Bundesliga: VfB Stuttgart draw against Cologne, Gladbach shoots out Bochum

Darmstadt unlucky

1. FC Köln sent another sign of life in the Bundesliga relegation battle with a surprising point win against Champions League contenders VfB Stuttgart. Coach Timo Schultz’s guests fought to a 1-1 (0-0) draw with the Swabians on Saturday. Eric Martel quickly equalized VfB’s lead from Enzo Millot (53rd minute) in front of 54,500 fans (62nd).

Table 16. from Cologne has not come any closer to the non-relegation places despite winning points and fourth game without defeat from the last five. The clearly favored Swabians missed their fifth win in a row, but as third in the table they still have a cushion over their pursuers in the fight for qualification for the premier class.

Furious home success: Gladbach celebrates its first Bundesliga win in the second half of the season

With their first win in the second half of the season, Borussia Mönchengladbach has given themselves some breathing room in the Bundesliga’s relegation battle. Coach Gerardo Seoane’s team ended a six-game winless streak in the home game against VfL Bochum and clearly won against their rivals with 5:2 (2:0).

The goals in front of 53,196 fans in Gladbach’s Borussia Park were scored by Nathan Ngoumou (28th minute), Julian Weigl (35th) with a penalty kick, Rocco Reitz (72nd), Jordan and Franck Honorat (90th + 6th). Philipp Hofmann (75th) and Keven Schlotterbeck (88th) scored for Bochum to make it 2:4.

1. FC Heidenheim prevents Union Berlin from breaking its Bundesliga record

1. FC Heidenheim has reinforced its image as a cheeky newcomer and denied Union Berlin a club record. Nikola Dovedan (3rd minute) with a lightning goal and Jan-Niklas Beste (71st) with a fine lob scored the goals for Heidenheim to make it 2:2 (1:2) in the stadium at the Alte Försterei. Thanks to goals from Robin Gosens (44th) and András Schäfer (45th + 2), the capital club was already on the way to its fifth home win in a row – an unrivaled series for Union in the Bundesliga.

Thanks to the draw, Heidenheim maintained a three-point lead over the Iron Men and, with 28 points, can now look forward to the final spurt of the season relatively calmly after ten games with only one defeat. Union remains stuck in the bottom half of the table with 25 points and cannot yet relax in the relegation battle.

Werder Bremen in double video evidence luck in the 1-1 draw against Darmstadt

Werder Bremen cannot win against the newly promoted Bundesliga team. After two defeats against the newcomers 1. FC Heidenheim, the Hanseatic League did not get beyond a 1:1 (1:1) draw against Darmstadt 98. In the first half of the season, the Hessians won 4-2 against Werder. However, the draw did not help either team: Bremen not in the possible race for the European Cup places, and the bottom team from Darmstadt not in the fight to stay in the league.

The guests also made life difficult for themselves in front of 41,500 fans. Christoph Zimmermann (9th minute) put his team behind with an own goal. Julian Justvan (33rd) at least managed to equalize.

The Hessians’ point was not undeserved. Although the Bremen team was clearly the team that dominated the game, the Darmstadt team defended themselves bravely – and were doubly unlucky: the supposed winning goal by Tim Skarke (78th/90th + 5) was denied twice, each time according to video evidence. This extended Darmstadt’s winless streak to 16 games.

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