RB Leipzig changes coaches during the week. The former BVB coach Marco Rose hires and takes revenge on the disappointing Dortmunder in his first game. Bayern Munich stumbles late. The wolves win without Max Kruse, it will be tight for a coach.
After the third draw in a row in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is on the spot and is battered in the explosive reunion with Robert Lewandowski. The German record champions did not get beyond a disappointing 2: 2 (1: 0) against VfB Stuttgart. Against FC Barcelona with the former Munich goalkeeper Lewandowski, a significant increase is needed in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Mathys Tel gave Bayern the lead and, at the age of 17 years and 136 days, became the youngest goalscorer in Munich's Bundesliga history (36'). Substitute Chris Führich equalized (57th) for VfB, Jamal Musiala (60th) restored the old gap. But new signing Serhou Guirassy (90.2, penalty kick) shocked Bayern Munich.
Coach Julian Nagelsmann geared everything towards Barcelona in his line-up and brought in six new players. Leon Goretzka was in the starting XI for the first time this season. There was also exceptional talent Tel as the youngest starting eleven debutant in Munich Bundesliga history and newcomer Noussair Mazraoui for the first time. Top stars like Leroy Sané and Sadio Mané later came off the bench.
For a long time, the completely renewed Bayern team found it difficult to come up against clever and compact defending guests in final situations. The offensive quartet around Thomas Müller rarely managed to get behind the Stuttgart defense.
VfB usually received the Munich team with a defensive line of four, from which left-back Borna Sosa moved out in the rare counter-attacks. It wasn't until the 18th minute that Joshua Kimmich threatened the guest goal with a free kick. It was only after half an hour that there was a fire in the VfB penalty area, but Tel and Serge Gnabry were saved by goalkeeper Florian Müller.
But Müller was powerless against Tel's low shot from twelve meters to take the lead after a clever cross from Alphonso Davies. Tel has been Munich's youngest goal scorer in a competitive game since the first-round match against Viktoria Köln (5-0).
VfB livened up their game after the break with Joker Führich - and he was there right away. Because he slightly tugged at Kimmich's jersey sleeve when he submitted to Guirassy, the supposed equalizer (51st) was returned after video evidence. Lucky for Bayern, but after Davies missed a pass and Führich shot from six yards, it was still 1-1. Musiala corrected this after a fine dance against Atakan Karazor. Gnabry (62') had a great chance to make it 3-1, on the other side Guirassy failed on the crossbar (74') - then VfB struck late.
Annoyed at the former club, mastered his debut in his hometown with flying colors: In his first game as coach of RB Leipzig, Marco Rose initiated the immediate trend reversal at the ailing DFB Cup winner. On matchday 6, Leipzig won the entertaining duel against Rose's former club Borussia Dortmund 3-0 (2-0) and celebrated the much-needed second win of the season.
Willingness to run, commitment, joy of playing - four days after the ignominious Champions League defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk (1: 4), RB was already significantly improved under the new coach. Willi Orban with a header (6th), Dominik Szoboszlai with a remarkable long-range shot (45th) and Amadou Haidara (84th) scored for the Saxons. With the second defeat of the season, BVB suffered a setback in the fight for the lead in the table. Born in Leipzig, Rose - in office since Thursday - had coached Dortmund until the end of the previous season. Before kick-off, the 45-year-old greeted several employees at the BVB bank.
At RB, Rose promoted playmaker Emil Forsberg back to the starting XI. Unlike most recently under predecessor Domenico Tedesco, national player Werner moved back to the storm center. At BVB, Niklas Süle was in the Bundesliga starting XI for the first time. Goalkeeper Alexander Meyer made his first Bundesliga appearance during the week after his Champions League debut.
Meyer did not concede a goal in the Champions League against FC Copenhagen (3-0). In Leipzig he had to catch up early. BVB got off to a better start, initially seemed more solid and playfully superior. But then a standard breathed new life into Leipzig.
After a corner, Orban national player Nico Schlotterbeck escaped and headed in from around 14 meters. Inspired by the liberation, RB continued to look for the offensive. Szoboszlai (8th) didn't take the full risk with his direct acceptance. A duel developed at eye level, in which both teams quickly switched after winning the ball in midfield. Leipzig often looked for the fast Werner, who was mostly unlucky in his actions. Even at BVB, the last pass rarely found its destination. RB had the better actions overall. Werner missed the greatest chance free-standing (44'), shortly afterwards Szoboszlai applied for the goal of the month from about 25 meters.
After the change of sides, Leipzig retained control. RB came up with good offensive actions, especially on the left side around the strong David Raum. However, Leipzig did not take the full risk. Dortmund struggled in possession of the ball. Anthony Modeste (63rd) missed one of the few good chances. Joker Haidara made everything clear.
TSG Hoffenheim ended their black series against ten men from FSV Mainz 05 and passed Rheinhessen in the table. After three home defeats against FSV in a row, the Kraichgauer won 4:1 (0:0) on the 6th matchday of the Bundesliga against Mainz, who had been outnumbered for a long time.
Star striker Andrej Kramaric (53rd), Grischa Prömel (69th), Munas Dabbur (80th) and Pavel Kaderabek (90th 2) scored for Hoffenheim, who won all three home games of the young season - such a series to start one Playtime has never existed in the Kraichgau before. Mainz's Alexander Hack was sent off due to an emergency brake (41'). As a result, Kramaric missed his second penalty (44th) of the current season.
The perfect series came to an end for FSV, who had won all three of their away games so far this season. Coach Bo Svensson, who had never lost to TSG either as a player or as a coach, has to find a new favorite opponent. Dominik Kohr's goal (83rd) didn't change that.
