Bundesliga, Week 5: Bayern Win, Dortmund Draw

Hoffenheim picked up their first ever victory over Stuttgart on Wednesday in a 3-0 win at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.

Ulreich fended off shots from Joselu and Usami late as Hoffenheim kept attacking, but he wasn’t able to keep Johnson off the scoresheet for the second straight match.

Freiburg started well and thought they were going to pull off their first win against Bremen since the early 2000s, but the visitors stormed back and walked away with a 2-1 victory.

The hosts jumped out in front thanks to a beautiful free kick from Jonathan Schmid. Max Kruse was fouled just on top of the penalty area by Sebastian Prödl. Schmid curled his free kick into the left corner of the goal leaving Sebastian Mielitz with no chance at saving it.

Fortuna Düsseldorf even keeps clean sheets on the road. A trip to Greuther Fürth was no problem as they leave 2-0 victors.

Düsseldorf started well by limiting Fürth’s opportunities in front of their goal. They opened the scoring in the 26th minute when Oliver Fink headed in a cross from Johannes van den Bergh. With Düsseldorf being the only side in the division yet to concede a goal this season, Fürth knew they were in trouble.

Eintracht Frankfurt maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a stunning comeback to draw Borussia Dortmund 3-3.

BVB were determined to get off to a great start and put Saturday’s disappointing loss to Hamburg behind them. They scored in the 24th when Lukasz Piszczek received a long ball down the right side from Mats Hummels. The right back cut in on to his left foot for a shot. Two Frankfurt defenders were their to block the shot, but it unfortunately deflected off of both players which wrong footed Kevin Trapp allowing the ball to trickle into the net.

The scoreline flattered them greatly, but Schalke defeated Mainz 3-0 at home on Tuesday evening. The visitors hung in as long as they could until two late goals finished the contest.

Schalke was having their way with Mainz early not letting the visitors get much of anything going early during the match. Benedikt Höwedes drew a penalty in the 20th minute on Mainz’s Junior Diaz. Jefferson Farfan stepped up to take the penalty, and the Peruvian beat Christian Wetklo to make it 1-0 for the hosts.

The remainder of the half played out with Bayern absolutely dominating the play, but they couldn’t score any other goals to make the dominance count.

The Bavarians finally converted all of their dominance into another goal in the 57th minute. Shaqiri showed why Bayern brought him in this summer with tenacious fight and dribbling outside the Wolfsburg penalty area. He lofted a cross to the far post over the head of Benaglio allowing Mario Mandzukic to head the ball into the net of his former club to give Bayern a 2-0 lead.

Bayern Munich will look to remain atop the Bundesliga and keep their 100% start to the season in tact as they host 10th place Wolfsburg at the Alliaz Arena today. Bayern have been shot out of a cannon this season, with four wins and 14 goals scored. The only dark mark on their start is their strange inability to keep a clean sheet at home, but as they’ve only conceded twice this season, it’s not too big of deal.

Wolfsburg drew 1-1 with Greuther Furth on the weekend and have no major injury concerns either. Felix Magath’s side have been disappointingly mediocre this season with only one victory and a draw against last place Augsburg.

We have midweek Bundesliga games on games on games. Yep. We have a full slate of Bundesliga games! I’m excited. You should be excited, too.

Y’ALL, FOR REAL, THE BUNDESLIGA IS BACK FOR MIDWEEK GAMES!