FC Bayern München have dropped their first Bundesliga points of the season, as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by 1. FC Köln on matchday 6. Germany international Joshua Kimmich had given Bayern the lead in the first half, but the visitors levelled through Anthony Modeste and unexpectedly escaped from Munich with a point.
Hamburger SV’s losing streak extended to five games, as new coach Markus Gisdol suffered a 2-0 loss away to Hertha BSC on his debut. 1899 Hoffenheim on the other hand remain unbeaten after winning 2-1 in Ingolstadt. Elsewhere, SC Freiburg secured a 1-0 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt, while Darmstadt 98 and Werder Bremen shared the points in a 2-2 draw.
Kimmich breaks the deadlock
As expected, Köln started the game in Munich rather defensively, which made it difficult for the hosts to create chances in the opening 45 minutes. However, the record champions used one of their rare dangerous moments to take the lead, as Germany’s Joshua Kimmich found a way past Olympic Silver medal winner Timo Horn with a well-timed header.
The visitors from Cologne remained a threat after the break though and even levelled the scores shortly after the hour mark with Anthony Modeste beating Manuel Neuer. Both teams then played for the win and there were opportunities at either end. Thomas Müller and Juan Bernat both hit the woodwork, before Köln's Simon Zoller dragged his one-on-one chance wide in stoppage time.
HSV lose on Gisdol debut
Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV played their encounter at a high pace during coach's Markus Gisdol's debut at HSV. Berlin took the lead when Vedad Ibisevic converted from short range, while the away side could only find the woodwork in response, with Lasogga’s free kick coming back off the crossbar. Hamburg continued to apply pressure after the break, but Hertha bagged the winner with Ibisevic scoring his second goal from the penalty spot.
Sandro Wagner and Kerem Demirbay were on target in the first half of Hoffenheim’s meeting with Ingolstadt, paving the way to the victory against struggling Ingolstadt. The Bavarians did deny TSG a clean sheet, but Lukas Hinterseer’s penalty was nothing more than a stoppage-time consolation goal win.
Bremen earn a point on the road
Darmstadt went ahead against Werder Bremen through Antonio Colak's converted penalty after 19 minutes, and while it was a deserved lead, they failed to add to it before the break. Bremen, under interim coach Alexander Nouri, improved in the second half and turned the game on its head through goals from Lamine Sané and Olympic Silver medallist Serge Gnabry. In the end though, the Green-Whites had to settle for a point, as Colak added a second goal to his tally to level the scores at 2-2.
Freiburg's Vincenzo Grifo scored the opener just four minutes into his side’s meeting with Frankfurt, but it ultimately proved to be the only goal of the game, earning the promoted side all three points.