Football-Bundesliga: Leipzig remains Bavaria tracker number one, Schalke got away with a blue eye

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Football-Bundesliga
Leipzig remains Bavaria tracker number one, Schalke got away with a blue eye

Leipzig against Leverkusen

Not only Leverkusen’s Kerem Demirbay chased once too often of Leipzig Alexander Sörloth (l.).

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The balance of forces in the Bundesliga, top change just a little: Leipzig remains with his victory against Leverkusen, the first Bayern hunters. The BVB is back in the track. 19. Round at a Glance.

RB Leipzig vs. Bayer Leverkusen 1:0

RB Leipzig has supported in the football League his Champions League ambitions and remains the first followers of leaders FC Bayern München. The table second won the Top game of the 19th century. Game day against the previous third-Bayer Leverkusen 1:0 (0:0). Scorer of the decisive goal Christopher Nkunku in the 51 was. Minute. By the eleventh victory of the Season, the Team coached by Julian nail man enlarged the projection on the direct rivals for the Champions League qualifiers on six points. Table leaders Bayern Munich, the Leipzig have a further seven points behind.

FC Bayern vs. TSG Hoffenheim 4:1

In front of the eyes of national coach Joachim Löw, the Ex-national player Thomas Müller and Jérôme Boateng have shone at the home win of FC Bayern Munich as a goal scorer. The table leaders celebrated at the 4:1 (2:0) against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim the fourth success in the Bundesliga, one after the other. Boateng (32. Minute) with his first goal for three years, and Müller (43.) with his tenth goal of the season resulted in two eye-catcher, Andrej Kramaric (44.) it is made with the hope Heimer 1:2 short, exciting. Robert Lewandowski (57.) with his 24. Goal of the season and Serge Gnabry (64.) to put after the break in time for the series champion. Bayern were the superior team and had more possession of the ball. In the Defensive openly disclosed but, more often than just when conceding gaps.

Werder Bremen vs. Schalke 04 1:1

Werder Bremen - Schalke 04

Out of balance, but not stumbled upon it: Even against relatively harmless Bremer was for Schalke 04 in there as a draw

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If Klaas-Jan Huntelaar may not help: in Spite of his Bundesliga comeback for FC Schalke 04 has not retracted the long-awaited second victory of the Season. The Royal blue came at Werder Bremen do not have a 1:1 (1:0), and thus table the last. Huntelaar, who had missed the first two games since his move hurt, came ten minutes before the end of his first Bundesliga appearance since the 20. May 2017. Accents, the 37-year-old Dutchman was able to continue but no, instead, he looked for a challenge on Ömer Toprak the Yellow card. After Omar Mascarell Schalke in the 38. Minute had brought, managed Kevin Möhwald is still the deserved compensation for the Bremer (77.). The alleged Bremen’s winning goal for 2:1 by Maximilian Eggestein in injury time was not given to the intervention of the Video-wizard.

Borussia Dortmund vs. FC Augsburg 3:1

Borussia Dortmund is back on track. After three Games without a win and the crash on table ranked seventh, the team of soccer-teacher, Edin Terzic, 3:1 (1:1) was against FC Augsburg. In the empty Signal Iduna Park Thomas Delaney (26 ensured. Minute) and Jadon Sancho (63.) and on Saturday for the deserved success of the area clubs, added to an own goal by Felix Uduokhai (75 came./Own goal). The Erling Haaland missed hand penalty no longer fell into the weight (21.). For Augsburg, by the goals from André Hahn (10.) in the meantime, the lead had been, it was the fourth defeat in the last five games.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Hertha BSC 1:3

Comeback from Pal Dardai as the head coach of Hertha BSC is with a 1:3 (0:0) at Eintracht Frankfurt failed. Under the direction of the successor of Bruno Labbadia, the Berlin were in the Bundesliga game promising, had to bow, but in the end the game strong place mens. The now five Games without a win, guests went by Krzysztof Piatek (66. Minute) in the lead. André Silva (67.) shot not only the compensation but also the 3:1 (90.+5) via foul penalty. A short time before Martin Hinteregger (85 had.) the 2:1 beheaded. For the Frankfurter, which was at least initially to a Champions League rank jumped, it is the eighth game in the series without a defeat. Dardai started his return to the Hertha-bench is approximately 19 months before the kick-off is a strong character, in which he rebuilt the starting lineup in a comprehensive manner. Five new professionals to he summoned in the beginning of formation. This Dardais decision to make Rune Jarstein for Alexander Schwolow into the goal, proved to be a good handle.

Union Berlin vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach 1:1

Also Borussia Mönchengladbach can the strong home series of the 1. FC Union Berlin completed. Although the team of coach Marco Rose in the 1:1 (0:1), who earned just one point from six encounters unsubdued. In the Stadion an der Alten forsterei, the well-organised capital city, however, remained in the ninth home game in a series without a defeat and annoyed the next favorites. Union was represented by Robin Knoche (31. Minute) in the lead gone, the compensation for the Borussia Alassane Plea (59 scored.). After two away defeats, the hosts took at least one counter and still have quite a few possibilities to qualify for the second year in the upper house for the first time for the European competition. After the spectacular 4:2 last against Dortmund, the Champions League ambitions of the foals received a small shock.

Friday’s game: VfB Stuttgart vs. FSV Mainz 2:0

The FSV Mainz 05 has can make up for that in a relegation battle in the Bundesliga no other ground. The Tables-Next-To-Last lost a week after the surprising 3:2 against RB Leipzig 0:2 (0:0) at VfB Stuttgart. After 19 season, Mainz have still only ten points on the account. The VfB is however, after three winless Games, with now 25 points more on the tenth Table place. Sasa Kalajdzic scored in the 55. Minute by the head of the Stuttgart-based leadership, Silas Wamangituka made in the 72. Minute of the first VfB-home win in this season perfectly.

So it goes in the football League

In the top match on Saturday evening, the table has a second RB Leipzig 18.30 tracker, Bayer Leverkusen is guest. On Sunday, the 1 play. FC Köln against Arminia Bielefeld (15.30) and the VfL Wolfsburg against SC Freiburg (18: 00). All the games you can here starLive Ticker to track. There you can also read the current table and many other statistics.

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