’Guiding star’ Fuellkrug bags Bremen brace, Leipzig win

BERLIN: Niclas Fuellkrug scored for the sixth straight Bundesliga match as his Werder Bremen side won 3-2 at Mainz on Saturday, while RB Leipzig thumped promoted Elversberg. Fuellkrug, who returned to Bremen on loan from English Championship side West Ham in the summer, converted two penalties inside the opening 25 minutes to notch up a second straight Bundesliga brace. Ludovit Reis grabbed Bremen’s other goal, while Anthony Caci and Lee Jae-sung scored for the hosts. Fuellkrug now has eight

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