Bayer Leverkusen, with Exequiel Palacios as the starter, beat Wolfsburg 2-1 today as a visitor, continuing the eighth round and is the leader of the German Bundesliga.
The Argentine playmaker is already a fixture in Leverkusen’s eleven, which is one of the surprises of the season in a competition that had Bayern Munich as champion in the last 11 editions.
Leverkusen’s goals were from the Dutch Jeremie Frimpong (13m. PT) and the Spanish Alejandro Grimaldo (17m. ST) and in Wolfsburg the Frenchman Maxence Lacroix scored (41m. PT).
Leverkusen now has 22 points and surpassed Borussia Dortmund (20), who won yesterday at the start of the match.
The programming is as follows:
Yesterday:
Borussia Dortmund 1 – Werder Bremen 0.
Today:
Wolfsburg 1 – Bayer Leverkusen (Exequiel Palacios) 2.
Darmstadt 1 – Leipzig 3.
Union Berlin 0 – Stuttgart 3.
Hoffenheim 1 – Frankfurt 3.
Freiburg 2 – Bochum 1.
-13.30: Mainz 05-Bayern Munich
Sunday:
-10.30:Cologne-Moenchengladbach (ESPN)
-12.30: Heidenheim-Augsburg
– Positions: Bayer Leverkusen 22 points; Stuttgart 21; Borussia Dortmund 20; Bayern Munich and Leipzig 17; Hoffenheim 15; Frankfurt and Freiburg 13; Wolfsburg 12; Heidenheim and Darmstadt 7; Borussia Moenchengladbach, Union Berlin and Werder Bremen 6; Augsburg 5; Bochum 4; Mainz 05 2, Cologne 1.
Source: Ambito

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