Overview
- Jamie Leweling scored twice with Maximilian Mittelstädt and Deniz Undav adding goals as VfB led 4-0 at halftime before Alejandro Grimaldo’s penalty reduced the deficit.
- The victory ended Stuttgart’s seven-plus-year, 15-match winless run against Bayer and gave coach Sebastian Hoeneß his first managerial win over the Werkself.
- Freiburg beat Hamburg 2-1 after a second-half dismissal for the visitors, with Vincenzo Grifo equalizing from the spot and Igor Matanović netting the 83rd-minute winner.
- Mainz let a 2-0 lead slip to draw 2-2 at Union Berlin on Urs Fischer’s return, leaving Mainz bottom of the table three points behind Heidenheim.
- Heidenheim and Köln drew 2-2, highlighted by Marvin Pieringer’s overhead-style strike and an equalizer from Köln teenager Said El Mala, while snow forced the postponement of Werder–Hoffenheim and St. Pauli–Leipzig.