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Berlin (dpa) - Bayern Munich's pursuers have weakened strongly at the start of the second half of the Bundesliga.

RB Leipzig conceded a 2: 3 (2: 2) defeat at the penultimate 1. FSV Mainz 05 and missed out on one point at Bayern, who are only on Sunday - at the bottom of the table FC Schalke 04. Bayer 04 Leverkusen also stumbled.

In the factory duel, Leverkusen lost 1-0 (0-1) at home to VfL Wolfsburg, who initially climbed to fourth place ahead of Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The team of coach Marco Rose had defeated Borussia Dortmund 4-2 on Friday evening at the start of the 18th matchday and put the Westphalia on the next damper.

On a high-scoring Saturday, Eintracht Frankfurt moved up to a European Cup rank with a 5: 1 (3: 1) against promoted Armina Bielefeld, while SC Freiburg beat promoted VfB Stuttgart 2: 1 (2: 1).

The 1. FC Union conceded the second consecutive defeat after its successful weeks with a 1: 2 (1: 1) at FC Augsburg.

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The goal premiere of Leipzig's Tyler Adams in the Bundesliga and the early lead after a quarter of an hour promised a lot.

Instead of a goal spectacle from RB, however, the Mainz equalizer through Moussa Niakhaté (24th).

It was also he who compensated for the renewed leadership of the guests by national player Marcel Halstenberg (30th) a little later (35th).

Mainz only won one game this season (3-1 against SC Freiburg on November 22, 2020) - and even took the lead after the break thanks to Leandro Barreiro (59th).

Leipzig was defeated.

Peter Bosz does not get constancy in his Leverkusen team - so Bayer cannot put Bayern under pressure.

There was only one win in the past six games.

The defeat against Wolfsburg was the fourth in the same period.

Ridle Baku (35th) made the decision.

Lower Saxony are now level on points with Leverkusen in the Champions League ranks.


In the state derby, SC Freiburg put five points between themselves and returnees VfB Stuttgart with three points.

In the seventh minute, the Breisgauer took the lead through Silas Wamangituka.

The hosts countered the quick equalization by Ermedin Demirovic (14th) with a hit by Wooyeong Jeong (37th).

Shortly before the break, Nicolas Gonzalez missed the chance to take at least one point on the short journey home with an anything but courageous penalty.

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First the 0: 1 against Leipzig, now 1: 2 in Augsburg.

With two goals, FCA striker Florian Niederlechner (17th, 47th) almost single-handedly caused the Unioner's defeat.

In the meantime, Marcus Ingvartsen (25th) had equalized.

Ironically, he failed in the 56th minute to ex-Union keeper Rafal Gikiewicz with a penalty.

The weeks of success continue for Eintracht.

Striker André Silva (25th) initiated the fifth win in the last six games.

Within a few minutes there was no doubt about renewed success: Filip Kostic (27th) and again Silva (33rd) followed suit.

After Sergio Córdova's goal (36th), Bielefeld's Joakim Nilsson (51st) scored an own goal after the break, before Luka Jovic (75th) made the final score.

Arminia missed the connection to midfield due to the defeat and remains 15th in the table.

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