Minnows Mainz stun Leipzig, Wolfsburg edge Leverkusen
League leaders Bayern Munich, who play Schalke on Sunday, can now pull seven points clear at the top ater third-placed Bayer Leverkusen also dropped points with a 1-0 defeat to Wolfsburg
US international Tyler Adams scored his first Bundesliga goal on Saturday but RB Leipzig suffered a blow to their title hopes with a shock 3-2 defeat away to crisis club Mainz.
Adams, 21, opened his German league account with a tap-in, pouncing on the rebound ater Marcel Sabitzer hit the bar to put Leipzig ahead early on.
A rare fumble from goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi allowed Moussa Niakhate to equalise for Mainz, but Marcel Halstenberg quickly restored the lead.
Niakhate equalised for a second time shortly before half-time, before Leandro Barreiro turned in a Danny Da Costa cross just ater the break to hand second-from-botom Mainz only their second win this term.
League leaders Bayern Munich, who play Schalke on Sunday, can now pull seven points clear at the top ater third-placed Bayer Leverkusen also dropped points with a 1-0 defeat to Wolfsburg.
Leverkusen started furiously, but Wolfsburg were more clinical and took the lead through a Ridle Baku header on 35 minutes.
Manchester United loanee Timothy FosuMensah came on at half-time for Leverkusen to make his Bundesliga debut, but his team remained toothless in the second half.
The win saw Wolfsburg break into the top four, leapfrogging both Borussia Dortmund and high-fliers Union Berlin, who fell to their second defeat in a row with a 2-1 loss away to Augsburg.
Florian Niederlechner broke his 16-game goal drought to put Augsburg in front on 17 minutes, before Marcus Ingvartsen drew Union level with a precise finish.
Niederlechner restored the lead just ater half-time, before giving away a penalty with a foul on Grischa Proemel.
Yet his blushes were spared by keeper Rafal Gikiewicz, who saved Ingvartsen’s spot-kick to deny former club Union a point.
Union’s defeat allowed in-form Eintracht Frankfurt to jump to sixth with their 5-1 win over Arminia Bielefeld.
Andre Silva put Frankfurt ahead on 25 minutes, Filip Kostic doubled the lead with a sumptuous long-range effort two minutes later, and Kostic set up Silva for Frankfurt’s third.
Bielefeld hit back through a Sergio Cordova header, but an own goal from Joakim Nilsson and a goal from Real Madrid loanee Luka Jovic sealed the win for Frankfurt in the second half.
Elsewhere, Freiburg came from behind to beat local rivals Stutgart at home for the first time since 2012.
Congolese winger Silas Wamangituka bundled in an early opener for Stutgart, but goals from Ermedin Demirovic and Jeong Woo-yeong turned the game on its head to seal a 2-1 win for the hosts.
Defender Nico Elvedi neted twice as Moenchengladbach ended their six-year wait to beat Dortmund with their 4-2 home win on Friday.
Two goals by Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland were bookended by Elvedi neting from set-pieces in the action-packed opening 32 minutes.
Algeria let-back Ramy Bensebaini restored Gladbach’s lead early in the second half before substitute Marcus Thuram headed the hosts’ fourth.
Dortmund are now fith - out of the Champions League places - ater failing to win any of their last three games since their impressive 3-1 win at RB Leipzig in early January.
In the other direction, Gladbach are fourth having taken 13 points from a possible 15 in 2021.
They are eight points behind leaders Bayern, who are at botom side Schalke on Sunday.
Following home wins over league leaders Bayern and second-placed RB Leipzig already this season, Gladbach claimed another big-name Bundesliga scalp.
It was also a significant win for their coach Marco Rose, who the German media are tipping to replace caretaker boss Edin Terzic at Dortmund next season.
Breel Embolo came on for Gladbach in the second-half despite police claims, which the Swiss striker denies, that he atended a party in Essen last Saturday that broke Germany’s lockdown rules.
Dortmund made a lethargic start at Borussia Park and a Gladbach goal ater 44 seconds was ruled out by the VAR.
However, the hosts took the lead with 11 minutes gone when Lars Stindl’s curling free-kick was headed home by Elvedi.
Dortmund roared back with two goals inside six minutes, both created by Jadon Sancho for Haaland, who fired home his first from a tight angle on 22 minutes.
Ater Jude Bellingham won the ball back for Dortmund, great footwork by Sancho then again unpicked Gladbach’s defence for Haaland to blast his side 2-1 ahead on 28 minutes.
However, another Stindl free-kick on 32 minutes could only be parried by Roman Buerki and Elvedi tapped home the rebound from close range to make it 2-2 at the break.
Gladbach regained the lead five minutes into the second-half when Bensebaini swung in a shot which curled outside Buerki’s grasp.
Dortmund conceded their third goal of the night from a set-piece when Thuram headed home a Florian Neuhaus corner 11 minutes from the whistle. It was the France forward’s first appearance ater suspension for a spiting at an opponent last month.