Bayern Leverkusen won on their BayArena pitch 2-1 against Freiburg on Sunday at the end of the 9th day of the German championship, and retains their place as leader of the Bundesliga. Xabi Alonso’s men signed their eighth victory and have 25 points, two points ahead of Bayern (23) and four ahead of Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund (21).
Sunday against Freiburg, Leverkusen opened the scoring with an individual exploit from its young midfielder Florian Wirtz (20 years old) in the 37th minute and doubled the lead by Jonas Hofmann (60th). Manuel Gulde reduced the score for Freiburg in the 70th minute. This 9th day of the Bundesliga thus concluded with 42 goals in total in nine matches, an average of 4.7 goals per match, driven by the cards of Bayern against Darmstadt (8-0) and RB Leipzig against Cologne (6-0).