Bundesliga, Bayern fall against Mainz, but Eintracht do not take advantage

Rome, 16 December 2024 – Setback for the Bayern Monaco, who leaves the Mewa Arena defeated and slows down his run towards winning the title. Kompany and his team, however, maintain a reassuring distance from the second in the standings, which is now the LeverkusenThe reigning champions overcome without too many problems Augsburg thanks to Terrier e landlord and they set off in pursuit of the Bavarians, who are now four points behind. Further and further down the Borussia Dortmund, what against Hoffenheim achieves the third consecutive draw and sinks in the standings: the yellow and blacks, with 22 points, find themselves in seventh place in the standings together with Mainz. Eintracht Frankfurt failed to take advantage of Bayern's unexpected defeat, leaving defeated in the late match against Leipzig and relegated to third place in the standings, on par with the team of Rose, who are recovering from their early elimination from the Champions League

Matches of the fourteenth day of the Bundesliga

Friday's advance sees the Freiburg triumph over Wolfsburg for 3-2: the hosts take the lead thanks to a brace from Kubler, who scored in the 42nd and 51st minutes, and then even went 3-0 up with Gregorich in the 61st minute. At this point, Wolfsburg lights up and first finds the net for 3-1 with wind in the 75th minute, the eighth in all competitions, and then the 3-2 with Svanberg, who in the 83rd minute brought his team back to just one goal away. However, Freiburg held firm and took home 3 fundamental points in view of the Champions League: the team of Shoemaker is in fifth place in the standings, just three points behind Leipzig. It spreads the Borussia Moenchengladbach against the Holstein Kiel: at Borussia Park it even ends 4-1 for the home team, who immediately take the lead with Kleindienst in the first minute of the game. The doubling also arrives in the 26th minute thanks to the goal of hack, but in the 30th minute Holstein Kiel halved the gap with Gigovic. He thinks about it Plea, with a brace between the 43rd and 79th minutes to reassure seoane, which finds success again after a defeat and a draw. It regains second place Bayer Leverkusen, what against Augsburg he doesn't have to work too hard to take home the full loot. A Xabi Alonso the networks are enough Terrier at 14' and of landlord in the 40th minute to emerge victorious from the WWK Arena in Augsburg and to move to just 4 points behind Bayern at the top. A bitter taste in the mouth for The union Berlin, who fails to take advantage of the numerical superiority from the 13th minute against the Bochum and leaves the Alte Forsterei with just one point. The guests took the lead in the 23rd minute with Ibrahima Sissoko, but in the 33rd minute Union found the equaliser thanks to Hollerbach: with this draw, the team of Svensson remains in twelfth place in the standings at a safe distance from the playout zone, while Bochum finds a useful result after three defeats in a row and moves to within two points of second-to-last Holstein Kiel, but the safety zone remains very far away. Bayern brakes at home Mainz, which, dragged by a Lee Jae-sung in a state of grace he takes the lead to 2-0 between the 41st and 60th minute. The Bavarians wake up too late: Sane finds the net for 1-2 only in the 87th minute, and in the final minutes the wall erected by the home team resists, who with this victory reach seventh place in the standings, which they share with Borussia Dortmund e Werder Brema. The team of Werner, in fact, continues its positive moment with the second consecutive victory. This time the one to pay the price is the St. Pauli, who, instead, scored the second consecutive defeat: the match was decided by kohn at 24' and Ducksch at 45'. Good also the Stuttgart, which remains at -1 from Freiburg and at +1 on Mainz thanks to the convincing victory overHeidenheim: Mittelstadt, Millot e Woltemade find the net for the red and whites, while Wanner scores the only goal for the home team. Borussia did badly, as they were caught up in the 91st minute against Hoffenheim by Larsen after taking the lead in the 46th minute with Queen. In the postponement between Leipzig ed Eintracht Frankfurt the hosts prevail: in the 19th minute they open the scoring Sesko, Brown equalises in the 40th minute but thinks about it in the 51st minute openday to bring Rose back into the lead. With this victory, Leipzig joins Frankfurt in third place in the standings, on 27 points.

Bundesliga matchday 14 results

Freiburg – Wolfsburg 3-2 42', 51' Kubler (Fri), 61' Gregoritsch (Fri), 75' Wind (Wol), 83' Svanberg (Wol)

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Holstein Kiel 4-1 1' Kleindienst (Bor), 26' Hack (Bor), 30' Gigovic (Hol), 43', 79' Pléa (Bor)

Augsburg – Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 14' Terrier, 40' Wirtz

Union Berlin – Bochum 1-1 23' Sissoko (Boc), 33' Hollerbach (Uni)

Mainz – Bayern Munich 2-1 41', 60' Lee Jae-sung (Mai), 87' Sané (Bay)

FC St. Pauli – Werder Bremen 0-2 24' Kohn, 54' Ducksch

Heidenheim – Stuttgart 1-3 20' Mittelstadt (Sto), 41' Wanner (Hei), 45+2' Millot (Sto), 85' pen. Woltemade (Sto)

Borussia Dortmund – Hoffenheim 1-1 46' Reyna (Bor), 91' Larsen (Hof)

RB Leipzig – Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 19' Sesko (RBL), 40' Brown (Ein), 51' Openda (RBL)

Standings

Bayern Munich 33, Bayer Leverkusen 29, Eintracht Frankfurt 27, RB Leipzig 27, Freiburg 24, Stuttgart 23, Mainz 22, Borussia Dortmund 22, Werder Bremen 22, Wolfsburg 21, Borussia Mönchengladbach 21, Union Berlin 17, Augsburg 16, Hoffenheim 14, FC St. Pauli 11, Heidenheim 10, Holstein Kiel 5, Bochum 3