BVB wins wild duel
Three-packer Guirassy takes Stuttgart to the top of the table
October 7, 2023, 5:32 p.m
VfB Stuttgart greets from the top of the Bundesliga table. The club has Serhou Guirassy to thank for this, who scored for the 13th time in the seventh game. There is a happy ending for Dortmund in a wild duel with Union Berlin. Bochum celebrates goalkeeper giant Riemann.
RB Leipzig – VfL Bochum 0-0
After their first setback in the Champions League, RB Leipzig also stumbled in the Bundesliga. The DFB Cup winners couldn’t find a way through against “penalty killer” Manuel Riemann and the defensive bulwark of the struggling VfL Bochum and had to be content with a 0-0 draw. In the fight for the top spots, the draw was not enough.
Coach Thomas Letsch’s Bochum team earned the point after one of the best defensive performances of the season. After conceding 19 goals from the first six league games, Bochum kept a clean sheet for the first time – mainly thanks to Riemann. The Bochum goalkeeper saved, among other things, two foul penalties (27th/61st).
Borussia Dortmund – 1. FC Union Berlin 4:2 (1:2)
Vice-champions Borussia Dortmund have further extended their impressive series. Coach Edin Terzic’s team defeated struggling Champions League participants Union Berlin 4:2 (1:2) in a wild encounter and remained unbeaten in the 15th league game in a row.
Niclas Füllkrug (7th), Nico Schlotterbeck (49th), Julian Brandt (54th) and Ryerson (71st) scored the goals for the hosts, who improved greatly after the break. The Iron team’s black streak continues despite the half-time lead thanks to goals from Robin Gosens (9th) and Leonardo Bonucci (31st, penalty kick according to video evidence). It was the seventh competitive defeat in a row for coach Urs Fischer’s team.
VfB Stuttgart – VfL Wolfsburg 3:1 (0:1)
Serhou Guirassy, who else?! VfB Stuttgart’s goal guarantor shot his team back to the top of the table with a hat trick, at least for one night. The national player from Guinea initially equalized with a penalty kick (67th) in the 3-1 (0-1) win against VfL Wolfsburg, and shortly afterwards (78th, 82nd) he gave the Swabians their fifth win of the season with his goals 12 and 13 in series. Never before has a player scored so many goals after seven matchdays.
Wolfsburg, who were initially better offensively, took the lead through Yannick Gerhardt (34′), but in the second half the hosts, egged on by their fanatical audience, turned the game around within a few minutes. With 18 points after seven games, Sebastian Hoeneß’s team set a club record: VfB has never started a season as well as this time.
FC Augsburg – SV Darmstadt 98 1:2 (0:0)
Newly promoted Darmstadt 98 has finally arrived in the Bundesliga with their first away win of the season. The Lilies surprisingly won 2-1 (0-0) against the shockingly weak FC Augsburg and inflicted the Swabians their first home defeat since mid-May. This means that the Hessians have also surpassed their opponents in the table, and FCA coach Enrico Maaßen is threatened with a restless international break.
A dream goal from Tim Skarke (52nd) with a volley and Tobias Kempe with a converted penalty (70th) gave the 98ers their first away win in the upper house since April 2017 (2-1 at Hamburger SV). Before the score was 0-2, substitute Arne Maier misused the ball and then hit Fabian Nürnberger on the foot. It was one of many inexplicable Augsburg mistakes; the Maaßen team played too predictably and without ideas. Ermedin Demirovic (86th) only scored the goal.