Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich maintain neck-and-neck battle at the top
Stuttgart stun Dortmund, climbing up as Dortmund drops to fifth
Union Berlin’s nightmare continues with ninth consecutive defeat
Werder Bremen squanders lead, settles for draw against Frankfurt
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
[ 4-0 ] BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH vs. WOLFSBURG
[ 1-1 ] AUGSBURG vs. HOFFENHEIM
[ 4-2 ] BAYERN MUNICH vs. HEIDENHEIM
[ 0-0 ] DARMSTADT vs. MAINZ
[ 2-1 ] STUTTGART vs. BORUSSIA DORTMUND
[ 1-1 ] BOCHUM vs. FC KÖLN
[ 4-0 ] BAYER LEVERKUSEN vs. UNION BERLIN
[ 2-2 ] WERDER BREMEN vs. EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
[ 3-1 ] RB LEIPZIG vs. FREIBURG
Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich are still two points apart at the top of the table after both teams scored four goals to win their respective matches. Stuttgart kept their distance from the top two with a win over Dortmund, who dropped out of the top four and into fifth place. RB Leipzig moved up one place to fourth after beating Freiburg, while Union Berlin fell to the bottom of the table after another defeat.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Bayer Leverkusen [1st, 11/34 games, 31 pts]
Bayern Munich [2nd, 11/34 games, 29 pts]
Stuttgart [3rd, 11/34 games, 24 pts]
RB Leipzig [4th, 11/34 games, 23 pts]
Borussia Dortmund [5th, 11/34 games, 21 pts]
Hoffenheim [6th, 11/34 games, 19 pts]
Eintracht Frankfurt [7th, 11/34 games, 18 pts]
Freiburg [8th, 11/34 games, 14 pts]
Borussia Mönchengladbach [9th, 11/34 games, 13 pts]
Augsburg [10th, 11/34 games, 13 pts]
Wolfsburg [11th, 11/34 games, 13 pts]
Werder Bremen [12th, 11/34 games, 11 pts]
Heidenheim [13th, 11/34 games, 10 pts]
Bochum [14th, 11/34 games, 9 pts]
Darmstadt [15th, 11/34 games, 8 pts]
Mainz [16th, 11/34 games, 7 pts]
FC Köln [17th, 11/34 games, 6 pts]
Union Berlin [18th, 11/34 games, 6 pts]
A clinical Monchengladbach opened the round with a 4-0 win over Wolfsburg, allowing them to leapfrog Wolfsburg in the league standings with the same points.
Heidenheim scored two goals within three minutes to cancel Harry Kane’s first-half brace for Bayern Munich. However, Raphael Guerreiro scored the winning goal two minutes later, helping Bayern go on to secure a 4-2 win. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting added the final goal of the game.
Dortmund followed their Der Klassiker defeat with another league loss. Serhou Guirassy scored the game-winning penalty in the 83rd minute, giving Stuttgart their first league win in two games.
Bochum and FC Koln remain with one win each after sharing the points in a 1-1 draw.
Three second-half goals, in addition to Alex Grimaldo’s first-half game-winning goal, helped Leverkusen secure a comfortable 4-0 win over Union Berlin, maintaining their position at the top. This result marked Union Berlin’s ninth consecutive league defeat out of their 11 league games.
Werder Bremen squandered a two-goal lead, settling for a point at home against
Frankfurt. On the balance of play, it was a fair outcome.
Lois Openda and Christoph Baumgartner scored a minute apart (79th and 80th minute) to propel RB Leipzig into the lead and a ‘3-1′ victory against Freiburg. Xavi Simons’ 6th-minute opening goal was canceled by Merlin Rohl at the end of the first half. This win was crucial for Leipzig to bounce back from their defeat to Mainz in their last league game.
MATCH RESULTS
[ 4 ] Borussia Mönchengladbach || Tomas Cvancara 16′ Rocco Reitz 42′ Franck Honorat 64′ Alassane Plea 71′
[ 0 ] Wolfsburg
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[ 1 ] Augsburg || Ermedin Demirovic 53′
[ 1 ] Hoffenheim || Wout Weghorst 23′
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[ 4 ] Bayern Munich || Harry Kane 14′ 44′ Raphael Guerreiro 72′ Eric Maxim Choupo-Motin 85′
[ 2 ] Heidenheim || Tim Kleindienst 67′ Jan-Niklas Beste 70′
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[ 0 ] Darmstadt
[ 0 ] Mainz
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[ 2 ] Stuttgart || Denis Undav 42′ Serhou Guirassy 83′ (pen)
[ 1 ] Borussia Dortmund || Niclas Fullkrug 36′
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[ 1 ] Bochum || Lukas Daschner 25′
[ 1 ] FC Köln || Davie Selke 54′
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[ 4 ] Bayer Leverkusen || Alex Grimaldo 23′ Odilon Kossounou 57′ Jonathn Tah 73′ Nathan Tella 83′
[ 0 ] Union Berlin
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[ 2 ] Werder Bremen || Marvin Ducksch 45+2′ Rafa Borre 50′
[ 2 ] Eintracht Frankfurt || Ellyes Skhiri 65′ Hrvoje Smolcic 75′
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[ 3 ] RB Leipzig || Xavi Simons 6′ Ikoma Openda 79′(pen) Christoph Baumgartner 80′
[ 1 ] Freiburg || Merlin Rohl 45+6′
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