???? Is St. Pauli annoying Bayern? The Bundesliga conference in the live blog

The best thing about cold weather? Saturday can be spent on the couch with a clear conscience. The Buli conference with the BVB surprise bag in Mainz will warm your heart. Bayern is on the hunt for a record win against St. Pauli. Bochum is hoping for the coaching effect of Hecking's debut against Leverkusen. The conference soup is rounded off with a fine touch of “Nordderby”. In short: it's going to be a celebration!

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VfL equalized very late. Koji Miyoshi tricks the ball in from a tight angle against Leverkusen, securing Bochum a point against the reigning champions. A sign of life from the table cellar!

Werder took the lead against Holstein Kiel in the 89th minute. And who runs the place? Oliver Burke. Hey, wasn't that the one who made Werder's historic comeback against Dortmund perfect? Yep, he did it again.

There's just not much going on in the final phase. 'X' user Julian Kehrer has summarized the whole thing precisely for you.

…doesn't have to worry about the ridicule. Although: Mainz is now leading 3-1. Guirassy is basically in line with this. Time for a gaming group? Take it easy, it's just fun…

North Germans are often said to have a cold, distant nature. From a distance, Werder and Kiel are closest to each other so far. First Jens Stage in the first half and now Phil Harres after the break scored from outside the penalty area to make the score 1-1.

In our app, 58% of users think that there will be two more goals in this half between BVB and Mainz. Dortmund would also need that to make up for the 1-2 deficit. Or do optimistic Mainz residents believe that the 05ers can still make it 4-1?

It's half time on the pitches in the Bundesliga conference. There was already a lot going on. Of course, you can also find statistical evidence of the last bad pass in our app:

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This is how the turbulent ten minutes in the middle of the first half can be summed up by Mainz's Jae-Sung Lee. First Emre Can knocks his legs away, then he scores to make it 1-0. A short time later, the South Korean fouled Guirassy in his own penalty area. The penalty due is converted to 1:1.

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Yes, the puns continue. But he was also lying on the street, like Mainz's Lee on the grass after Emre Can's hard entry. With an open sole, the BVB captain flew into the 05's ankle. Smooth red! The beginning of the crazy BVB minutes can be read again here.

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.. was St. Pauli's Nikola Vasilj on the Reeperbahn yesterday? Most likely not. The keeper was unlucky when Jamal Musiala's long-range goal was missed. The ball hit the middle and Vasilj was on its way to his left corner. In the district league, an indication that the goalkeeper still has yesterday's radar.

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It's okay, the first goal of the conference has been scored. Of course, the unfortunate wordplay also tells those in the know where. Florian Wirtz sent Patrick Schick into Bochum, the striker then cleverly slotted the ball through Drewes' legs. Nice goal!

Almost 1-0 for Werder. From a very short distance, the blonde Marvin Ducksch heads towards the Kieler Tor, where Timon Weiner throws himself in between them. The keeper completes the header relay with his own ball and can clear. With your brains!

At BVB they are longing for Julian Brandt's first goal of the season. Let's hope for the Dortmund supporters that the said knot and not Nuri Sahin's collar bursts.

The ball is about to roll in the conference. You can read more about who is sending who into the race here.

Niclas Füllkrug once called his Bremen strike partnership with Marvin Ducksch “the ugly” birds. Today only Ducksch circles around the Weser Stadium. The attacker's old love, the Kiel storks, is visiting there today. In the 2017/18 season, Ducksch became the top scorer in the second division with 18 goals in the Holstein jersey.

If FC St. Pauli can live up to this football phrase after the home game against FC Bayern, the Kiezkickers will have achieved a lot. Because: the Munich team is on the hunt for a record win. The record champions have scored at least three goals in their last five away games. No Bundesliga team has managed this six times in a row.

…at least that's what the numbers say. Leverkusen has not lost in 21 away games in the Bundesliga across all seasons. The last time we went home without points was after a 0-3 defeat on matchday 34 of 2022/23 in Bochum. So it should be a sure-fire success for new coach Dieter Hecking.

Mainz 05 have not managed a home win in five attempts this season. The last time they scored full points in the Mewa Arena was on matchday 33 of the previous season with a brilliant 3-0 win. The opponent? Is a guest again today. Will BVB again become the “development opponent” of a team from the bottom half of the table?