Paderborn came into teh match at teh Allianz riding high, as the stunning leader and darling of eth fans and media. But they were clearly shown their limits by champions Bayern München, who easily shoved the upstarts aside. It didn’t take long for bayern to decide the match, and they really didn’t press the issue, as they could have scored a boat load of goals. Paderborn tried hard and created a few chances of their own. They have to be happy overall that they didn’t give up at least half a dozen, and gave a good account of themselves.
Schalke finally got into the win column with an efficient win at Bremen. Werder ran around a lot, and didn’t play badly, but at critical stages they were caught dicking around, and Schalke pounced. With this defeat Bremen drops into the danger zone.
Hoffenheim and Freiburg had a wild shoot-out, and the Briesgauers are probably kicking themselves for not getting a road win. Hoffenheim wasstruggling, and SCF took control, only to see the hosts fight back. Then when it looked like they were going to get the win, Freiburg conceded an injury time goal and let the Hoppers off the hook.
Frankfurt had a huge comeback to escape with a point in a regional match-up against Mainz. The visitors looked the better side, but Eintracht veteran Alex Meier pulled one back just before the half-time whistle. They were still chasing the game, but a late goal allowed them to salvage a point. Mainz remains unbeaten and have to be happy with the way they’re playing.
Stuttgart figured it was too early to fire their coach Armin Veh (even though VfB had sucked out of the block already), but they were in crisis. So they fired Sportsdirector Fredi Bobic, a VfB hero from his playing days. Well, it had some effect, as the Stuttgarters roused themselves in the name of Crispian (a somehwat obscure reference, I know) and battled Dortund to a draw. It was a good performance, as VfB showed discipline here-to-fore lacking, despite Neon dominance. Dortmund did battle back to salvage a point, but clearly BVB is not firing on all cylinders.
Hamburg under Zinnbauer. In his 2nd game in charge, it again was evident that HSV runs around a lot. They try hard. The will is there. But a minor detail is lacking: they still can’t score. So it was pretty ho-hum for hosts Gladbach to win this one. They created a few chances, and only had to use one. HSV basically was worthless in front of goal, so after Kruse scored for Gladbach, it was pretty sure they were going to lose. So if you look at teh bottom of the table, you now see three legendary traditionals all win-less, quite amazing when you think about it.
After getting bitch-slapped in Wolfsburg, how would Luserkusen react when facing revived Augsburg. Clearly the Aspirins had taken some Alka-Seltzer, but they were hardly impressive. The Fuggers were relatively harmless, so Bayer opted to “just win” and not really show much improvement.
Hertha fought a rearguard action all night against Wolfsburg, and ended up with the lead. The VWs dominated and kept Berlin pinned back, but Hertha held on doggedly. They only managed 3 shots in the match, but one was a goal, and they were able to make it standup, as Wolfsburg was disappointing that they did nothing with their control.
Hannover played like crap, but an early goal stood up against Köln, probably because the promoted side didn’t believe that they could win this. If they want to survive in the Bundesliga, they really need to win games like this, but the 96ers were willing to give it up.
Total attendance 401,679 (avg 44,631), sell out in München.
Bayern München - SC Paderborn 07 4:0 (2:0) 71,000 *
1:0 M. Götze (8., T. Müller)
2:0 Lewandowski (14., Lahm)
3:0 M. Götze (78., T. Müller)
4:0 T. Müller (85., Robben)
TSG Hoffenheim - SC Freiburg 3:3 (1:2) 24,872
0:1 Frantz (31., Philipp)
0:2 Frantz (33., Schmid)
1:2 Elyounoussi (44., Volland)
2:2 Rudy (63., direct freekick)
2:3 Darida (75., penalty, Schmid)
3:3 Vestergaard (90. + 3, Strobl)
Werder Bremen - FC Schalke 04 0:3 (0:0) 40,139
0:1 M. Meyer (48., Huntelaar)
0:2 Neustädter (51., Fuchs)
0:3 Barnetta (85., Huntelaar)
Eintracht Frankfurt - 1. FSV Mainz 05 2:2 (1:2) 44,100
0:1 Hofmann (41., Brosinski)
0:2 Okazaki (44.)
1:2 Meier (45. + 1, Hasebe)
2:2 Seferovic (82., Stendera)
Borussia Dortmund - VfB Stuttgart 2:2 (0:0) 79,500
0:1 Didavi (48., Gentner)
0:2 Didavi (68., Ti. Werner)
1:2 Aubameyang (73., Piszczek)
2:2 Immobile (86., Schmelzer)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC Augsburg 1:0 (1:0) 23,081
1:0 Son (33., Hilbert)
Bor. Mönchengladbach - Hamburger SV 1:0 (1:0) 44,100
1:0 M. Kruse (25., Hahn)
Hannover 96 - 1. FC Köln 1:0 (1:0) 39,400
1:0 Joselu (6.,
Briand)
Hertha BSC - VfL Wolfsburg 1:0 (1:0) 35,847
1:0 Kalou (35., M. Ndjeng)
1 Bayern München (M, P) 5 3 2 0 9:2 +7 11
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5 3 1 1 11:9 +2 10
3 Hannover 96 5 3 1 1 5:3 +2 10
4 TSG Hoffenheim 5 2 3 0 9:5 +4 9
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5 1. FSV Mainz 05 5 2 3 0 9:5 +4 9
6 Bor. Mönchengladbach 5 2 3 0 6:2 +4 9
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7 SC Paderborn 07 (N) 5 2 2 1 7:6 +1 8
8 Borussia Dortmund 5 2 1 2 8:9 -1 7
9 1. FC Köln (N) 5 1 3 1 2:1 +1 6
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 5 1 3 1 7:7 0 6
11 FC Augsburg 5 2 0 3 7:8 -1 6
12 VfL Wolfsburg 5 1 2 2 8:7 +1 5
13 FC Schalke 04 5 1 2 2 8:9 -1 5
14 Hertha BSC Berlin 5 1 2 2 8:11 -3 5
15 SC Freiburg 5 0 3 2 6:9 -3 3
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16 Werder Bremen 5 0 3 2 8:13 -5 3
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17 VfB Stuttgart 5 0 2 3 3:9 -6 2
18 Hamburger SV 5 0 2 3 0:6 -6 2
1st line: Champions League
2nd line: Europaliga (+ Cup winner)
3rd line: Playoff with 2.Liga 3rd place
4th line: Relegation to 2.Liga