2018/19 German Bundesliga – Round 23 – Dortmund saves their lead as Bayern picks up more points to help the title defense.

German Bundesliga
Briefings

Three points gap between the top two (Dortmund and Bayern)in the title league race.
Luka Jovic opened a two-goal lead in the race for golden boots in the league.

February 22, 2019
Werder Bremen 1–1 Stuttgart
Werder Bremen – Davy Klaassen 45’
Stuttgart – Steven Zuber 2’

February 23, 2019
Bayern Munich 1–0 Hertha Berlin
Bayern Munich – Javi Martinez 62’

Borussia Monchengladbach 0–3 Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg – Yannick Gerhardt 38’ Admir Mehmedi 68’ 83’

Freiburg 5–1 Augsburg
Freiburg – Nils Petersen 9’ 43’ Vincenzo Grifo 30’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt 64’ Florian Niederlechner 85’
Augsburg – Rani Khedira 52’

Mainz 3–0 Schalke
Mainz – Karim Onisiwo 18’ 84’ Jean-Philippe Mateta 73’

Fortuna Dusseldorf 2–1 Nurnberg
Fortuna Dusseldorf – Ewerton 62(og) 62’ Kaan Ayhan 83’
Nurnberg – Eduard Lowen 41’

February 24, 2019
Hannover 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt – Ante Rebic 54’ Luka Jovic 64’ Filip Kostic 90’

Borussia Dortmund 3–2 Bayer Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund – Dan-Axel Zagadou 30’ Jadon Sancho 38’ Mario Gotze 60’
Bayern Leverkusen – Kevin Volland 37’ Jonathan Tah 75’

February 25, 2019
RB Leipzig 1–1 Hoffenheim
RB Leipzig – Willi Orban 89′
Hoffenheim – Andrej Kramaric 22′

Relegation zoned Stuttgart takes a point at home against a Werder Bremen side that continues their trend of scoring in every game since the start of the Bundesliga season.

Javi Martinez scored the only goal of the match for Bayern Munich to pick up their third league win in a row.
Monchengladbach made it three league matches without a win after conceding 3 goals without a response against Wolfsburg.

Augsburg made it three consecutive league defeats after getting thrashed ‘5-1’ at Freiburg.

Mainz ended a run of three defeats in the league with a ‘3-0’ victory against a Schalke side that was hoping to crawl further away from the relegation-threat in the league standings.

Fortuna Dusseldorf work on their safety in the Bundesliga by picking up 3 points against bottom table Nurnberg

Eintracht Frankfurt scored three after the break to take all the points from relegation-zoned Hannover. Top scorer
Luka Jovic added a goal to take his tally to 15 goals.

Dortmund survived a tense final quarter of the match to get back to winning ways through a 3-2 home victory over Bayer Leverkusen. After Jonathan Tah scored in the 75th minute cut Dortmund lead down to a goal.