Bundesliga – Round Eight

October 21, 2016

Hamburger SV                  0-3                   Eintracht Frankfurt

                                                                       Lewis Holtby 35’(o.g)

                                                                       Shani Tarashaj 61’

                                                                      Haris Seferovic 69’

A home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt continued Hamburger SV winless start after eight league matches in the Bundesliga.

October 22, 2016

Bayer Leverkusen                     0-3                  Hoffenheim

                                                                               Kerem Demirbay 15’

                                                                               Sandro Wagner 49’

                                                                               Steven Zuber 60’

Hoffenheim remains undefeated in the Bundesliga after beating a ‘10-man’ Bayer Leverkusen team to get a fourth consecutive win.

Leverkusen’s Kevin Volland was sent off after receiving an early red card in the just about six minutes from kick-off.  Hoffenheim was up a goal less than ten minutes after receiving the numerical advantage, before sealing the deal with two more goals in the second half.

Hertha Berlin                      2-1                 FC Koln

Vedad Ibisevic 13’                                     Anthony Modeste 65’

Niklas Stark 74’

FC Koln suffered their first defeat of the season away to Hertha Berlin.

The win moved Hertha Berlin two points and two spots above FC Koln on the Bundesliga league standings.

Ingolstadt                             3-3                 Borussia Dortmund

Almog Cohen 6’                                           Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 59’

Dario Lezcano 24’ 60’                                 Adrian Ramos 69’

                                                                        Christian Pulisic 90’+2’

Dortmund dropped points against an Ingolstadt team that has failed to record a single victory in the Bundesliga this season.

Dortmund was looking at a defeat until a late goal in additional time from the young Christian Pulisic gave Borussia Dortmund a point after coming from behind to secure a point.

A draw was not a satisfactory result for a team  like Borussia Dortmund. A team that is viewed by most fans as a major title contender.

Darmstadt                            3-1                 Wolfsburg

Anis Ben-Hatira 26’                                    Mario Gomez 60’

Laszlo Klein Heisler 68’

Sandro Sirigu 76’

Darmstadt defeated a 10-man Wolfsburg to grab a home victory. It was a victory that shot Darmstadt out of the relegation zone.

On the balance of play, it wasn’t a fair score to Wolfsburg. This defeated added to their winless streak to make it seven consecutive winless matches for Wolfsburg.

Freiburg                            2-1                  Augsburg

Maximilian Philipp 66’                         Halil Altintop 84’

Nils Petersen 78’

It was a home victory for Freiburg to move into the top half of the league table.

Bayern Munich                    2-0               Borussia Monchengladbach

Arturo Vidal 16’

Douglas Costa 31’

Bayern Munich got back to their winning ways by scoring two first-half goals to get a home win over Monchengladbach.

Bayern Munich remains undefeated in their title defense season.

October 23, 2016

RB Leipzig                                3-1                     Werder Bremen

Naby Keita 42’ 75’                                             Serge Gnabry 76’

Davie Selke 90’+5’

RB Leipzig remains undefeated after in the Bundesliga after defeating Werder Bremen to get a third consecutive league victory.

The win makes Leipzig the closest team to the league leaders Bayern Munich.

Schalke 04                     3-0               Mainz 05

Nabil Bentaleb 23’

May Meyer 48’

Nabil Bentaleb 61’

Schalke 04 got their second win in the league by defeating Mainz 05. After a terrible start to their league, Schalke 04 has now gone three matches undefeated.