Saturday’s Bundesliga action opened the door wide for a new Top Two in Germany’s top flight, and both Sunday opportunists waltzed right through to a fine seat during the international break.
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ICYMI Saturday, Bayern lost at home to Hoffenheim but several chasers drew matches to leave the Top Five all with 4W-2D-1L records.
That meant huge opportunity for ‘Gladbach and Wolfsburg.
Borussia Monchengladbach 5-1 Augsburg
The hosts embraced their chance early, scoring in the third minute and building a 3-0 lead before the quarter-hour mark.
Alassane Plea had a goal and two assists, while Patrick Hermann had two goals and an assist in the win. Marcus Thuram and Breel Embolo also scored,
Plea’s goal was assisted by industry and comedy.
Wolfsburg 1-0 Union Berlin
So the lone remaining unbeaten team in the Bundesliga entered a home match knowing their weekend ceiling was second, and needed better than an hour to find its breakthrough.
Wout Weghorst continued his fine run as Wolfsburg’s new and improved Bas Dost with a 69th minute goal to push the club a point ahead of five teams on 14 points.
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 Werder Bremen
Eintracht’s many sales and fixtures are catching up to it.
Sebastian Rode’s 55th minute equalizer looked like a much-needed goal to pull a point at home, an Andre Silva soon scored to make three points a possibility.
But the lead would last only three minutes, as Milot Rashica scored in stoppage to earn a point for the visitors.
Davy Klaassen had given Bremen a lead, and USMNT teen Josh Sargent played 72 minutes.
Elsewhere
Hertha Berlin 3-1 Fortuna Dusseldorf — Friday
Freiburg 2-2 Borussia Dortmund — Saturday
Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 RB Leipzig — Saturday
Paderborn 1-2 Mainz — Saturday
Schalke 1-1 Koln — Saturday
