Domestic Leagues
German Bundesliga – Round Eighteen
Top Four:
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Bayern Munich
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RB Leipzig
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Eintracht Frankfurt
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Borussia Dortmund
Bottom Four:
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Werder Bremen
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Ingolstadt
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Hamburger SV
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Darmstadt
January 27, 2017
Schalke 04 0-1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Alexander Meier 33’
Eintracht Frankfurt held on to third place in the Bundesliga standing after dropping Schalke in front of their fans. Alexander Meier’s first half goal got Frankfurt their first win after the winter break.
January 28, 2017
Wolfsburg 1-2 Augsburg
Mario Gomez 4’ Halil Altintop 25’
Dominik Kohr 70’
Augsburg came from an early goal down to win away at Wolfsburg.
It was a victory gave Augsburg enough points to leap over Wolfsburg in the league standings.
Ingolstadt 3-1 Hamburger SV
Pascal Gross 14’ Gotoku Sakai 63’
Markus Suttner 23’
Almog Cohen 47’(pen)
In a battle at the bottom of the league table, Ingolstadt defeated Hamburger SV to move a spot above them in the standings.
Werder Bremen 1-2 Bayern Munich
Max Kruse 53’ Arjen Robben 30’
David Alaba 45’+1’
Despite fought well in the second half to secure some points at home. But that is not enough time against a team like Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich did what was required of them to keep top spot in the Bundesliga for another round.
Darmstadt 1-6 FC Koln
Sidney Sam 66’(pen) Aytac Sulu 32’(o.g)
Yuya Osako 37’ 72’
Anthony Modeste 42’
Milos Jojic 85’
Artjoms Rudnevs 89’
Darmstadt received a reminder for why they are at the bottom of the league table with a hammering at home from FC Koln.
Koln scored three goals in each half to leave with all three points.
RB Leipzig 2-1 Hoffenheim
Timo Werner 38’ Nadiem Amiri 18’
Marcel Sabitzer 77’
After 17 league matches, Hoffenheim finally tasted defeat in the 2016/17 Bundesliga season.
It was a match between the ‘undefeated at home’ and the ‘undefeated in the season’. Home advantage won.
Bayer Leverkusen 2-3 Borussia Monchengladbach
Jonathan Tah 31’ Lars Stindl 52’ 58’
Javier Hernández 34’ Raffael 71’
Borussia Monchengladbach scored three in the second half to overcome two goals conceded in the first half and left Leverkusen with all the three points from this fixture.
The victory brings Monchengladbach to four points away from Leverkusen.
January 29, 2017
Freiburg 2-1 Hertha Berlin
Janik Haberer 39’ Julian Schieber 88’
Nil Petersen 87’
Hertha Berlin fell at Freiburg.
Freiburg moved four points away from Hertha Berlin after managing to score enough goals to get a home victory. Nil Peterson’s late goal for Freiburg was needed to secure maximum points when Julian Schieber scored a minute after to cut Freiburg’s lead into half.
Mainz 05 1-1 Borussia Dortmund
Danny Latza 83’ Marco Reus 3’
Borussia Dortmund dropped more points after being unable to build on an early lead at Mainz.
Fortunately for Dortmund, both Hoffenheim and Hertha Berlin didn’t take advantage of this slip-up.