Record champions Bayern Munich stumbled under the eyes of national coach Joachim Löw in the title fight of the Bundesliga. The leader of the table is defeated 1: 2 (0: 2) at Eintracht Frankfurt and could come under pressure again if pursuer RB Leipzig wins on Sunday. Daichi Kamada (12th minute) and Amin Younes (31st) meet for the Frankfurters, who are still on course for their first participation in the Champions League. Robert Lewandowski’s 26th goal of the season (53rd) was not enough for Bayern in the end. After the 3: 3 against Bielefeld and the bankruptcy in Frankfurt, the record champions have been without a win for two games – what a rare phenomenon!
Leverkusen saves a point in the last second
Bayer Leverkusen continued its downward trend in the Bundesliga, but just avoided another defeat. The works team achieved a 1: 1 (0: 1) at FC Augsburg with a hit shortly before the final whistle. Edmond Tapsoba equalized in the fifth minute of added time. Florian Niederlechner had already taken the lead in the fifth minute for Augsburg, who missed their first win after three defeats last. The Ausgburg striker benefited from a dropout by the Leverkusen goalkeeper Niklas Lomb. When he wanted to hit a back pass from his own penalty area far forward, he stepped over the ball. Niederlechner grabbed the leather and dusted off (5th).
Bitter afternoon for Niklas Lomb, the substitute for regular goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky
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“We scored a goal in the last second, but of course it annoys me brutally that I messed up so badly,” Lomb said after the game on Sky. “It’s a shame that it was only enough for one point.”
After the early goal conceded by Lomb, Bayer found it difficult to get any chances. Augsburg defended skillfully and would have deserved the victory. But then Tapsoba still managed the “lucky punch”. But even one point doesn’t help the Werkself: The fifth place in the table is now five points behind a Champions League place.
Schalke 0:4!
No chance: The 0: 4 in the derby against BVB brings Schalke closer to relegation
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Even before the derby against BVB, Schalke’s hopes of preventing relegation are rather low. And the 4 is today the number of the day at the unprecedented crashed Revierklub. After conceding four goals against arch rivals from Dortmund, the fourth relegation in club history from Schalke 04 can only be averted theoretically. Where should the points come from for a team whose greatest achievement in the prestigious duel against BVB is the fact that they tried to play for 40 minutes? But then Stambouli paves the way for the opponent with a hair-raising loss of the ball, Jadon Sancho only has to complete (42nd). The other three goals also show the individual quality that is one class higher. Haaland scores with a technically demanding side fall puller before the break to make it 2-0. Guerreiro (60th) and again Dortmund’s top striker Haaland (79th) make the Schalke debacle perfect.
Union can still win
Things are going better for Union Berlin, which can still win. After five games without a win in the league, the Eiserne beat SC Freiburg 1-0 (0-0) and overtook coach Christian Streich’s team in the table. Grischa Prömel (64th) scored the winning goal for the capital city in Breisgau. Union Berlin had not been able to win any previous point games in Freiburg. For Freiburg it was the first home defeat after seven games without bankruptcy.
Gladbach fails against Mainz
Even Lars Stindl’s goal cannot prevent the defeat against Mainz
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Borussia Mönchengladbach suffers a severe setback after the exchange theater around coach Marco Rose in the fight for the European Cup places. The five-time German champions are defeated by relegation-threatened FSV Mainz 05 with 1: 2 (1: 1) in their own stadium and are thus going with a mortgage in the groundbreaking games in the league, Champions League and DFB Cup. Even the interim equalization by Lars Stindl (26th) cannot prevent the first defeat against Mainz in over five years. Karim Onisiwo (10th) and substitute Kevin Stöger (86th) meet early and late for the guests, who can shorten the gap to the relegation rank to one point. Stöger had already saved Mainz a point in stoppage time at 2-2 in Leverkusen the previous week.
Stuttgart aggravated Cologne relegation concerns
VfB Stuttgart is experiencing extremely turbulent days behind the scenes – but is now celebrating the long-awaited sense of achievement on the Bundesliga stage. The Swabians win 1-0 (0-0) at 1. FC Köln and get their second win from the last seven league games. Sasa Kalajdzic (49th) decides an overall weak encounter for VfB, who with the victory consolidate a place in the middle of the table. The distance to the relegation zone is eleven points on matchday 22. The Cologne, however, are still in the middle, only three counters separate the FC from the relegation place.
Wolfsburg is expanding its own record
Back without conceding a goal for 666 minutes, mercilessly effective up front: The defense specialists at VfL Wolfsburg are still on course for the Champions League. The Wolves celebrate their eleventh win of the season in Friday’s game with an effortless 3-0 (1-0) win against promoted Arminia Bielefeld and also remain in the seventh competitive game without conceding a goal – club record expanded! Renato Steffen (29./47.) Meets before and after the break for the Wolfsburg, who are on the best way with only two defeats in the current Bundesliga season, for the third time after 2009/10 and 2015/16 To qualify for the premier class. Maximilian Arnold (54th) ensured the final result after just under an hour.
The 22nd matchday in numbers
Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Wolfsburg 0: 3 (0: 1)
Goals: 0: 1 Steffen (29th), 0: 2 Steffen (47th), 0: 3 Arnold (54th)
Eintracht Frankfurt – Bayern Munich 2: 1 (2: 0)
Tore: 1: 0 Kamada (12.), 2: 0 Younes (35.), 2: 1 Lewandowski (58.)
1.FC Cologne – VfB Stuttgart 0: 1 (0: 0)
Track: 0: 1 Kalajdzic (49th)
Borussia Mönchengladbach – FSV Mainz 05 1: 2 (1: 1)
Goals: Onisiwo (10th), Stindl (26th), Stöger (86th)
SC Freiburg – Union Berlin 0: 1 (0: 0)
Goal: Prömel (64.)
Schalke 04 – Borussia Dortmund 0: 4 (0: 2)
Tore: Sancho (42.), Haaland (45./79.), Warrior (60.)
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