Berlin (dpa) – FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund missed the scorers on Saturday – both won anyway. However, BVB is worried a few days before the top game against Munich.
RB Leipzig lost the championship lead because Gladbach’s Hannes Wolf met his regular club. At the bottom of the table, FSV Mainz 05 fought in vain. Once again.
HIGH FORM: Statistically speaking, Thomas Müller was no longer so important. His opening goal with a hand penalty in Bayern’s 2-1 at 1. FC Köln was Müller’s eighth goal participation after six match days – shared career high (as in 2012/13). Without the spared striker Robert Lewandowski and with a total of six changes in the starting XI, the record champions in the cathedral city had otherwise quite difficult. “In the end it was a job win, not a gala and not a glamorous performance,” said Müller, who set the record for today’s board member Oliver Kahn with his 260th Bundesliga victory for FC Bayern.
TORJÄGER: Erling Haaland is missing? Then the defense chief has to answer. Mats Hummels led Borussia Dortmund almost single-handedly to a 2-0 victory at Arminia Bielefeld. With his two goals (53rd / 71st), the ex-national player managed a double in the Bundesliga for the second time ever. He did the first over ten years ago in January 2010 in Cologne. After the final whistle, however, the concern prevailed – especially with a view to the league summit against Bayern on Saturday: Only a few minutes after his second goal Hummels hobbled off the field. In response to Haaland’s encouragement on Twitter (“I’m waiting for the hat trick”), Hummels reacted with humor again: “I tried it and had to go down immediately afterwards. Maybe I’d better leave the hat tricks to you. “
MATCHWINNER: Hannes Wolf smiled shyly, the 21-year-old could tell that he had “been taken a load off his heart”. The Austrian met Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 against his regular club RB Leipzig on Saturday evening. “I had to wait a long time for this moment,” said the midfielder, who was initially loaned to Gladbach and was injured for a longer period last season. “The game today is sure to give you confidence.” In his loan agreement, a purchase obligation is anchored in a certain number of missions. “He’s not had an easy time,” said his coach Marco Rose, who had already trained Wolf at RB Salzburg. RB coach Julian Nagelsmann, who lost the table lead with the Saxons due to the defeat, only said: “I’m happy for the people.”
NEGATIVE SERIES: The view of the game plan should cause concern for the fans of FSV Mainz. Next Saturday the still pointless Rheinhessen will play against the penultimate FC Schalke 04. The 1: 3 on Saturday against the surprise team FC Augsburg did not necessarily give courage. “It is understandable that the boys are not bursting with self-confidence,” said coach Jan-Moritz Lichte. As bad as the still pointless Mainz was otherwise only Fortuna Düsseldorf 1991/92 with six bankruptcies at the start – in the end, the Rhinelander also relegated.
ANNIVERSARY: Bruno Labbadia could rise to an illustrious circle on Sunday. The 54-year-old from Hertha BSC wants to win his 100th Bundesliga victory in the evening (6 p.m. / Sky) against VfL Wolfsburg
Get a coach. So far only six players have reached this mark as players and coaches. Overall, Jupp Heynckes celebrated the most with 518 wins (174 as a player and 344 as a coach). In the afternoon (3.30 p.m. / Sky), SC Freiburg welcomes the Europa League starter Bayer Leverkusen. For the Werkself it is about connecting to the top group of the league, the sports club could break away from the relegation zone with a win.
Numbers for Saturday:
FSV Mainz 05 never had 0 points after six match days. At this point in time, only Fortuna Düsseldorf 1991/92 had no point in Bundesliga history – in the end there was relegation.
2 – Mats Hummels has scored doubles in his Bundesliga career so far. In January 2010 in Cologne and now at 2-0 at Arminia Bielefeld.
7 – Shots on goal like in Cologne are a weak value for FC Bayern. The Munich team had only made seven shots on goal on November 2, 2019 in their 5-1 defeat in Frankfurt. The last time it was less than seven was on December 9, 2017 (1-0 in Frankfurt).
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