Bundesliga: Schalke’s winless streak continues with shock loss to Augsburg

Schalke 04 slumped to a shock 3-Zero house loss to relegation-threatened Augsburg on Sunday, their fourth defeat in 5 video games dropping them to eighth place within the Bundesliga.

Augsburg’s Eduard Loewen curled in a sensational free kick from 23 metres within the sixth minute and Nigerian winger Noah Sarenren Bazee slotted house within the 76th earlier than Sergio Cordova added the third in stoppage time.

Schalke, now and not using a win in 9 league video games, slipped right down to eighth place on 37 factors whereas Augsburg’s first victory after 4 straight losses lifted them to 12th on 30, seven above the relegation playoff spot.

Bayern Munich lead the standings with 61 factors, 4 forward of Borussia Dortmund whom they face on Tuesday. The Bundesliga turned the primary main sports activities league to renew final week, with no followers in attendance, after being suspended for greater than two months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hat-trick for Werner as Leipzig crush hosts Mainz 5-0

Timo Werner scored a hat-trick as RB Leipzig demolished hosts Mainz 05 5-Zero on Sunday to reclaim third place within the Bundesliga with an emphatic victory after three straight attracts. Germany worldwide Werner, a goal for a number of high European golf equipment this summer time, opened his account within the 11th minute and Yussuf Poulsen nodded within the second objective within the 23rd.

Marcel Sabitzer killed off the sport earlier than the break, flicking in from shut vary as Mainz collapsed. Werner scored once more three minutes after the restart and the 24-year-old ahead chipped the ball over keeper Florian Mueller within the 75th for his 24th objective of the season and 91st in all competitions for Leipzig to grow to be their all-time high scorer.

Leipzig, who crushed Mainz 8-Zero earlier within the season with Werner grabbing one other hat-trick, moved again into third on 54 factors, one place forward of Bayer Leverkusen and two away from Borussia Moenchengladbach, and have the higher hand within the battle for a Champions League spot.

Leipzig additionally set a brand new membership file with 68 objectives scored this season, greater than in some other whole marketing campaign since their promotion to the Bundesliga in 2016. Mainz piled our bodies into their defence however have been unable to match Leipzig’s velocity down the wings they usually didn’t launch any sustained assaults of their very own till late within the recreation.