Augsburg's unbeaten start survives a stoppage-time Patrik Schick equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Bayer Leverkusen

FC Augsburg's perfect start to the Bundesliga season is over, but only just. A 2-2 draw with Bayer Leverkusen at the WWK Arena leaves Manuel Baum's side unbeaten through three matchdays rather than three wins from three, after Patrik Schick's stoppage-time equaliser cancelled out a Michael Gregoritsch brace that had briefly put the hosts in front.

Leverkusen led at half-time through Sidy Kofane's 18th-minute finish, set up by Edmond Tapsoba, and looked in control of a game their opponents had entered top of the table for the first time in the club's history. That control evaporated in the space of five second-half minutes. Gregoritsch levelled in the 50th minute and then headed Augsburg in front in the 55th, turning the game on its head with two goals scored faster than Leverkusen could react.

A stoppage-time rescue act

Leverkusen spent the rest of the second half chasing the game, throwing on substitutes in search of an equaliser that finally arrived in the 89th minute — Malik Tillman's low shot was diverted in by Schick's deft flick to make it 2-2 and deny Augsburg what would have been a third straight win to open the season.

Match facts

• 18' — Sidy Kofane (Bayer Leverkusen), assisted by Edmond Tapsoba
• 50' — Michael Gregoritsch (FC Augsburg)
• 55' — Michael Gregoritsch (FC Augsburg), header
• 89' — Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), assisted by Malik Tillman

Two contrasting form lines meet in the middle

Augsburg had arrived at this game top of the Bundesliga with six points from two wins — a 3-0 defeat of newly promoted Schalke and a 4-1 win away at Eintracht Frankfurt — and unchanged personnel for a third straight match, a rare show of continuity under Baum. Leverkusen's start had been shakier: an opening-weekend loss at Elversberg followed by a 4-0 win over Union Berlin left them seventh with three points before kickoff. A point at Augsburg keeps that recovery going without fully completing it, and denies the league's form side a third win to open the campaign.

For Augsburg, the draw is the first dent in an otherwise perfect start and a reminder of how quickly a two-goal turnaround can be undone by a single moment of quality from the bench. For Leverkusen, Schick's goal — his first involvement of note after coming on as a substitute — is exactly the kind of impact Kompany's Bayern side found from their own bench earlier in the weekend, a pattern repeating itself across the division as squads deep enough to change games late start to show it.