FC Bayern and RB Leipzig celebrated home wins in the German Bundesliga on Saturday. The Munich team beat FC Augsburg 5:3 and were at least three points ahead of the closest pursuer Borussia Dortmund, who started at 6:30 p.m. at arch-rivals Schalke. Leipzig won once morest Mönchengladbach 3-0. The games Eintracht Frankfurt – Stuttgart and Hertha – Mainz each ended 1:1.
In Munich, the guests from Augsburg took a 1-0 lead in the second minute through ex-Salzburg professional Mergim Berisha, but then the record champions played big – Joao Cancelo (15th), Benjamin Pavard (19th, 35th). ), Leroy Sane (45′) and Alphonso Davies (74′) scored. In between, Berisha scored another goal from the penalty spot (60′), while Irvin Cardona (93′) also scored to improve the result. Julian Baumgartlinger played through at Augsburg.
Leipzig were lucky that Alassane Plea failed in the 53rd minute when the score was 0-0 with a penalty kick to RB goalie Janis Blaswich. As a result, Timo Werner (57th), Emil Forsberg (71st) and Josko Gvardiol (80th) ensured a sovereign success for the Saxons. Konrad Laimer played through for the winners, Xaver Schlager was absent due to his injury. On the other side, Hannes Wolf came on in the 72nd minute, Stefan Lainer was on the bench.
Leipzig moved up to third place and is already five points ahead of sixth-placed Eintracht, who suffered a bitter loss of points at home to VfB Stuttgart. Coach Oliver Glasner’s team took the lead through a deflected shot by Sebastian Rode (55th), Silas Mvumpa scored the 1-1 (75th) practically out of nowhere.
Hertha made it 1-0 once morest Mainz with a penalty by Jessic Ngankam (18′), Ludovic Ajorque was responsible for the equalizer (57′). Karim Onisiwo made his comeback for the guests from the 58th minute following a three-week injury break.
