Tigges scores against ex-club: 1. FC Köln turns behind against BVB

Bochum goes down in Letsch’s debut

Ex-Dortmunder Steffen Tigges, of all people, missed Borussia Dortmund a blow to the neck a week before the league hit against FC Bayern Munich. The striker, who only made 15 joker appearances for BVB between 2019 and 2022, headed the decisive goal for the Cologne team in BVB’s 2: 3 (1: 0) defeat at 1. FC Köln (56th). This means that the Westphalians in the Bundesliga slipped directly behind the Munich team before the duel with the champions next Saturday due to the significantly worse goal difference.

In the event of a win against Cologne, BVB would have taken the lead in the table, with striker Anthony Modeste again disappointing when he returned to his old place of work. And with a goal from Julian Brandt (31st), Borussia also went into the break with a lead. But Florian Kainz (53rd) and Tigges with his first Bundesliga goal for FC turned the game around in just under three minutes. Dejan Ljubicic increased (71′) before an own goal by Benno Schmitz brought BVB back up (78′). With 13 points, Cologne are only two points behind Dortmund.

Union Berlin remains top of the table despite the defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt inflicted the first defeat of the season on leaders Union Berlin and gained a lot of self-confidence for the next premier class appearance. Three days before the Champions League group game against the English top team Tottenham Hotspur, the Hessians won 2-0 (2-0) despite being outnumbered and improved with 14 points to fifth place for the time being. Union remains the leader with 17 points.

In a fast-paced game in front of 50,500 spectators, Mario Götze scored in the 12th minute and Jesper Lindström (42nd) the goals for Frankfurt’s only third home win of the calendar year. The only downer was the sending off of striker Randal Kolo Muani (68th), who will miss VfL Bochum in a week.

SC Freiburg closes the gap to the top of the table: win against Mainz 05

SC Freiburg’s winning streak continues after the international break. With the 2:1 (2:0) home win against FSV Mainz 05, the sports club moved up to second place on Saturday. Only the worse goal difference prevented Freiburg from regaining the lead in the table that they had already held after the fifth matchday. Mainz, on the other hand, remained without a win for the third time in a row and is in midfield.

Equipped with a lot of self-confidence, the Freiburg dominated the game over long stretches. The Rheinhessen lacked penetrating power, especially in the first half. The two newcomers Michael Gregoritsch (3rd) and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (37th) secured the next three points for the Europa League participants. Aarón Martín’s goal after the break was not enough for the Rheinhessen (52′).

Gerhardt shoots VfL Wolfsburg late to win against VfB Stuttgart

With a winning goal in injury time, VfL Wolfsburg won the crisis duel and thereby massively increased the sporting problems of VfB Stuttgart. After a bitter 2:3 (2:2) in the Volkswagen Arena, VfB are still without a win after eight matchdays of the new season and have fallen back to 16th place in the table.

Yannick Gerhardt scored the decisive goal in front of 24,125 spectators after nice preliminary work by Mattias Svanverg and Omar Marmoush (90. + 1 minute). A game that had been very respectable for a long time had long since lost its excitement and intensity by this point. The Stuttgart lead by Serhou Guirassy (22nd) only lasted a minute because Marmoush, who was loaned to VfB last season, immediately scored to make it 1-1 (23rd). A mistake by goalkeeper Florian Müller favored Wolfsburg’s 2-1 lead through Maximilian Arnold (38′). But again, after only six minutes, it was again a draw because Konstantinos Mavropanos used one of the many laxities in Wolfsburg this season to make it 2-2 (45+1).

RB Leipzig shoots down VfL Bochum on Thomas Letsch’s debut

VfL Bochum remains the opponent for RB Leipzig. The cup winners, who started the season with more than a stutter, relied on full offensive power on Saturday and were rewarded with a 4-0 (2-0) win against Bochum without a win in seven games. With the third win of the season, the Saxon Bundesliga team temporarily climbed from twelfth to ninth place and spoiled Thomas Letsch’s debut as Bochum’s new coach.

Timo Werner (15th minute) gave Leipzig the lead in front of 44,403 spectators on Saturday before Christopher Nkunku (23rd) increased the penalty with a penalty. After the change, Werner (53rd) dusted off to make it 3-0. Nkunku initially only hit the post with a penalty (63′), but shortly before the end the Frenchman managed the brace (85′).

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