Football: Bayer Leverkusen top German Bundesliga
Three-all draw with Werder Bremen sees Leverkusen become league leaders; current champions Bayern Munich beat Stuttgart 2-0 at home in third week of Bundesliga action
ANKARA
Week three in Germany's Bundesliga ended on Sunday night with a win for the reigning champions.
Bayern Munich eased past Stuttgart 2-0 at home on Saturday. German attacking midfielder Mario Gotze and French winger Franck Ribery scored for the Bavarian giants.
Borussia Dortmund defeated Freiburg 3-1 at Signal Iduna Park. "Die Schwarzgelben" [The Black and Yellows] won through goals from Adrian Ramos, Shinji Kagawa and Pierre Aubameyang. Freiburg’s single goal came from Oliver Sorg in 90th minute.
Gelsenkirchen club Schalke 04 was torn apart 4-1 by Borussia Monchengladbach. The home team took the victory thanks to goals from Andre Hahn – who found the net twice – Max Kruse and Raffael. Schalke's consolation goal was a penalty scored by Eric Choupo Moting.
Bayer Leverkusen drew against Werder Bremen 3-3 in their home stadium, BayArena on Friday. Turkish attacking midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu scored Leverkusen's second goal. Despite the draw Bayer Leverkusen moved to the top of the league.
Results of the week are as follows:
Bayer Leverkusen - Werder Bremen: 3-3
Hoffenheim - Wolfsburg: 1-1
Hertha Berlin - Mainz 05: 1-3
Paderborn - Koln: 0-0
Bayern Munich - Stuttgart: 2-0
Borussia Dortmund - Freiburg: 3-1
Borussia Monchengladbach - Schalke 04: 4-1
Eintracht Frankfurt - Augsburg: 0-1
Hannover 96 - Hamburg: 2-0
Top scorers:
Julian Schieber (Hertha Berlin) and Shinji Okazaki (Mainz 05): three goals
Adrian Ramos (Borussia Dortmund), Raul Bobadilla (Augsburg), Andre Hahn (Borussia Monchengladbach), Elias Kachunga (Paderborn), Franco Di Santo (Werder Bremen), Ivica Olic (Wolfsburg), Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen): two goals.
As of week three, standings in Bundesliga are as follows:
|
Rank |
Teams |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
|
2 |
Bayern Munich |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
|
3 |
Hannover 96 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
|
4 |
Borussia Dortmund |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
5 |
Borussia Monchengladbach |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
5 |
Paderborn |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
7 |
Mainz 05 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
8 |
Hoffenheim |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
9 |
Koln |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
10 |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
|
11 |
Werder Bremen |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
|
12 |
Augsburg |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
3 |
|
13 |
Wolfsburg |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
|
14 |
Freiburg |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
1 |
|
15 |
Hertha Berlin |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
-4 |
1 |
|
16 |
Schalke 04 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
1 |
|
17 |
Stuttgart |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
1 |
|
18 |
Hamburg |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
1 |
