Bundesliga, 3rd matchday – Sunday: Bremen wins in Mainz

FSV Mainz 05 – SV Werder Bremen 1:2 (1:1)

Werder Bremen have achieved their first victory of the season despite being outnumbered for half an hour. After two draws at the start of the Bundesliga, coach Ole Werner’s team won 2:1 in Mainz. Substitute Derrick Köhn scored the winning goal in the 69th minute. Marvin Ducksch (8th) had previously scored Werder’s early lead from a penalty, and South Korean international Jae-sung Lee (27th) equalized for Mainz 05. Bremen’s captain Marco Friedl was shown the red card in the 60th minute for an emergency stop, but SV Werder survived the numerical disadvantage unscathed. The Hanseatics have now moved up to eighth place with five points, while Mainz are in 15th place with two points.

FC Augsburg – FC St. Pauli 3:1 (0:0)

FC St. Pauli remains without a win or a point. The largely harmless Hamburg team lost 1:3 to FC Augsburg for the third time in a row. augsburg It is the first victory of the Bundesliga season. Former international player Marius Wolf (47th minute) and substitute Phillip Tietz (67th) and Yusuf Kabadayi (90th+6) scored the goals for Augsburg. Carlo Boukhalfa (75th) only managed to pull one back for the visitors.

Augsburg were clearly the dominant team from the start. With aggressive pressing, they often won the ball in the half of St. PauliIn the final third, however, the hosts were too imprecise for a long time. It was only shortly before half-time that Augsburg became more dangerous. First, Elvis Rexhbecaj shot just past the near post (43′). Then center forward Samuel Essende was unable to capitalize on a huge opportunity to score when he appeared alone in front of the goal after a quick attack, but was unable to get the ball past goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj, who was already lying on the ground (45′).

St. Pauli started the Bundesliga year with a 0:2 defeat in Heidenheim and a 0:1 defeat against Union Berlin and were far from scoring their first goal of the season before the break. At least the defense remained solid at first, coordinated by Eric Smith, who recovered surprisingly quickly. After the break, a cross came from Essende to Wolf, who placed the ball on his left foot in the penalty area and scored a great goal. The guests complained about handball before the goal, but the video assistant declared the goal to be in line with the rules after a review.

After just over an hour, Tietz increased the lead to 2-0, volleying in a long cross from Onyeka. Just moments later, it should have been 3-0 when Onyeka ran towards the opponent’s goal but was unable to get the ball through to the unmarked Essende. Immediately afterwards, Rexhbecaj was stopped by goalkeeper Vasilj (70′). The penalty for missed big chances followed when Pauli professional Boukhalfa headed a cross from Elias Saad (75′) into the goal. Pauli pressed for an equalizer, but in injury time, Kabadayi made everything clear.

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Read Friday’s match report for Dortmund – Hoffenheim here.