Injury-time goals decided a lot in this round. An injury-time goal from Naldo saved Schalke from a defeat at Frankfurt. Another injury-time late goal allowed Fabian Frei to save Mainz 05 from a defeat to Werder Bremen. Another injury-time goal saw Alfred Finnbogason save Augsburg from a home defeat to Freiburg, and a late goal gave Borussia Dortmund a consecutive victory.
Change in management is doing wonders for Dortmund, as Peter Stoger wins his first two matches to start his time at Dortmund with a victory in both his first away and home match.
Mid-point of the 2017/18 German Bundesliga and Bayern Munich remains supreme. Bayern will continue to enjoy an 11-point gap between them and the rest of the league until Bundesliga returns from winter break on January 12, 2018. Robert Lewandowski(Bayern Munich) remains top scorer in the league with 15 goals.
Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig didn’t get the required result from their respective matches to pull Dortmund out of the ‘top 3’. Borussia Dortmund finished 3rd in the league standings after picking up their first set of victories in the Bundesliga since their winless streak from September 30, 2017.
Bayer Leverkusen had to settle for a point after being involved in a thrilling ‘4-4’ draw with Hannover 96, while RB Leipzig suffered defeat at home to a 10-man Hertha Berlin side.
