What a Bundesliga Saturday to start the second half of the season. SC Freiburg received a late blow against Bielefeld – and RB Leipzig played itself in a frenzy.
The first Bundesliga Saturday after the start of the second half of the season and pure excitement. High-flyer Freiburg received Arminia Bielefeld and convinced until shortly before the end – then Bielefeld equalized to the 2-2 final result.
After just six minutes, Freiburg’s Janik Haberer made it 1-0 for the Breisgauer. Again and again, SC Freiburg was the dominant team. But thanks to Stefan Ortega’s saves, Arminia stayed in the game. Shortly after half-time the goalkeeper had no chance after a shot by Jeong Woo-Yeong to make it 2-0 (46th).
But Bielefeld stayed tuned and showed with the connection goal to 2-1 by Masaya Okugawa (60th) willpower. And that until the end, when Bryan Lasme made the 2-2 (87th).
TSG Hoffenheim – FC Augsburg 3: 1 (2: 1)
Ihlas Bebou hits and hits and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim is still flying high even after the winter break. The team of coach Sebastian Hoeneß defeated the harmless FC Augsburg 3-1 (2-1). Bebou turned the game around after the 0: 1 by Michael Gregoritsch (5th minute) with a brace (38th / 44th). In the third minute of stoppage time, international David Raum scored the final score. Augsburg’s record purchase Ricardo Pepi, on the other hand, could not yet play in the foreground in front of only 500 spectators in Sinsheim due to the corona.
Coach Markus Weinzierl only brought the 18-year-old US striker with the shirt number 18 after an hour. Pepi was brought in for a transfer fee of 13 million euros plus bonus payments from the MLS club FC Dallas. While the Weinzierl team slipped to the relegation place 16, the Hoffenheim underpinned their international ambitions. TSG have now been unbeaten for seven games, with five threesomes.
RB Leipzig – Mainz 05 4: 1 (1: 0)
RB Leipzig started their big race to catch up in the Bundesliga with an ultimately sovereign win against FSV Mainz 05. The runner-up, who fell in tenth place at the end of the first half of the season, won 4-1 (1-0) on Saturday against FSV, who was especially helpless in the second half.
André Silva (21st minute / hand penalty / 61st) scored twice, Dominik Szoboszlai (47th) and Christopher Nkunku (58th) each once. Jae Sung Lee (57th) briefly gave hope to the guests, who had to play for a long time due to a red card against Alexander Hack. The defender cleared a shot by Silva just before the goal line with his hand and had to leave the field.
Greuther Fürth – VfB Stuttgart 0-0
In the sobering basement duel, the taillights SpVgg Greuther Fürth and VfB Stuttgart missed a boost for the relegation battle. The Franks and the Swabians did not get beyond a goalless draw on Saturday in the extremely pale start of the second half.
The Stuttgart were closer to the flattering threesome in the final phase and improved to 15th place in the table after a 141-day injury break after striker Sasa Kalajdzic’s comeback.
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