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First round after the winter break. The German Bundesliga after17 rounds.

By Toud Lalker

Posted on January 14, 2024

Five winners from the possible nine. Leverkusen, Bayern, Dortmund, Frankfurt, and Monchengladbach were the winners in this round.

SCOREBOARD

BAYERN MUNICH (3) – (0) HOFFENHEIM
AUGSBURG (0) – (1) BAYER LEVERKUSEN
FC KÖLN (1) – (1) HEIDENHEIM
FREIBURG (0) – (0) UNION BERLIN
MAINZ (1) – (1) WOLFSBURG
RB LEIPZIG (0) – (1) EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
DARMSTADT (0) – (3) BORUSSIA DORTMUND
BOCHUM (1) – (1) WERDER BREMEN
BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH (3) – (1) STUTTGART

The top six remained unchanged, but the middle two teams (third and fourth) lost. Stuttgart and RB Leipzig held onto their third and fourth place positions after losing their matches this round, allowing Dortmund and Frankfurt to close the gap with a win.
Leverkusen and Bayern Munich maintained their pace in the Bundesliga title race with victories, while Freiburg moved up to seventh place after a scoreless draw with Union Berlin.

BAYER LEVERKUSEN
45 : accumulated points
2.65 : ppg
6 : dropped points
0.82 : win rate
0.18 : draw rate
0 : losing rate
2.76 : scoring rate
0.71 : goal concession rate

THE LEAGUE POINTS

Bayer Leverkusen (45), Bayern Munich (41), Stuttgart (34), RB Leipzig (33)
Borussia Dortmund (30), Eintracht Frankfurt (27), Freiburg (25), Hoffenheim (24)
Heidenheim (21), Borussia Mönchengladbach (20), Wolfsburg (20), Augsburg (18)
Werder Bremen (17), Bochum (17), Union Berlin (14), Mainz (11)
FC Köln (11), Darmstadt (10)

HEIDENHEIM
21 : accumulated points
1.24 : ppg
30 : dropped points
0.35 : win rate
0.18 : draw rate
0.47 : losing rate
1.53 : scoring rate
1.94 : goal concession rate

Bayern Munich secured a 3-0 victory over Hoffenheim thanks to two goals from Jamal Musiala and one from Harry Kane, who scored his 22nd league goal of the season. The win marked the celebration of the life and passing of Franz Beckenbauer.

A dramatic finish to the game saw Exeguiel Paciaos scored the only goal of the game in the 4th minute of the final added time (90+4’) to get Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 win at Augsburg. The result kept Leverkusen unbeaten and top of the Bundesliga standings. It was against the run of play, but Frankfurt picked up three points from a 1-0 win over RB Leipzig. Ansgar Knauff’s goal in the 7th minute gave Frankfurt a win in Leipzig.

Arguably against the run of play, Eintracht Frankfurt picked up three points from a 1-0 win over RB Leipzig. Ansgar Knauff scored in the seventh minute to give Frankfurt the win in Leipzig.

It was a comfortable away win for Dortmund against bottom table Darmstadt.

In the dying embers of the match, Werder Bremen avoided defeat in Bochum thanks to a goal in the third minute of stoppage time. Niklas Stark’s strike cancelled out Patrick Osterhage’s opener for Bochum in the 64th minute, leaving the score at 1-1.

The result leaves both teams level on points in the league standings, but Werder Bremen retain their advantage on goal difference.

A ‘3-1’ away defeat against Monchengladbach held Stuttgart back from keeping pace with the top teams in the Bundesliga standings.

DARMSTADT
10 : accumulated points
0.59 : ppg
41 : dropped points
0.12 : win rate
0.24 : draw rate
0.65 : losing rate
1.18 : scoring rate
2.59 : goal concession rate

The relegation battle remained unchanged, but Darmstadt was the only team to fail to earn a point.

BAYERN MUNICH (3) – (0) HOFFENHEIM
bayern munich : jamal musiala 18′ 70′ harry kane 90′
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AUGSBURG (0) – (1) BAYER LEVERKUSEN
bayer leverkusen : exequiel palacios 90+4′
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FC KÖLN (1) – (1) HEIDENHEIM
fc köln : davie selke 29′
heidenheim : adrian beck 55′
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FREIBURG (0) – (0) UNION BERLIN
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MAINZ (1) – (1) WOLFSBURG
mainz : silvan widmer 61′
wolfsburg : vaclav cerny 12′
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RB LEIPZIG (0) – (1) EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
eintracht frankfurt : ansgar knauff 7′
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DARMSTADT (0) – (3) BORUSSIA DORTMUND
borussia dortmund : julian brandt 24′ marcos reus 77′ youssoufa moukoko 90+2′
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BOCHUM (1) – (1) WERDER BREMEN
bochum : patrick osterhage 64′
werder bremen : niklas stark 90+3′
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BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH (3) – (1) STUTTGART
borussia mönchengladbach : robin hack 1′ 19′ jordan pefok 90+1′
stuttgart : josha vagnoman 56′
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