Traveling to Bochum this Saturday, RB Leipzig had the opportunity to return to two units from Borussia Dortmund, runner-up to Bayern Munich. Deprived in particular of Christopher Nkunku and Abdou Diallo, Marco Rose’s men were dominant in the first period before being surprised when they returned from the locker room.
After a long touch, Erhan Masovic deceived Janis Blaswich in two headed shots (48th, 1-0). Leipzig tried to come back, especially during breathless added time, but could not avoid defeat which could send them to fifth place if Union Berlin and Freiburg win on Sunday.
Bochum, for its part, took a four-point lead over the barrage that is Hertha Berlin following the 3:30 p.m. matches. The capital’s players lost on the ground of the Hoffenheim red lantern (1-3). Andrej Kramaric offered himself a double from the penalty spot in the first period (24th, 37th). before Ihlas Bebou made the addition worse (3-0, 51st). Former Monegasque Stefan Jovetic reduced the gap at the very end of the game (3-1, 90+2). This success allows Hoffenheim to climb to 15th place.
In the other afternoon matches, Wolfsburg won in Stuttgart (1-0) thanks to an achievement by Egyptian striker Omar Marmoush, who played for … Stuttgart last season (1-0, 56th ). Finally, Schalke 04 and Augsburg neutralized each other (1-1). The Ruhr club responded to its opponent, who had opened the scoring by Arne Maier (56th), thanks to a goal from Marius Bülter from the penalty spot in the dying moments of the match (1-1, 90 + 3rd).
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