24. Bundesliga matchday: Leverkusen ends series, Leipzig continues to win – sport

Lawn ball sport Leipzig has taken the lead in the Bundesliga for at least a few hours. Coach Julian Nagelsmann’s team won 3-0 (1-0) at SC Freiburg on Saturday and temporarily overtook Bayern Munich (52) with 53 points. The defending champion welcomes long-time rivals Borussia Dortmund in the top game in the evening (6.30 p.m. / Sky).

In Breisgau, Christopher Nkunku used a serious mistake by the Freiburg defense to take the lead for grass ball sport (41st). Goalkeeper Florian Müller had opened the game flat through the middle, where Baptiste Santamaria was immediately disturbed by Leipzig’s Kevin Kampl after the risky pass. As a result, the ball jumped to Yussuf Poulsen, who only had to cross over to Nkunku, who shot into the empty goal. “Basically everyone knows that it feels good to be the leader of the table,” RB coach Nagelsmann had answered a hypothetical question before the game at Sky. Alexander Sörloth (64th) and Emil Forsberg (79th) made sure of that with more goals.

In the duel between the recently severely troubled western clubs Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen, Gladbach coach Marco Rose had to accept another disappointment with the 0: 1 (0: 0) home defeat. In Gladbach, Patrik Schick (77th) shot Leverkusen to victory after a long goalless game. While Bayer coach Peter Bosz can take a deep breath, the situation for Rose, who is moving to Dortmund at the end of the season, is not going to be any more pleasant.

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Hertha BSC shot their way out of the earnings crisis after an early 0: 1 deficit and beat FC Augsburg 2: 1 (0: 1). Less than two minutes were played when the Augsburgers completed their first attack with a goal. Laszlo Benes took the lead after one minute and 50 seconds. The hosts came into the game better afterwards, but had a hard time for a long time. But Krzysztof Piatek (62nd) and Dodi Lukebakio (89th / penalty kick) turned the game around and led the Berliners to their first win since January 2nd.

For third place in the table, VfL Wolfsburg, the 1: 2 (1: 2) at TSG Hoffenheim ended more than one series. The best team to date in the second half of the season lost a game for the first time in the second half of the series and missed the fifth away win in a row. In addition, Koen Casteels had to accept a goal in the league for the first time after 673 minutes – against his ex-club, of all things, when Christoph Baumgartner gave him no chance with a volley shot from close range (8th). Wout Weghorst, who last missed a penalty at the cup in Leipzig, scored the equalizer with his 15th goal of the season (23rd), but Andrej Kramaric scored for Hoffenheim’s victory (41st).

At 1: 1 (0: 0) between Eintracht Frankfurt and VfB Stuttgart, things got turbulent late after a goalless first half. Sasa Kalajdzic gave VfB the lead (68th), but only one minute later Filip Kostic equalized (69th). (dpa)

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