The beginning of the second half of the Bundesliga season noticed and it continued this afternoon with Bayern Munich holding off a late Wolfsburg revival to beat them 3-2, RB Leipzig collapsed towards relegation-fighting Bochum to attract 3-3, VfB Stuttgart beat SC Freiburg 4-0, Holstein Kiel misplaced to Hoffenheim 3-0 and St Pauli beat Heidenheim 2-0.
Listed here are the issues we learnt:
VfB Stuttgart are again to their greatest:
Stuttgart had a tough first half of the season, however because the new yr, they’ve gained three on the bounce with their convincingly win towards Freiburg. Nick Woltemade was as soon as once more on the rating sheet whereas Ermedin Demirovic was on the scoresheet once more having gone eight video games with no aim. Stuttgart now finds themselves inside one level of the Champions League locations and might use this good run of type to assist them safe a spot within the Champions League playoffs as nicely.
Nonetheless, the person of the match was Angelo Stiller. The 23-year-old offered two assists however confirmed why he’ll seemingly be a wanted midfielder within the close to future. He was dominant on the defensive finish whereas additionally in management within the assault. Stiller had created the joint most possibilities within the recreation (2), with 85% passing completion, 100% aerial duels gained and eight recoveries.
A shakeup within the struggle to keep away from relegation:
The most important story when it got here to the relegation battle was Bochum’s struggle again from 3-0 down to attract 3-3 with RB Leipzig because of a Myron Boadu hat-trick. The draw sees Bochum transfer inside 4 factors of security after there have been wins for Hoffenheim and St Pauli. After Bochum seemed doomed for relegation, their current performances have given hope that they will truly by some means survive as soon as once more.
Hoffenheim have been additionally one of many large tales heading into the sport as a loss to Kiel would seemingly price head coach Christian Ilzer his job, nonetheless, they have been capable of win 3-0 to offer themselves respiratory house from the drop zone, This additionally places stress on Union Berlin who performs Mainz on Sunday as they discover themselves simply two factors from security.
Leon Goretzka offers himself a lifeline:
There was a number of speak about Goretzka’s future at Bayern however in current video games, he has proven that he can nonetheless be a priceless participant for the Rekordmeister and that was once more seen at present. The 29-year-old scored twice to assist Bayern beat Wolfsburg.
With the unreliability of João Palhinha’s health in addition to Konrad Laimer getting used primarily as a right-back, Bayern will seemingly want senior numbers in midfield to play alongside Joshua Kimmich, Aleksandar Pavlovic and what looks as if Tom Bischof as nicely. Nonetheless, the one problem with that is, whether or not Goretzka is prepared to just accept such a job going ahead.
There isn’t any doubt of what Goretzka can convey to the desk, it’s simply whether or not he each Bayern and him can agree on an extended collaboration.
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