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After the surprising loss of the cup against SC Paderborn, Union Berlin is back on the road to success in the Bundesliga.
The mainly physically strong Köpenickers earned a deserved away win in the 2-0 (2-0) in Bremen and jumped to fourth place in the table.
In the first quarter of an hour, the capital club was already playing the Champions League.
Robin Knoche opened the first attack with a remarkable vertical pass from his own half.
Addressee Taiwo Awoniyi dropped on Sheraldo Becker, who completed the eighth goal for Union in the opening quarter of an hour.
It was not even half an hour before the Köpenickers punished Bremen's negligence a second time.
Marco Friedl's unsuccessful attempt to clear his own corner flag landed at Robert Andrich, who forwarded directly to Awoniyi in the half-right penalty area position.
His weak shot rolled past Jiri Pavlenka into the net.
Like his front men, Werder's goalkeeper did not show a confident figure.
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The measure taken by Bremen's trainer Florian Kohfeldt, who with Friedl and Ömer Toprak had set up the central defense for Niklas Moisander and Milos Vejlkovic, did not give his team any security.
Defensive weaknesses that took Werder's chance at a point, as they didn't come together in attack either.
Andreas Luthe, who had returned between the posts for Loris Karius, could hardly distinguish himself.
For Bremen it was only enough for Romano Schmid's offside goal (44th).
Eintracht Frankfurt - Bayer Leverkusen 2-1
Leverkusen said goodbye to the winter break with a shock.
Ironically against Bayern and with a goal in the last second, it had set the first defeat of the season.
At Eintracht Frankfurt, the aim was to get back on track as quickly as possible.
This failed thoroughly.
With a flattering 1: 2 (1: 1) at the Hessians, coach Peter Bosz's team said goodbye to the title race.
Frankfurt, on the other hand, is getting close to the international launch sites.
Leverkusen's Edmond Tapsoba makes Frankfurt 2-1 with an own goal
Source: AP / Michael Probst
Apparently impressed by Leverkusen's attacking power, Eintracht initially positioned themselves compactly in their own half.
Bayer quickly cracked the bulwark.
After a rapid combination, the ball landed at Wirtz.
The 17-year-old lifted up to Amiri, who completed it with a hoe (10th minute).
A magic gate after which all good spirits left Leverkusen.
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Frankfurt's coach Adi Hütter changed the system and his team immediately got chances.
The third was used by Younes, who scored 1: 1 after a solo run (22nd).
Shortly before the break, Younes missed the chance to take the lead from 13 meters.
Eintracht continued to press confidently and earned the lead: A cross from Kamada led Tapsoba unhappily into his own net (54th).
Arminia Bielefeld - Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-1
The abstinence seems a little unusual.
The second transfer window of the season opens next week, and Borussia Mönchengladbach's most important employee in terms of inflows and outflows is on vacation.
Sports director Max Eberl has said goodbye to a four-week break.
“He's missing, but we'll get it done anyway.
He deserves it ”, said coach Marco Rose before the game on Saturday in Bielefeld.
He is in constant contact with Eberl, who had the personal break when extending his contract until 2026 in December.
Bielefeld's Ritsu Doan (left) and Reinhold Yabo secure the ball in front of Oscar Wendt
Source: AFP / INA FASSBENDER
It is uncertain whether the sports director will have to intervene from afar in the coming transfer window.
At least his team got off to a successful start into the new year.
At Arminia, Mönchengladbach won 1-0 (0-0).
However, the Borussia pros had to wait for almost an hour before the visual superiority with numerous chances also brought the hoped-for profit.
Breel Embolo skilfully prevailed after a long ball from Jonas Hofmann and confidently pushed into the left corner of the goal (58th).
Before that, the former Schalke player was still the tragic figure because he missed a number of good opportunities.
The striker hit the post in the 27th minute from a suspicious position and put the rebound almost slapstick-like next to the box.
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While Gladbach made the connection to the Champions League places after three draws and a defeat in the Bundesliga through the victory, the relegation worries intensified with the Bielefelders.
With ten points, the climber remains on relegation rank 16.
Hoffenheim - SC Freiburg 1: 3
Hoffenheim has never played to zero under Sebastian Hoeneß in the Bundesliga.
In the 1: 3 (0: 3) against Freiburg, it quickly became clear that this series would last.
After seven minutes, Freiburg's Baptiste Santamaria slipped the ball into the corner.
After Hoffenheim had replaced two injured people after a quarter of an hour, Vincenzo Grifo increased the penalty to 2-0 (34th).
An own goal by Kasim Adams (42nd) rounded off the TSG disaster in half one.
Freiburg's Vincenzo Grifo converts his seventh penalty in a row
Source: dpa / Uwe Anspach
At least after the break, the Hoeneß-Elf did not concede, Ihlas Bebou even scored to 1: 3 (58.)
1.FC Cologne - FC Augsburg 0-1
Cologne remains the favorite opponent for FC Augsburg.
The team of coach Heiko Herrlich won 1-0 (0-0) at Cologne with a goal from Iago in the 77th minute.
It was not a spectacle what the two teams delivered.
Nobody could expect that in this game - but hard work, commitment and duels.
And there was.
The teams didn't indulge themselves.
With a better ending for the guests.
Augsburg keeps its streak, last losing to Cologne in October 2011.
Since then there have now been six wins and six draws.
The FCA has not remained undefeated for so long against any other team in the Bundesliga.