Leipzig achieved clear success in the Bundesliga, RB put the other top teams under pressure. In Freiburg, newly promoted St. Pauli celebrated their first win of the season. The runner-up is having a lot of trouble.
RB Leipzig has taken second place in the Bundesliga, at least for a few hours. Before the top game between record champions FC Bayern and defending champions Bayer Leverkusen in the evening (6.30 p.m./Sky), the Saxons won 4-0 (2-0) against FC Augsburg. SC Freiburg, on the other hand, missed out on the top spot after losing 0-3 (0-2) against FC St. Pauli. The Hamburg newcomers celebrated their first win of the season.
Runner-up VfB Stuttgart barely managed a 2-2 (1-1) draw at VfL Wolfsburg. Thanks to the 2-0 (1-0) win at FSV Mainz 05, 1. FC Heidenheim jumped up the table. Borussia Mönchengladbach secured a 1-0 (0-0) win against 1. FC Union Berlin with a late goal from Tomas Cvancara (90+6).
Sesko scores twice, Stuttgart celebrates late goal
Leipzig took the lead through Benjamin Sesko (11th) after an assist from Loïs Openda. The striker scored from 16 meters – and again a little later in the 15th minute. Augsburg’s captain Jeffrey Gouweleeuw missed the chance to score when he failed with a penalty kick past Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi (27th). Openda (46th) and Xavi Simons (57th) also scored for RB in the second half.
Freiburg had to accept their first goal early on from Elias Saad (12th), and for Pauli it was only his second goal of the season. The hosts had a great chance to equalize shortly before the break, but Vincenzo Grifo failed with a penalty kick past Hamburg goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj (41′). Pauli scored the next goal again: Oladapo Afolayan (45th) increased the score to 2-0 from the visitors’ perspective. After the substitution, Saad scored again (72nd) and the game was decided.
Wolfsburg took the lead through Jonas Wind (20th) after a counterattack, but VfB equalized early through Enzo Millot (32nd). The Frenchman initially failed with a penalty kick from VfL goalkeeper Kamil Grabara, but then shot the blocked ball into the goal. Things became difficult for VfB after Atakan Karazor was sent off and was shown a yellow-red card (63′). Then Mohamed Amoura (68th) also scored for Wolfsburg. Stuttgart still secured a point thanks to Deniz Undav’s late goal (90+7).
Yellow-red and red in Mainz
The Heidenheimers celebrated Marvin Pieringer’s goal to take the lead in the 15th minute. The Mainz central defender Andreas Hanche-Olsen further weakened his team before the break, he was shown yellow-red after repeated foul play (29th). In the final phase, however, it was ten against ten again: Niklas Dorsch was sent off after a foul with a red card (80th). But Heidenheim coped better with it – Jan Schöppner (86th) increased the score to 2-0.
Source: Stern
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