Hamburger SV – VfB Stuttgart 2:1 (1:0)
With a goal almost in the last minute HSV secured the win against Stuttgart. After five Bundesliga games in a row without a win, the promoted team was able to celebrate success again. Two minutes before the final whistle (90+4), Fábio Vieira made it 2-1 for HSV in the Volksparkstadion at home.
Hamburg had previously been in the lead until half-time after an early goal from Robert Glatzel (17th minute). However, the goalscorer had to be substituted injured after half an hour. Shortly after the break, VfB striker Deniz Undav equalized after a goalkeeper error (54th). The Swabians then found their way into the game better. In an overall competitive game, it looked like a draw for a long time.
In the 81st minute we had to Hamburg Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit was sent off with a yellow-red card, with Stuttgart in the majority pushing for victory. However, after a failed free kick from the Swabians, it was HSV who scored the victory with a counterattack.
“Incredible, Volkspark. The atmosphere here is unique,” enthused HSV striker Glatzel on Sky after the final whistle and praised “how Fábio pulled off the sprint.” Despite his goal, VfB striker Deniz Undav, who made the game-winning counterattack possible with a mistake on his own free kick, was frustrated: “I’ll take that on myself. Such an unnecessary goal, they’ll do well.”
With the win, Hamburg climbs to 13th place in the table Stuttgart is still in sixth place with 22 points.
Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Wolfsburg 1:1 (0:0)
In the game between Frankfurt and Wolfsburg, a goal in the last minute changed the result again. After Wolfsburg took the lead through Aaron Zehnter in the 67th minute, many fans hoped until the end for a much-needed victory for the Wolves, who had started the season poorly with only two wins from eleven games so far. But late in stoppage time, Denis Vavro pulled Frankfurt’s Arthur Theate by his braid. After a VAR intervention, the referee awarded a penalty, which Michy Batshuayi converted (90+6).
However, the penalty decision was very controversial: “If that’s one, then you have ten penalties every game,” said Wolfsburg midfielder Christian Eriksen on Dazn. “We lost two points,” he said. The Frankfurt team were also dissatisfied – despite the late equalizer. Overall, “we have to win a game like this in our own living room,” said Eintracht defender Rasmus Kristensen.
Without their top scorer Jonathan Burkardt, Eintracht had previously lacked penetration. Burkardt was injured in the Champions League game against Atalanta Bergamo and, according to coach Dino Toppmöller, will probably be out for the rest of the year.
SC Freiburg – 1. FSV Mainz 05 4:0 (2:0)
SC Freiburg secured a confident victory in the game against Mainz. With a clear 4-0 (2-0), the Breisgau team got three points and are now in eighth place in the table. Mainz, however, fell back to last place in the table and has now been waiting for its second win of the season for eight Bundesliga games.
Freiburg took the lead early on through Lukas Kübler (12th), before Vincenzo Grifo added a little later (26th). Mainz, on the other hand, stood out above all for their tough duels – but Bo Henriksen’s team did little offensively. When Paul Nebel received a red card shortly after the 2-0 win for a hard foul on Freiburg’s Philipp Lienhart, Mainz’s game became even more disorganized when they were outnumbered.
Nothing changed after halftime. Johan Manzambi increased the score to 3-0 in the 50th minute and Freiburg continued to shape the game. Mainz, on the other hand, only had their first shot on goal in the 81st minute – but Armindo Sieb’s attempt failed. Instead, Patrick Osterhage brought the already long-decided game to an end with his goal in added time (90+1).
All three games of the evening were again accompanied by fan protests. At all games, a number of fans remained silent for the first twelve minutes to protest against planned tightening of security checks in stadiums. Fans fear that, in addition to the personalization of tickets, the introduction of AI-supported facial recognition could also be planned, resulting in stadium bans being issued on suspicion.
Read the match reports from Saturday and Friday here.
