RBL opened the weekends proceedings on Friday with dominant home display against Stuttgart, a brace for the Hungarian starlet Dominik Szoboszlai a highlight for Die Roten Bullen. A brave Stuttgart showing, a side still trying to re-establish themselves in the German top flight since their relegation to the 2nd tier in 15/16 and have been up and down since.
A disappointing week for Die Schwarzgelben continued on Saturday. Dortmund lost the Der Klassiker in the SuperCup during the week, followed by a shock defeat away to Freiburg on Saturday afternoon. Bayer Leverkusen turned it on for their fans at the Bay Arena on Saturday evening as Sky Sports featured Saturday game. M’gladbach, and their goalkeeper Yann Sommer had a terrible day. Sommer gave Bayer 04 the lead with an own goal, and Bayer then added three goals of their own.
The weekends matches concluded with a brilliant clash between champions FC Bayern and FC Köln. FC Köln had FCB at a draw after a goal apiece from Modeste and Uth. Gnabry scored his 2nd and Bayern’s 3rd to give the Bavarians the victory over a valiant FC Köln side.
Matchday 2 Playlist from the Official Bundesliga YouTube is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5MU2-LpyoI&list=PL3uJGozO1imch1anrWIMj-c-_rql8nsDI
Friday 20th
RB Leipzig 4:0 VfB Stuttgart
Goals: RBL (D. Szoboszlai 38′, 52′, E. Forsberg 46′, A. Silva 65′ Pen)
Saturday 21st
VfL Bochum 2:0 1. FSV Mainz 05
Goals: Bochum (G. Holtmann 21′, S. Polter 56′)
Eintracht Frankfurt 0:0 FC Augsburg
Hertha Berlin 1:2 VfL Wolfsburg
Goals: Hertha (D. Lukebakio 60′ Pen), Wolfsburg (R. Baku 74′, L. Nmecha 88)
Greuther Fürth 1:1 Arminia Bielefeld
Goals: Fürth (B. Hrgota 50′ Pen), Bielefeld (F. Klos 45′)
Bielefeld had Schöpf sent off in the 68th minute after a 2nd yellow card.
SC Freiburg 2:1 Borussia Dortmund
Goals: Freiburg (V. Grifo 6′ R. Sallai 53′), BvB (Y. Keitel 59′ (O.G.)
Bayer Leverkusen 4:0 Borussia Monchengladbach
Goals: Bayer 04 (Y. Sommer 3′ (O.G.), P. Schick 8′ , M. Diaby 55”, N. Amiri 87′)
Sunday 22nd
TSG Hoffenheim 2:2 FC Union Berlin
Goals: TSG (K. Akpoguma 14′, J. Bruun Larsen 30′), Union (N. Gießelmann 10′,T. Awoniyi 47′)
Union Berlin had Friedrich sent off for two yellow cards. He got the first yellow on the 82nd minute and got sent off on the 90th.
Bayern Munich 3:2 FC Köln
Goals: FCB (R. Lewandowski 50′, S. Gnabry 59′, 71′), FCK (A. Modeste 60′, M. Uth 62′)