The 20,114 spectators in Sinsheim, including national coach Hansi Flick, saw strong Mainzers at the beginning. Jonathan Burkhardt had the lead early on (4th). Shortly thereafter, the agile attacker, whom Flick should still have on his screen for the World Cup finals in Qatar, caused danger again (7th). At first, Hoffenheim could only react. TSG had already received two yellow cards after ten minutes, and after a hard foul by Kevin Akpoguma, Burkhardt had to be substituted off in the twelfth minute with a tibia injury. Delano Burgzorg replaced Burkhardt.
The substitution of the most conspicuous player caused a break in the Mainz game. Hoffenheim took control after 15 minutes. After a few smaller chances, Christoph Baumgartner had the TSG lead on his heels (27'). After half an hour, Mainz got along better again. Austria's Baumgartner (37') had the best opportunity again.
Shortly thereafter, events took a turn for the worse. Hack saw the red card from referee Daniel Schlager (Hügelsheim) after an emergency brake on Hoffenheim attacker Georginio Rutter. There was also a penalty after video evidence. Svensson was cautioned for complaining - and Kramaric put the ball wide of the goal from the point. The Croatian Vice World Champion missed the second attempt for the second time this season from eleven meters.
Early in the second half, Svensson 'sacrificed' substitute striker Burgzorg and brought in defender Niklas Tauer to replace Hack. It was a one-goal game, Kramaric scored after Rutter's preparatory work. After about an hour, the Mainz team put everything on one card and played offensively, despite being outnumbered. That was promptly punished. Prömel scored after preparatory work by Baumgartner. Substitute Dabbur increased the lead.
Niko Kovac has achieved the longed-for liberation with VfL Wolfsburg at his old place of work. The Lower Saxony won 1-0 (0-0) at Eintracht Frankfurt and achieved their first win in the sixth game of the season. Kovac should be able to take a deep breath after being released as Bayern coach in 2019 after a 5-1 loss at SGE.
Maxence Lacroix (60th) ensured the sixth triumph in the last seven guest appearances with their favorite opponent. In the duel between the coaches and their former clubs, Frankfurt suffered a completely unnecessary defeat after four unbeaten games. For the Champions League game at Olympique Marseille on Tuesday, Oliver Glasner's team has to improve a lot.
Kovac had spoken of "a nice trip" before returning to the Main. But given the club's worst start to the season, there was no time for a pleasure trip. "It's all about reducing mistakes," said the 50-year-old coach. In defense in particular, his team has “a lot of catching up to do”.
For more stability, he returned to the back four, he deleted creative player Max Kruse from the squad for sporting reasons. Fast transition situations and set pieces should be the offensive recipe - and that led to success almost early on. After a corner, Bartol Franjic (15th) came free-standing to the header, but Kevin Trapp parried brilliantly.
Mainly, however, the Lower Saxony were intent on destruction, received the slightly rotating Europa League champion deep in their own half. And despite the visual overweight, he couldn't think of much, the last pass was often missing.
Exceptions were a narrow attempt by Daichi Kamada (38') from a tight angle and a post crash by Kristijan Jakic (39') from 20 meters. On the other side, Trapp had to defuse a tight low shot from Mattias Svanberg (32nd) before the break, and Lukas Nmecha (42nd) missed after a counterattack.
After the change, the game became much more mixed up, with a lot going on in midfield. A goal could only come from a standard in this phase, Lacroix nodded a corner before Trapp hurried out. Glasner, who moved to the Main from Wolfsburg in 2021, brought in fresh offensive forces in Lucas Alario and Jesper Lindström, but it rarely became really dangerous.
Redeeming point for coach Gerardo Seoane with Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen: The Swiss scored an important point with the Werkself by beating Hertha BSC 2-2 (0-0) and stopped the recent descent. In eight competitive games, the Rhinelanders have only recorded one win. The Champions League duel against Atletico Madrid in the BayArena is on Tuesday.
Midfielder Kerem Demirbay (49') scored the opening goal for Bayer with a skillful free kick, Suat Serdar (60') scored to make it 1-1. Marco Richter (74th), who has recovered from testicular cancer, scored 2-1 for the Berliners. He had already scored in Augsburg a week ago. Patrik Schick (79th) scored the equalizer. After the 2-0 win in Augsburg last Sunday, it was a bit of a setback for the old lady.
Before the game, Leverkusen's sporting director Simon Rolfes once again had Seoane's back. "We have full confidence, but we still have to win and score points," said the ex-national player on Sky: "We believe we can get out of this difficult situation." Seoane knows his opinion about the current situation: "It is important that there is an open exchange." According to Rolfes, it is not all bad, "there are also things that we do well".
The factory kickers also had chances in Berlin, but were not very effective in the end, as they have been since the start of the season. Seoane made four changes to the starting lineup from last Wednesday's 1-0 defeat at Club Brugge, with Piero Hincapie, Adam Hlozek, Edmond Tapsoba and Exequiel Palacios replacing Odilon Kossounou, Mitchel Bakker, Charles Aranguiz and Robert Andrich .
However, the Berliners had the first chance. Dodi Lukebakio (4th) put his header over the goal. But Bayer also had a good opportunity early on. Patrik Schick (11th) failed with a header on the well-reacting Hertha keeper Oliver Christensen.
In the period that followed, Hertha was able to gain plus points on the offensive, but without capitalizing on it. However, Bayer was by no means hiding, so that an attractive game developed. Hlozek (26th) also tested the good Christensen with a direct shot.
In the 37th minute, Hertha's Wilfried Kanga was unlucky with a shot at the post. On the other side, Leverkusen's Demirbay (41') had a good chance, but shot away from an acute angle. This was preceded by brilliant preliminary work by Moussa Diaby. Lots of chances but no hits in the first half. Both teams then made up for scoring goals in the second 45 minutes. Schick (63rd) missed another chance.
