VfL Wolfsburg is still deep in the crisis in the Bundesliga. Despite a significant increase in performance and two lead times, the Lower Saxony lost 2: 3 (1: 1) against 1. FC Köln on Tuesday evening. After the sixth competitive defeat in a row, the badly battered team of coach Florian Kohfeldt will now have to play in the last first round match at Bayern Munich on Friday evening.
Having started the season as a Champions League participant, VfL then only threatens to go into the winter break with a slight lead over the relegation place. Lukas Nmecha met in front of 5,000 spectators in the 8th minute for VfL. A mistake by national player Ridle Baku enabled the Cologne team to equalize in the first half through Anthony Modeste (34th). The FC even had two answers to Wout Weghorst’s 2: 1 after excellent preparatory work by Dodi Lukébakio (51st): Mark Uth (73rd) and Modeste (89th) turned the game.
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Mainz 05 jumps to 6th place: Korkut upswing at Hertha BSC
The small upswing of Hertha BSC under the new coach Tayfun Korkut has suddenly been stopped. After an extremely poor performance on Tuesday, the Berliners conceded a 0: 4 (0: 2) bankruptcy at FSV Mainz 05 and are still close to the relegation zone with only 18 points. For the successor to Pal Dardai it was the first defeat in the third game and a serious relapse after the last growing hope in the capital. The Mainz team, on the other hand, continue to mix in the fight for the European Cup places, jump to sixth place and have already exceeded the previous season’s yield (16) with 18 home points.
The lively Jae-Sung Lee (19th), Alexander Hack (41st), Silvan Widmer (49th) and Jean-Paul Boëtius (80th) made the 05er victory with their hits in front of 10,000 spectators and ensured that Hertha remained without a win for the seventh time in a row in Mainz.
Arminia Bielefeld sends signs of life: victory against VfL Bochum
In the last home game of the first half of the season, Arminia Bielefeld celebrated the redeeming first victory in her own stadium and sent a sign of life in the relegation battle. The team of coach Frank Kramer deservedly won the West duel against the last strong VfL Bochum 2-0 (0-0). The Japanese Masaya Okugawa (51st) with his fourth goal of the season and the Austrian Patrick Wimmer (69th) scored the goal on Tuesday evening. With the last home win in April, Ostwestfalen sealed the relegation of FC Schalke 04.
With 13 points, last year’s climber will probably still hibernate in a direct relegation place, but he kept in contact with the saving ranks. Also to the Bochumers, who are now seven points away. The promoted team had previously only lost two of their last eight games.
