interrupted for several minutes.
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It remains one of the most controversial questions in the football world: What’s the point of a change of coach? Studies do not provide a clear answer. Some see a positive effect on average, others doubt it. FC Augsburg probably doesn’t care about all the theory. Since the club released Enrico Maaßen almost exactly a month ago and hired Jess Thorup as the new coach shortly afterwards, there have been two wins against Heidenheim and Stuttgart, as well as a draw against Cologne, which the Bavarian Swabians also did well given a handful of crossbar and post hits and would have liked to have won.
The FCA provides significantly more entertainment under Thorup, at least as far as the offensive game is concerned – but the Dane has not yet been able to get the vulnerable defense under control. The Fuggerstadt team were behind at times in every game, including in the home game against TSG Hoffenheim. After a good 20 minutes, Augsburg striker Phillip Tietz inadequately cleared a cross in his own penalty area, Marius Bülter quickly crossed to the second post, where his TSG striker partner Wout Weghorst was able to head in unchallenged to give the visitors the lead.
Shortly afterwards, referee Felix Brych whistled a hand penalty for FCA, but reversed the decision after studying the video. Hoffenheim were ahead at the break. Shortly after the restart, FCA striker Ermedin Demirovic, who had previously been completely unregistered, grabbed the ball on the left edge of the penalty area, single-handedly beat four Hoffenheim players and hit the equalizer with a curling shot into the far corner – TSG defender Kevin Vogt had headed in an unstoppable extension.
Just as the game was really getting going, a long interruption began: after a loud firecracker explosion, a fan in the visitors’ block had to be treated for trauma. Afterwards, both teams acted erratically and without concentration, one quick loss of the ball followed the next. Only ten minutes before the end there was determined football again. Augsburg created several good chances, the most promising of which was thwarted by TSG goalkeeper Oliver Baumann with a lightning-fast hand reflex. Even in stoppage time, the home side were significantly closer to their next win under Thorup than Hoffenheim were to an away three – but in the end it remained 1-1.
