2018/19 German Bundesliga – Round 15 – Bayern wins big, but Borussia Dortmund does enough to keep the gap at the top of the league.

Bundesliga
December 14, 2018
Nurnberg 0–2 Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg – Daniel Ginczek 58’ Josip Brekalo 90+4’

December 15, 2018
Hoffenheim 0–0 Borussia Monchengladbach

Stuttgart 2–1 Hertha Berlin
Stuttgart – Mario Gomez 64’ 76’
Hertha Berlin – Maximilian Mittelstaedt 38’

Augsburg 1–1 Schalke 04
Augsburg – Michael Gregoritsch 13’
Schalke 04 – Daniel Caligiuri 52’

Hannover 96 0–4 Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich – Joshua Kimmich 2’ David Alaba 29’ Serge Gnabry 53’ Robert Lewandowski 62’

Fortuna Dusseldorf 2–0 Freiburg
Fortuna Dusseldorf – Kaan Ayhan 55’79’

Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Werder Bremen
Borussia Dortmund – Paco Alcacer 20’ Marco Reus 27’
Werder Bremen – Max Kruse 35’

December 16, 2018
RB Leipzig 4–1 Mainz 05
RB Leipzig – Yussuf Pulsen 14’ 19’ Timo Werner 74’ 88’
Mainz 05 – Karim Onisiwo 38’

Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen
Eintracht Frankfurt – Danny da Costa 28’ Fililp Kosic 57’
Bayer Leverkusen – Karim Bellarabi 65’

Briefings
Paco Alcacer moved to the top of the goalscoring list with when he scored the opening goal for Dortmund got the better part of the three goals scored in the first half to stay top of the Bundesliga standings with a win at home against Werder Bremen.

Bayern Munich scored 4 at Hannover to maintain the 9-point gap between themselves and the top of the standings.

Borussia Monchengladbach was held to a goalless draw at Hoffenheim. The result allowed Bayern to catch up with a victory at Hannover.

Fortuna Dusseldorf was the only side in the relegation zone to get a win from the weekend fixture. Defender Kaan Ayhan scored all the goals for Fortuna Dusseldorf to come out aa ‘2-0’ winners against Freiburg.

Augsburg avoided defeat #5 in a row after losing an early lead to take a point against Schalke in an evenly contested match.

Mario Gomez was the provider of goals for Stuttgart to come from behind and beat Hertha Berlin. It was Hertha Berlin’s shot at the top four against relegation-threatened Stuttgart.

The two strikers of RB Leipzig shared the scoring responsibility by picking up two goals each in their victory against Mainz.

Eintracht Frankfurt ended a run of two defeats through a ‘2-0’ win against Bayer Leverkusen.