Bundesliga Roundup: Boniface scores twice as Bayer Leverkusen routs Darmstadt

BERLIN — New signing Victor Boniface scored twice and arrange one other purpose as Bayer Leverkusen routed promoted Darmstadt 5-1 within the Bundesliga on Saturday.

It’s Leverkusen’s third win from three video games.

Jeremie Frimpong additionally starred for coach Xabi Alonso’s workforce, setting Boniface off on a run after two Darmstadt defenders crashed into one another. Boniface eluded one tried problem, then one other, earlier than dispatching the ball previous goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen within the twenty first minute.

Oscar Vilhelmsson equalized from shut vary three minutes later but it surely was pretty much as good because it received for the defensively minded guests.

Frimpong arrange Exequiel Palacios to attain within the forty ninth, and Granit Xhaka and Florian Wirtz helped Boniface to his second within the 61st, seven minutes earlier than Boniface laid the ball off for Jonas Hofmann to attain.

Alonso introduced on new signings Nathan Tella (from Southampton) and Josip Stani?i? (on mortgage from Bayern Munich) for his or her debuts within the 72nd, then Noah Mbamba (from Club Brugge) and Adam Hlozek within the eightieth.

Mbamba arrange Hlozek to finish the scoring within the 83rd.

Serhou Guirassy and Chris Fuhrich each scored twice as Stuttgart blew away Freiburg 5-0 regardless of dropping key gamers in the summertime switch interval. Left again Borna Sosa was the most recent to go away when he joined Ajax on Friday.

Guinea ahead Guirassy already has 5 objectives in three Bundesliga video games thus far.

Japan midfielder Takuma Asano scored twice for Bochum to attract at Augsburg 2-2, Werder Bremen eased to a 4-0 win over Mainz, and Hoffenheim defeated Wolfsburg 3-1.

Bayern Munich performed at Gladbach later.