FC Schalke 04 – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 4:0 (1:0)
FC Schalke 04 was just able to avert the threatening negative record. The savior of the 4-0 (1-0) on Saturday against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim after 30 games without a win was 19-year-old Matthew Hoppe with a three-pack (42nd / 57th / 63rd minute). The previously three-time preparer Amine Harit made it 4-0 (80th). Led by the new captain and great hope Sead Kolasinac, who has returned to S04 from Arsenal, the hosts started the game with confidence.
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Thanks to the strong goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann, Christian Gross’ team survived the pressure phase of the Kraichgauer. The Hoppe Show began shortly before the break. In preparation for Amine Harit, the American ran alone to goalkeeper Oliver Baumann, whom he easily overpowered. After the break, Schalke remained self-confident – and Hoppe met Harit again to make it 2-0. Six minutes later, these two actors were in focus again: Hoppe didn’t give Baumann a chance with another lob. With the first Bundesliga victory since January 17, 2020, the big team even made the jump from last to penultimate place in the table – and the negative value of Tasmania Berlin with 31 games in a row without a win remains.
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FSV Mainz 05 – Eintracht Frankfurt 0: 2 (0: 1)
Bo Svensson’s debut as the new coach of 1. FSV Mainz 05 was a failure. The Rhinelander had to admit defeat 0: 2 (0: 1) in the first game of the Dane on the bench in the Rhein-Main Derby against Eintracht Frankfurt. Frankfurt’s Portuguese attacker André Silva scored both goals with a penalty kick (24./72.). Before the first penalty kick he had been knocked down in the penalty area by Mainz defender Moussa Niakhaté. The second offense also came from Niakhaté, who pulled Martin Hinteregger by the jersey. The hosts of new coach Svensson were denied two penalties already given by referee Bastian Dankert after the VAR decision. While Mainz is now last due to the Schalke victory, the Hessians won their first Bundesliga game ever as a guest at local rivals.
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SC Freiburg – 1. FC Cologne 5: 0 (2: 0)
What a runaway victory! SC Freiburg set a new club record with a 5-0 (2-0) win against 1. FC Köln. It was the fifth league win in a row for coach Christian Streich’s team – the Breisgauers had never succeeded in that before. With Ermedin Demirovic (18th), Nicolas Höfler (39th), Roland Sallai (59th) and Philipp Lienhart (69th) and Lucas Höler (79th) five different players entered the list of goalscorers. While the Freiburg soaring continues, the Cologne are stuck as table 15. stuck deep in the relegation battle.
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Bayer Leverkusen – Werder Bremen 1: 1 (0: 0)
Bayer Leverkusen saved a point against Werder Bremen through a long-discussed goal from Patrik Schick. The Werkself were 1: 1 (0: 0) behind after a goal by Bremen’s defender Ömer Toprak in the 52nd minute, who shot in from close range. When the ex-Leipzig Schick equalized, a supposed handball by Lucas Alario was checked for several minutes by the video assistant in advance. Ultimately, referee Benjamin Cortus gave the hosts the goal.
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Union Berlin – VfL Wolfsburg 2: 2 (1: 1)
VfL Wolfsburg won 2: 2 (1: 1) at Union Berlin. Renato Steffen (10th) and Wout Weghorst by hand penalty (66th) scored for the guests from Lower Saxony. Union’s interim leadership had Sheraldo Becker (29th) with a full shot in the corner and Robert Andrich (52nd) with a free-kick goal worth seeing. Before this free kick, Wolfsburg’s Maximilian Arnold received the red card because of an emergency brake. With the draw, however, both clubs remain in the European ranks.
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