Union Berlin 5-0 Arminia Bielefeld
Goals: 1-0 Endo (3'), 2-0 Andrich (13'), 3-0 Becker (45'+2), 4-0 Kruse (52'), 5-0 Teuchert (89')

Keita Endo was handed his first Bundesliga start following his summer loan arrival from Yokahama F. Marinos in his native Japan and wasted little time in opening his account for the Berliners, giving them the lead inside the first five minutes from close range after Sheraldo Becker's cutback. Robert Andrich then doubled the hosts' advantage with a fine finish following some smart interplay with Kruse, crashing a left-footed effort in off the bar. Endo's afternoon ended soon after, though, the attacking midfielder replaced by Akaki Gogia after pulling a muscle. The first-half traffic continued to flow in the same direction, though, and Becker made it 3-0 with half-time approaching, drilling a low shot beyond visiting goalkeeper Stefan Ortega after a fine Kruse through-ball.

Fischer's opposite number Uwe Neuhaus sent Reinhald Yabo, Nils Seufert and Fabian Kunze on for the second half - not before what must have been a stern half-time team talk for those that started for die Arminen - but things didn't get much better for the visitors after the restart. Gogia drew a penalty from Cedric Brunner with a burst of pace, and Kruse stepped up to send Ortega the wrong way for his third goal of the season. Joel Pohjanpalo then attempted to get in on the scoring but he mis-timed meeting Christopher Trimmel's cross before referee Matthias Jöllenbeck called the Bayer Leverkusen-owned striker back for a foul anyway. Arminia might have pulled one back late on but Ritsu Doan's free-kick hit the wall and Cedric Teuchert added insult to injury late on as it ended 5-0.

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Kruse fires Union past Bielefeld and into fourth