Mad scenes in Augsburg see Bayer 04 Leverkusen reach the summit of Bundesliga table

Bayer Leverkusen moved top of the fledgling Bundesliga table after sweeping Augsburg aside 4-1 on Saturday thanks to two early own goals.Uncapped 18-year-old midfielder Florian Wirtz celebrated his Germany call-up on Friday by scoring the visitors’ fourth as the Werkself took top spot on goal difference.He can’t be stopped! Haaland strikes in injury time to give BVB a dramatic 3-2 win over HoffenheimAugsburg made a disastrous start when Brazilian defender Iago, then striker Florian Niederlechner both turned the ball into their own net to generously leave Leverkusen 2-0 up after 14 minutes.Niederlechner made amends soon after when he stabbed home after Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky had rushed off his line.Just before the break, Leverkusen had a goal by Moussa Diaby ruled out by VAR for a handball in the build-up.##EDITORS_CHOICE##It was one-way traffic in the second half as Leverkusen dominated their Bavarian hosts. Czech striker Patrik Schick fired in their third goal, before Wirtz found the net from a tight angle late on.Elsewhere in Bundesliga, Mainz scored a thumping 3-0 win over newly-promoted Greuter Furth while Freiburg celebrated a 3-2 victory away at Stuttgart.BUNDESLIGA – Round 3FridayBorussia Dortmund – Hoffenheim 3-2 (0-0)/Reyna 49, Bellingham 69, Haaland 90+1 – Baumgartner 61, Dabbur 90/SaturdayStuttgart – Freiburg 2-3 (2-3)/Mavropanos 45, Al Ghaddioui 45 – Wee-Yeong 3, 9, Holer 28/Koln – Bochum 2-1 (0-0)/Schaub 82, Lemperle 90 – Zoller 90/Augsburg – Leverkusen 1-4 (1-2)/Niederlechner 30 – Iago 3 og, Niederlechner 14 og, Schick 75, Wirtz 81/Bielefeld – Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 (0-1)/Wimmer 86 – Hauge 22/Mainz – Greuter Furth 3-0 (2-0)/Lucoqui 15, Szalai 18, Stoger 90/Bayern – HerthaSunday16.30: (2.70) Union Berlin (3.15) M’ gladbach (2.70)18.30: (3.30) Wolfsburg (3.40) RB Leipzig (2.20)***odds are subject to change

 

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