Bundesliga, 10th matchday – Saturday: Leipzig only gets one point, Munich extends its lead

1. FSV Mainz 05 – Borussia Dortmund 3:1 (2:1)

Mainz 05 won against Borussia Dortmund with a strong 3-1. BVB had to make do with ten men after just under half an hour: Captain Emre Can received a red card after a hard foul on Mainz’ Jae-sung Lee in the 27th minute. Shortly afterwards, it was Lee who gave Mainz the lead for the first time (36th minute).

Only four minutes later drew Dortmund in the person of Serhou Guirassy, ​​who converted a penalty to equalize. Nevertheless, Dortmund could not prevail against Mainz’s superiority; Jonathan Burkhardt (45th + 3) and Paul Nebel (54th) sealed the fourth defeat of the season for Borussia, who were plagued by failures.

“The early red card didn’t help us,” said Can’s teammate Julian Brandt on Sky after the game. “He knows himself that he has to be a little more careful. He’s very upset about his actions.” Can After the end of the game, he did not appear with the rest of the team in front of the applauding fans. However, Brandt didn’t want to put the blame entirely on his captain: “That’s not why we conceded the three goals.”

FC St. Pauli – FC Bayern Munich 0:1 (0:1)

FC Bayern Munich has a 1-0 win at FC St. Pauli extended its lead in the Bundesliga. At Hamburg’s Millerntor, Jamal Musiala shot his team into the lead after 22 minutes with a dream goal from 28 meters away. The Munich team celebrated their fifth win in a row. St. Pauli, on the other hand, is still waiting for its first home win.

Apart from the spectacular goal, the Munich team remained rather pale against strong defending from Hamburg. Musiala was the only one in the Bayern squad who was able to regularly set his mark against St. Pauli’s defense, while Harry Kane and Leroy Sané were inconspicuous for long stretches.

In the second half, Bayern tried to increase the pressure, but Hamburg didn’t give in and held on to the Munich offensive. Only towards the end did Sané as well as Harry Kane and Goretzka have a few chances, but all of them failed due to St. Pauli’s goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj.

RB Leipzig – Borussia Mönchengladbach 0:o

RB Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach parted ways with both teams’ first goalless draw of the season. Leipzig extends its lead over third-placed Frankfurt to four points for the time being. However, Frankfurt has the chance to shorten the score against Stuttgart on Sunday. Mönchengladbach remains in the middle of the league with 14 points for the time being.

After the 1:2 against Dortmund last week and the 1:3 against Celtic Glasgow in the Champions League, RB coach Marco Rose actually wanted to turn things around with his team. However, Leipzig appeared too unfocused in the first half and made a few bad passes, which Gladbach were unable to convert into goals. Péter Gulácsi was Leipzig’s last resort in goal several times and, among other things, parried a completely free header from Rocco Reitz.

After the break, Leipzig finally showed a little more energy and won a series of corner kicks. Although they weren’t really dangerous, Christoph Baumgartner had the best chance to take the lead in the 64th minute. However, Gladbach goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas also parried this.

VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:1 (0:1)

Bottom-placed Bochum secured their second point of the current Bundesliga season with a late equalizer. The team led by new coach Dieter Hecking managed a last-minute draw against last season’s champions – Koji Miyoshi scored the equalizer in the 89th minute after they were long behind after an early goal from Patrick Schick (18th). had.

Compared to previous weeks, Bochum appeared more stable in defense during Hecking’s coaching debut and was also able to repeatedly launch quick attacks, which led to some good finishing opportunities in the first half. However, Leverkusen were unimpressed and had several chances to score after taking the early lead. However, Bochum’s goalkeeper Patrick Drewes was there regularly.

In the final phase of the game the intensity increased, Bochum continued to try a quick transition game and was ultimately rewarded with the equalizer. Gerrit Holtmann raved about his new coach Hecking after the final whistle: “He’s an outstanding coach with charisma and aura who gives us something. You just believe everything he says. He gave us security.” For Leverkusen, however, the 1-1 draw is a disappointment. Captain Lukáš Hrádecký afterwards described the game as a “bitter slap in the face”.

SV Werder Bremen – Holstein Kiel 2:1 (1:0)

Bremen can celebrate its first home win of the season after a 2-1 win against newly promoted Kiel. Until shortly before the end it looked like a draw: Jens Stage had given Werder the lead in the first half (36th), but Phil Harres equalized shortly after the restart (48th). Only in the last moments of the game (89th) did Oliver Burke ensure Bremen’s victory.

The game at Osterdeich was in the hands of Bremen from the start. After a few failed early chances by Marvin Ducksch, Stage took the deserved lead. Shortly afterwards, Romano Schmid scored for Bremen to give them a supposed 2-0 lead (39th), but after checking the video assistant decided it was a handball and took the goal back.

Shortly after the start of the second half, Duksch made a serious bad pass, which Kiels Harres immediately used to equalize. Bremen seemed too unfocused in this phase and made mistakes after mistakes. Kiel’s Fiete Arp even had another chance to win shortly before the end (87th), but was denied by Bremen goalkeeper Michael Zetterer. Shortly afterwards, Burke decided the game.

This article will continue to be updated.

Read Friday’s match report here.