Wrap: Cologne & Schalke earn first Bundesliga points of the season

Ondrej Duda scored to salvage a 1-1 draw for Cologne against Eintracht Frankfurt and earned his team their first Bundesliga point of the season on Sunday. Cologne had started with three straight defeats and looked headed for another loss when Andre Silva converted a penalty for the visitors in first-half injury time.

Sebastiaan Bornauw was penalized through VAR for an apparent foul on Daichi Kamada. But Duda equalized against the run of play in the 52nd min ute, firing in from a central position after Kingsley Ehizibue picked him out with a precise cross.

The draw denied Frankfurt the chance of joining Leipzig on 10 points at the top of the table and lifted Cologne one point above winless Mainz. Schalke earned their first Bundesliga point this season and climbed off the bottom of the standings but failed to end the club record 20-game run without a win after a 1-1 draw with Union Berlin on Sunday.

Host Schalke were grateful to goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow for keeping Union at bay until Christopher Trimmel crossed for Marvin Friedrich to head the opener in the 55th. Schalke's Goncalo Paciencia came on a minute later and equalised in the 69th with a header at the near post after Omar Mascarell’s corner. Union goalkeeper Andreas Luthe got his hand to the ball but couldn’t keep it out.