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