This Saturday in Germany, the Bundesliga multiplex at 3:30 p.m. gave us several very interesting posters to watch. Traveling to Augsburg, Bayern Munich had to win to temporarily come within a point of Bayer Leverkusen. Jostled during the first twenty minutes, the Bavarians were finally sheltered by the young Aleksandar Pavlović (23rd). And while Alphonso Davies allowed Thomas Tuchel’s flock to take off just before the break (45+5th), it was Harry Kane (60th) who sealed the victory for his team despite the reduction in the gap ‘Ermedin Demirović (52nd, 90+4th). A few minutes earlier, Sven Michel had also missed a penalty which could therefore have changed a lot of things in a match at the end of which Augsburg could have left with a minimum point. Behind Bayern Munich, a clash for third place took place. Traveling to Stuttgart, Leipzig could gauge whether its podium ambitions were still viable against a direct competitor.
General classification Bundesliga
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#
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Team
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Pts
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J
|
DIF
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G
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NOT
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D
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BP
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B.C.
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1 |
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48 |
18 |
36 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
50 |
14 |
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2 |
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47 |
19 |
38 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
56 |
18 |
|
3 |
|
37 |
19 |
18 |
12 |
1 |
6 |
43 |
25 |
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4 |
|
33 |
19 |
16 |
10 |
3 |
6 |
42 |
26 |
|
5 |
|
33 |
18 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
37 |
25 |
|
6 |
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31 |
19 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
30 |
22 |
|
7 |
|
28 |
19 |
-6 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
25 |
31 |
|
8 |
|
25 |
19 |
-2 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
35 |
37 |
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And even deprived of Serhou Guirassy, at the CAN, Sébastien Hoeness’s troop broke the RBL lock. With Deniz Undav on fire and author of a hat-trick (30th, 56th, 75th), Stuttgart made short work of the teammates of Loïs Openda, scorer, this Saturday. Badly beaten (5-2), Leipzig is now relegated to four points behind their opponents of the day. In the other matches this Saturday, Hoffenheim was hung on its lawn by the promoted Heidenheim (1-1). Wolfsburg and Cologne left with the same score, which allows the second cities to become a new play-off while waiting for this Sunday’s matches. Finally, Werder Bremen climbs to ninth place after its duly achieved success against Freiburg (3-1).
The results of the 3:30 p.m. meetings:
Stuttgart 5-2 Leipzig: Millot (25th, sp), Undav (30th, 56th, 75th), Leweling (48th) / Sesko (32nd), Openda (55th)
Augsburg 2-3 Bayern Munich : Demirovic (52nd, 90+4th) / Pavlovic (23rd), Davies (45+5th), Kane (60th)
Wolfsburg 1-1 Cologne: Paredes (40th) / Alidou (37th)
Hoffenheim 1-1 Heidenheim: Kramaric (45+7th, sp) / Dinkci (29th)
Werder Bremen 3-1 Fribourg: Ducksch (9th, sp), Njinmah (53rd), Malatini (90+3rd) / Grifo (28th, sp)
