Dortmund, Germany (AP) – Bayern Munich stood to earn profits as the closest two Bundesliga Challengers Borussia Dortmund and Leipzig held a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
Yan Couto of Dortmund leveled his score and canceled Christoph Baumgartner’s Leipzig opener. As a result, Bayern will give Dortmund a chance to get four points apart at the top of the rankings if the defending champion defeats Eintracht Frankfurt in the second half of Saturday.
Kasper Hjulmand extended his unbeaten start to his sixth game as Bayer Lebakusen coach, as Ernest Poku and Christian Kofane won 2-0 against Union Berlin.
Hjulmand’s team passed the game without acknowledging it for the first time since the Danish coach I replaced the Erik Ten Hag Last month, after two league games in the new season.
The 18-year-old American defender Noah Kay Banks scored with his first Bundesliga goal as Augsburg defeated Wolfsburg 3-1. Banks, who started his first league game since February, scored in three minutes.
Another early goal was to determine the 1-0 victory for Wader Bremen over St. Pauli as Samuel Mbangla scored in the two minutes.
League leader Bayern later visits Frankfurt.
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