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Bundesliga wrap: RB Leipzig, Gladbach keep pressure on Bayern Munich

Bundesliga

Moenchengladbach’s French forward Marcus Thuram (R) gets past Duesseldorf’s Turkish defender Kaan Ayhan during the German first division Bundesliga football match Fortuna Dusseldorf v Borussia Moenchengladbach in Dusseldorf, western Germany on February 15, 2020. (Photo by Uwe Kraft / AFP) / RESTRICTIONS: DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by UWE KRAFT/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Bundesliga table has a new leader for at least an evening after RB Leipzig walked over Werder Bremen on Saturday.

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Gladbach also stayed on pace for Leipzig’s numbers with its match-in-hand, while Bayern plays Sunday and chasing Dortmund won on Friday.

RB Leipzig 3-0 Werder Bremen

This wasn’t in question at really any point, as Lukas Klostermann, Patrick Schick, and Nordi Mukiele scored by end of the 46th minute. Schick also picked up an assist in the win.

Leipzig’s USMNT midfielder Tyler Adams missed out with a calf injury, but Werder Bremen’s American forward came on for a 25-minute appearance. Josh Sargent had nine touches, three-of-four passing, drew a foul, and won two of five duels.

Leipzig now leads Bayern Munich by two points before the red-hot Bavarian side visits improving Koln on Sunday.

Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-4 Borussia Monchengladbach

Gladbach got a nice challenge from the relegation-threatened hosts in the first-half, Jonas Hofmann’s opener canceled out by Erik Thommy.

Lars Stindl took over in the second half, scoring twice before Florian Neuhaus put it away.

Marcus Thuram finished the dal with two assists, while Denis Zakaria and Breel Embolo also registered helpers.

Lilian’s kid can ball. The 22-year-old Thuram has 10 goals and eight assists so far this season.

Hoffenheim 2-3 Wolfsburg

John Brooks was back in the Starting XI for the visitors, but American interest aside this was all about Wout Weghorst.

Weghorst scored three goals for Wolfsburg, his first since December. He had 11 goals this season by the time the calendar turned to 2020.

His first goal was answered by Christoph Baumgartner assisted by Andrej Kramaric, the latter then making it 2-2 before Weghorst won it with his hat trick goal in the 71st.

Elsewhere

Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Eintracht Frankfurt -- Friday | RECAP
Union Berlin 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen
Augsburg 1-1 Freiburg
Paderborn 1-2 Hertha Berlin
Koln v. Bayern Munich -- 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday
Mainz v. Schalke -- Noon ET Sunday

Standings

TeamGPWDLGFGAGDHomeAwayPTS
RB Leipzig2213635625317-3-16-3-245
Bayern Munich2113445823357-2-26-2-243
Borussia Dortmund2212646332318-3-04-3-442
Mönchengladbach2113354224188-1-15-2-442
Bayer Leverkusen221246382995-4-27-0-440
FC Schalke 042194322755-5-14-3-335
SC Freiburg22967313105-2-34-4-433
1899 Hoffenheim2210393335-25-1-65-2-333
VfL Wolfsburg22877282803-5-35-2-431
Eintracht Frankfurt228410373526-3-22-1-828
FC Augsburg227693445-115-3-32-3-627
1. FC Union Berlin2282122735-86-0-52-2-726
Hertha BSC Berlin2275102738-113-2-64-3-426
1. FC Köln2072112738-115-1-42-1-723
FSV Mainz 052170143148-173-0-74-0-721
Fortuna Düsseldorf2245132146-253-2-61-3-717
Werder Bremen2245132551-261-2-73-3-617
SC Paderborn2244142747-202-1-92-3-516