Leipzig Reclaim Top Spot From Bayern
16 February, 2020
RB Leipzig 3-0 Werder Bremen
RB Leipzig leapfrogged Bayern Munich into the top spot after thumping Werder Bremen 3-0 at Red Bull Arena on Saturday evening.
Lukas Klostermann, Patrik Schick and Nordi Mukiele were all on target for Leipzig, who moved two points clear near the top of the log, with second-placed Bayern Munich playing away at FC Koln on Sunday.
Union Berlin 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen
Karim Bellarabi netted the winner for Bayer Leverkusen deep in stoppage time to seal a 3-2 victory over Union Berlin at Stadion An Der Alten Forsterei.
Kai Havertz and Moussa Diaby scored both goals for Bayer in a see-saw game before Bellarabi snatched the winner in stoppage time.
Christian Gentner and Marius Bulter scored for Union, however they were unlucky to reduce all the three points in stoppage time.
Paderborn 1-2 Hertha Berlin
Bottom side Paderborn missed the opportunity to get out of the relegation zone after narrowly losing 2-1 to Hertha Berlin at Benteler Arena.
Paderborn's Dennis Srbeny cancelled out Dedryck Boyata's early opener for Hertha early in the second stanza however the visitors clinched all of the three points because of an own goal by Jamilu Collins 23 minutes before time.
Hoffenheim 2-3 Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg edged Hoffenheim in a five goal thriller courtesy of a hat-trick by Wout Weghorst at Prezero Arena.
Weghorst scored once in the first stanza and twice in the next stanza for the visitors.
Christoph Baumgartner and Andrej Kramaric scored the two goals for Hoffenheim however they were not enough in order to avoid defeat.
Augsburg 1-1 Freiburg
Freiburg missed an opportunity to sneak in to the top six once they were held to a 1-1 draw by Augsburg at WWK Arena.
Philipp Max broke the deadlock for Augsburg seven minutes before the break but Janik Haberer salvaged a spot for Freiburg with the equaliser six minutes in to the second stanza.
Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-4 Borussia Monchengladbach
Borussia Monchengladbach proved too strong for Fortuna Dusseldorf after romping to a 4-1 victory at Merkur Spiel-Arena.
Lard Stindl's netted a brace for the visitors while Jonas Hofmann and Florian Neuhaus completed the rout Monchengladbach ran riot.
Erik Thommy scored what proved to be only the consolation goal for Fortuna, who remain in the play-off/relegation spot.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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