RB Leipzig – Borussia Dortmund 3: 0 (2: 0), Gates: 1-0 Willi Orban (6th), 2-0 Dominik Szoboszlai (45th), 3-0 Amadou Haidara (84′)
Dominik Szoboszlai always found it difficult under Domenico Tedesco, he was only allowed to play once this Bundesliga season from the start. Now he gave Marco Rose a perfect start as RB coach. The Hungarian prepared the 1-0 through captain Willi Orban with a corner, he scored the 2-0 just before the break himself with a fantastic shot from 23 meters. Leipzig were clearly better over the entire season, shot 15 times on goal and hardly allowed BVB a dangerous chance. The hapless Modeste missed the best in the 63rd minute. Amadou Haidara, who only had to push in after Timo Werner’s pass, made sure of the final score. The goal was initiated by a good ball capture, of course, Dominik Szoboszlai.
FC Bayern Munich – VfB Stuttgart 2: 2 (1: 0), Goals: 1: 0 Mathys Tel (36th), 1: 1 Chris Führich (57th), 2: 1 Jamal Musiala (60th), 2: 2 Serhou Guirassy (90+2, penalty kick)
Julian Nagelsmann went into the home game against VfB Stuttgart with six changes in the starting XI compared to the Champions League game in Milan. Among others, Mathys Tel and Noussair Mazraoui made their starting eleven debuts in the Bundesliga. The only 17-year-old French striker Tel promptly scored to make it 1-0 (36th) and thus became the youngest Bundesliga goalscorer in Bayern history.
The record champions were dominant as usual (67 percent possession of the ball, 19:7 shots on target), but didn’t take advantage of their chances and were lucky in the 51st minute when the video referee denied Stuttgart’s equalizer. Chris Führich then scored just five minutes later and although Jamal Musiala scored in the 60th minute to give the visitors the lead again, Bayern drew for the third time in a row in the Bundesliga. Serhou Guirassy, whose goal had previously fallen victim to VAR, made it 2-2 from the penalty spot in the 92nd minute. This was preceded by an unnecessary foul by the new defense chief Matthijs de Ligt.
Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Wolfsburg 0: 1 (0: 0), Goals: 0-1 Maxence Lacroix (60′)
Niko Kovac obviously needed a little moral support before returning to his old place of work. And so the managing director of VfL Wolfsburg equipped, Jörg Schmadtke, the coach for the appearance in Frankfurt without a win in five Bundesliga games to date, with a kind of loyalty certificate: “Not an inch”, it was said, he would move away from supporting Kovacs. Confidence inspires – even if VfL didn’t score in the first half: After 15 minutes, Franjic used a long corner from Svanberg to head the ball from close range, which Frankfurt keeper Kevin Trapp parried. Fifteen minutes later, Svanberg rushed in from the back and Trapp had to save again.
Wolfsburg only scored their first away goal of the season in the 60th minute: Brekalo appeared in front of Trapp, who rushed out of the box, misjudged and had to watch Lacroix score. The ball was in the net again three minutes later, but this time Brekalo was ruled offside. Kovac’s willingness to experiment paid off that day. In his search for a starting eleven, he relied on Maxence Lacroix, Mattias Svanberg and Josip Brekalo from the start. Max Kruse wasn’t even in the squad. The Frankfurters, who had lost their Champions League debut against Sporting Lisbon three days earlier, may have lacked freshness. VfL Wolfsburg, meanwhile, celebrated their first win under Kovac – with a leap of faith.
Hertha BSC – Bayern 04 Leverkusen 2: 2 (0: 0), Goals: 0: 1 Kerem Demirbay (49th), 1: 1 Suat Serdar (56th), 2: 1 Marco Richter (74th), 2: 2 Patrik Schick (79th)
A few years ago, Bayer 04 scored six and then five goals in two away games in the capital. These are values that they can only dream of at the moment, especially coach Gerardo Seoane, who so badly needs a result. In a compilation, what the guests delivered didn’t look bad at all. However, the outside players were nowhere near as effective as in the previous season, and because Hertha acted more courageously and precisely than in previous seasons, a lively game developed with chances for both sides.
The opening goal for the guests shortly after the break – Demirbay’s fantastic free kick into the corner – did not change the statics of the game as expected because Leverkusen wobbled immediately: Two quick passes from Berlin to the top were enough to overturn the guests and create a majority in the penalty area , Serdar completed the 1:1 and stayed cool, much cooler than Patrick Schick on the other side, who missed the 1:2 (62nd) in a one-on-one. That’s how the minute struck for Berlin’s Marco Richter, who had recovered from cancer. He had already scored a goal in the 2-0 win in Augsburg last week, this time he scored with an unreal long-range shot to make it 2-1. Is that it for Seoane? Probably not (yet) because Patrick Schick scored on the third try – and because a handball by Leverkusen’s Kossonou was not penalized with a penalty (82′). In the eighth competitive game of the season, the Werkself remained undefeated for only the second time. Is that enough?
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – FSV Mainz 05 4: 1 (0: 0), Goals: 1-0 Andrej Kramaric (53′), 2-0 Grischa Prömel (69′), 3-0 Munas Dabbur (80′), 3-1 Dominik Kohr (83′), 4-1 Pavel Kaderábek (90′) +2) – Notable incidents: Red card for Alexander Hack (Mainz) after an emergency brake (41′), Kramaric shoots a penalty next to the goal (44′).
Before the game it was clear that at least one series would break: Mainz 05 have won all three away games this season so far, Hoffenheim have taken six points from their two appearances at home. The fact that it was ultimately Mainz who had to admit defeat despite the more than four thousand fans who had traveled with them was mainly due to an action in the 41st minute. Central defender Alexander Hack saw the red card after an emergency brake, and referee Daniel Schlager also awarded a penalty.
Andrej Kramaric missed it just like on the second matchday against Bochum, but after the restart the hosts were clearly the better team thanks to the majority. The goals from Kramaric, Grischa Prömel and Munas Dabbur were all logical and also worth seeing. Dominik Kohr for Mainz and Pavel Kaderabek ensured the final score.