For Augsburg, where head coach Markus Weinzierl was absent due to a coronavirus infection, the situation in the relegation battle worsened with the defeat against Freiburg.
Gregoritsch compensated for the visitors’ early lead by Nils Petersen (4th) with his sixth goal of the season (the fourth in the last six games, note) with a precise low shot from 18 meters (16th), which made it 1:2 by Nico Schlotterbeck (26th) had the league-16. but nothing measurable to oppose. A Gregoritsch header (78th) caused danger again, but not for a draw. The Freiburgers remain in the race for a place in the European Cup.
Hoffenheim turns game in Wolfsburg
That also applies to Hoffenheim. The Kraichgauers, for whom Christoph Baumgartner played through and Stefan Posch was substituted in the 70th minute (Florian Grillitsch was absent due to the fifth yellow card), had four minutes in Wolfsburg to turn the game around. Jacob Bruun Larsen with a side kick (74′) and Andrej Kramaric (78′) more than made up for the VfL lead through Jonas Wind (36′).
Patrick Wimmer prepared the important winning goal from Bielefeld by Masaya Okugawa (53rd) with a great hole pass. Bielefeld, for whom Alessandro Schöpf played through, is now 14th in the table. VfB Stuttgart, where ÖFB team player Sasa Kalajdzic returned to the squad after calf problems and sat on the bench, had a bitter 1-1 draw against Bayern in the relegation battle -Munich conqueror VfL Bochum accept. The Swabians only conceded the equalizer in the 95th minute with a penalty kick from Eduard Löwen.
Cologne defeats Frankfurt
In the evening game, 1. FC Köln defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 (0-0) at home. Substitute Frenchman Anthony Modeste scored his 15th goal of the season (84th) against Oliver Glasner’s club. Modeste initially sat on the bench three days after returning to the training ground. The striker missed the 3-1 draw at RB Leipzig last week because of illness. In the table, Cologne is sixth for the time being, Frankfurt remains in tenth place.
German Bundesliga, 23rd round
Saturday:
Augsburg – Freiburg 1: 2 (1: 2)
Goals: Gregoritsch (16th) or Petersen (4th), Schlotterbeck (26th)
Augsburg: with Gregoritsch
Freiburg: with Lienhart
Bielefeld 1-0 Union Berlin (0-0)
Tor: Okugawa (53.)
Bielefeld: with Schöpf, Wimmer up to 80th, without Prietl (ill)
Union: Trimmel replacement
Wolfsburg – Hoffenheim 1: 2 (1: 0)
Gates: Wind (36th) resp. Bruun Larsen (74th), Kramaric (78th)
Wolfsburg: Pervan replacement, without Schlager
Hoffenheim: with Baumgartner, Posch up to 70th, without Grillitsch (suspended)
Stuttgart – Bochum 1: 1 (0: 0)
Goals: Bella Kotchap (56th / ET) or Löwen (94th / penalty)
Stuttgart: Kalajdzic replacement
Cologne – Frankfurt 1: 0 (0: 0)
Tor: Modeste (84.)
Cologne: Kainz up to 80th, Ljubicic up to 80th, Schaub from 88th.
Frankfurt: with Hinteregger, Ilsanker replacement, coach Glasner
Sunday:
Bavaria – Fürth 3.30 p.m
Dortmund – Gladbach 5.30 p.m
Hertha – Leipzig 7.30 p.m
Friday:
Mainz – Leverkusen 3: 2 (0: 1)
Goals: Martin (57′), Boetius (84′), Ingvartsen (88′) or Schick (35′), Alario (74′)
Mainz: Onisiwo up to 82nd, Stöger from 69th, Nemeth replacement;
Leverkusen: without Baumgartlinger
Table:
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