Masaya Okugawa, right, of Arminia Bielefeld vies for the ball in a match against Red Bull Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany on Dec. 18, 2021. (Kyodo)
BOCHUM, Germany (Kyodo) -- Masaya Okugawa scored for the second straight game on Saturday, helping 10-man Arminia Bielefeld stun Red Bull Leipzig 2-0 in the German Bundesliga.
The impressive away win was only the third victory of the season for lowly Bielefeld and their second in a row, following a 2-0 win at home to Bochum on Tuesday.
Janni Serra opened the scoring in the 58th minute at Leipzig's Red Bull Arena, but the visitors' hopes of another upset were jeopardized by a 70th-minute red card for Fabian Klos.
Okugawa sealed the result with a clinical finish in the 75th minute, making no mistake after having an earlier goal wiped out for offside.
Arminia forward Florian Kruger intercepted an errant pass in attacking territory and quickly found Okugawa, who fired home from the top right of the box while under pressure from three opposing players.
The 25-year-old attacking midfielder brought his season tally to five league goals.
Elsewhere in the Bundesliga, Makoto Hasebe and Daichi Kamada started for Eintracht Frankfurt in a 1-0 win against visiting Mainz, while Genki Haraguchi came off the bench in the second half for Union Berlin, who were 1-0 winners away to Bochum.
Japan defender Ko Itakura netted in consecutive outings for second-division Schalke, striking a late equalizer in their 1-1 draw with promotion-seeking rivals Hamburger SV.
In the Belgian top flight, Kaoru Mitoma scored his fifth goal of the season for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, sparking them to a 3-2 comeback win at home to Cercle Brugge.
Sint-Truiden's Taichi Hara netted his second goal of the campaign in a 2-1 loss away to Gent.
Japan forward Ado Onaiwu bagged a brace for Toulouse in their 4-1 French Cup victory over fellow second-division side Nimes. Countryman Naomichi Ueda started in defense for Nimes at Stadium de Toulouse.
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