23rd matchday
Berlin (dpa) – Arminia Bielefeld celebrated an important victory in the table basement of the Bundesliga, giving VfB Stuttgart two points late.
The penultimate came after a penalty kick in injury time only to a 1-1 (0-0) against VfL Bochum and missed to move up to one point at FC Augsburg on the relegation place. FCA lost 1: 2 (1: 2) against SC Freiburg, who are on course for the Champions League. Bielefeld won 1-0 (0-0) against 1. FC Union Berlin and initially climbed to 14th place.
Hoffenheim turns the game in Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg missed the chance to increase their lead over Augsburg in a 1-2 (1-0) win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. TSG is also fully involved in the fight for a place in the European Cup. In the evening (6.30 p.m. / Sky) 1. FC Köln will play against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bochum’s Bayern conquerors were unable to match the performance they had in a furious 4-2 win against the record champions a week ago with four goals before the break. The VfB convinced as the game went on, especially fighting. An own goal by Bella Kotchap (56th) then helped Stuttgart to take the lead, which lasted until just before the end. Then Eduard Löwen (90+4) scored a penalty kick caused by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
In Wolfsburg, winter newcomer Jonas Wind (36th) scored for the first time in his third game for VfL. But Jacob Bruun Larsen (73rd) and Vice World Champion Andrej Kramaric (78th) turned the game around.
In Augsburg, Freiburg took an early lead through Nils Petersen (4th) in his first start of the season. Michael Gregoritsch (16th) managed to equalize quickly, but Nico Schlotterbeck (26th) restored the SC lead just as quickly.
Bielefeld got into the game better against Union. Patrick Wimmer only hit the post (11th). The Berliners improved until halftime, but after the break Bielefeld took the lead through Masaya Okugawa (53rd).