Eintracht Frankfurt sinks Schalke lantern and takes second place in the Bundesliga; check the rating

Eintracht Frankfurt moved up to provisional second place in the Bundesliga after winning, this Saturday, last-placed Schalke by 3-0, also taking advantage of the resounding thrashing suffered by Freiburg away from home to Wolfsburg, by 6-0.

The game’s score was opened by the Danish Jesper Lindstrom with a goal in the first half, in the 22nd minute.

Colombian striker Santos Borré led to victory against Schalke with a goal in the 84th minute and Angolan Aurelio Buta closed the triumph in stoppage time. The result further sinks Schalke, who are bottom with just 9 points from 16 games and 6 points from the safety zone.

The man needed 17 minutes on the field to score. Borré! 🫡#SGE pic.twitter.com/x9cM0rJ3K9

— Eintracht Frankfurt (@Eintracht_por) January 21, 2023

Eintracht, current champions of the Europa League, has 30 points and is second in the German Championship. He is tied on points with Union Berlin, who defeated Hoffenheim 3-1 (12th) and Freiburg (4th), who left the provisional podium after being thrashed on his visit to Wolfsburg (6th).

Patrick Wimmer, Jonas Wind, Yannick Gerhardt, Ridle Baku, Gian-Luca Waldschmidt were the authors of the goals for Wolfsburg, which with this result approached the positions that qualify for the next Champions League.

These three teams are 5 points behind the leader Bayern Munchenwho drew 1-1 this Friday at RB Leipzig (5th with 29 points) in the resumption of the Bundesliga after the interruption for the World Cup and the traditional winter break.

In the struggle to remain in the top flight of the German Championship, Bochum (14th) achieved an important victory over Hertha Berlin by 3-1 (17th), while Stuttgart (16th) and Mainz (10th) drew 1-1.

This Sunday, there are the games of Borussia Dortmund (7th) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (8th), which will receive respectively Augsburg (15th) and Bayer Leverkusen (11th).

Matches of the 16th round of the German championship and standings:

Friday:

RB Leipzig 1-1 Bayern Munich

Saturday:

FC Union Berlin 3 x 1 Hoffenheim

Eintracht Frankfurt 3 x 0 Schalke 04

Wolfsburg 6 x 0 Freiburg

Bochum 3 x 1 Hertha Berlin

Stuttgart 1 x 1 Mainz

Colonia 7 x 1 Werder Bremen

Domingo:

11h30 – Borussia Dortmund x Augsburg

13h30 – B. Monchengladbach x Bayer Leverkusen

Rating / Points

1. Bayern Munich – 35

2. Eintracht Frankfurt – 30

3. FC Union Berlin – 30

4. Freiburg – 30

5. RB Leipzig – 29

6. Wolfsburg – 26

7. Borussia Dortmund – 25

8. B. Moenchengladbach – 22

9. Werder Bremen – 21

10. Colonia – 20

11. Mainz – 20

12.Bayer Leverkusen – 18

13. Hoffenheim – 18

14. Bochom – 16

15. Augsburg – 15

16. Stuttgart – 15

17. Hertha Berlin – 14

18. Schalke – 9