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FC Bayern Munich have won again after two league games without a win. At home, against VfL Wolfsburg, who were previously undefeated this season, things initially looked bad for the record champion: Leroy Sané fumbled in his own penalty area. Through Ridle Baku and Kevin Mbabu, the ball went into the center for Maximilian Philipp, who finished off the goal with a right-footed shot (minute 5). It was the sixth time in a row that Munich fell behind in a league game.
After that, Bayern’s attacks initially lacked penetration despite five nominal offensive players on the field, and opportunities from Robert Lewandowski (17th) and Serge Gnabry (18th) blocked the Wolfsburg defenders. Shortly before the half-time whistle, Lewandowski could still be relied upon, who hit Coman on the head after a cross from Kingsley Coman (45th + 1).
At first, Lewandowski scored the winning goal (50th) after a pass from Jérôme Boateng, already his 15th goal of the season. Substitute Bartosz Bialek missed with the two best chances to equal Manuel Neuer (85th) each.
In the table, Bayern remains in second place with 27 points, Wolfsburg is fifth with 21 points.
Bayer Leverkusen confidently defended their qualifying advantage. Peter Bosz’s side had few problems with 1. FC Köln in the Rhenish duel. Mitchell Weiser took the lead at eight minutes. The right-back, who played for Colonia for seven years in his youth, was only in the starting lineup because Lars Bender was injured while warming up.
Moussa Diaby made it 2-0 from the start: after a solo career in which none of the six opponents seriously sought a duel, the Frenchman slipped the ball down the bottom left of the goal (10th). In the second half, Patrick Schick scored the next goal after a cross from Diaby (54th), young Florian Wirtz – trained as Weiser in Cologne – rose to 4-0 (59th).
Leverkusen remains undefeated after twelve games and is in first place with 28 points, Cologne remains fifteenth with ten points. On Saturday (6.30pm, TV: Sky), the people of Leverkusen will host FC Bayern for an outstanding match.
RB Leipzig initially found it difficult to keep up with the competition at the top of the league: In the away game at TSG Hoffenheim, Julian Nagelsmann’s side clearly lacked freshness. The best opportunity of the first round was missed by Hoffenheim defender Kasim Adams, who headed past the goal from close range after a corner kick (23).
After the break, Leipzig managed to force the advantage: Marcel Sabitzer put a technically challenging cross from Angeliño’s midfield over Yussuf Poulsen, the Dane took the lead with a direct touch (60 °). Goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi saved the result with a reflection off a well-placed header from Hoffenheim’s Christoph Baumgartner (72nd).
In the table, Leipzig remains in close contact with the top duo: 27 points mean third place. TSG Hoffenheim is ranked 13th with twelve points.
Harmlessness reigned in Bielefeld for a long time. In the first half, the hosts had more of a game against FC Augsburg, but neither team offered clear scoring opportunities: apart from a long-distance shot from Ritsu Doan (6th), there was no shot for either goal. .
Little changed in the second half, on the contrary: beyond the direct acceptance of Marcel Hartel from ten meters from the Augsburger Tor (67), little happened at the beginning. Only Augsburg captain Jeffrey Gouweleeuw could be truly dangerous: the central defender dived after a drive into Bielefeld’s penalty area and scored with a shot wide to win (85th).
After the draw, Arminia stayed in 16th place with seven points, Augsburg found herself in ninth place with 16 points.
