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Bundesliga round-up: RB Leipzig climb to third and Mainz win derby

Leipzig's Timo Werner is fouled by Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels
Image: Leipzig's Timo Werner is fouled by Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels

RB Leipzig muscled their way in among Germany's top clubs with a 1-0 win at Wolfsburg which took them up to third in the Bundesliga after seven games of their first ever season in the top flight.

Emil Forsberg became the fifth player to miss a penalty in the Bundesliga this weekend, although he made amends with Leipzig's winning goal at the VW-Arena.

The victory lifts Ralph Hasenhuttl's men up to third, just two points behind league leaders Bayern Munich and two points ahead of fourth-placed Borussia Dortmund, while Wolfsburg are left languishing in 14th with just one win all season, and perhaps more worryingly only four goals scored.

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Leipzig's Emil Forsberg celebrates scoring his team's opening goal with Yussuf Poulsen and Marcel Halstenberg
Image: Leipzig's Emil Forsberg celebrates scoring with Yussuf Poulsen and Marcel Halstenberg

In Sunday's other game, Mainz took local bragging rights with a 2-1 win over Darmstadt which lifted them up to seventh.

Pablo de Blasis and Yunus Malli were on target for Mainz with Jerome Gondorf's last-minute penalty no more than a consolation for the Lilies, who remain just a point above the drop zone.

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