BUNDESLIGA
The fifth round of the Bundesliga season ended with Bayern Munich’s lead in the title race growing to six points.
We look back at every season and see the moment the challenger went wrong in the German Bundesliga.
Dortmund dropped points while Bayern took the maximum points.
Dortmund drifts further from the top of the German Bundesliga title race.
Bayern Munich moved 6 points clear.
Dortmund dropped in a draw with Bochum but Leverkusen couldn’t get the results in Frankfurt to move closer to Dortmund in the standings.
Hoffenheim handed Freiburg a defeat to take 4th spot from them.
Wolfsburg dropped out of the top 10 to 11th (3 position drop) after suffering a defeat to Stuttgart.
The bottom 6 teams stayed in their positions but 4 teams found wins in this round. One of the four is bottom tabled Greuther Furth; who picked their first win of the season.
MATCH RESULTS
FC Koln 0-2 Augsburg
Bayern Munich 2-1 Mainz
Bochum 1-1 Dortmund
Freiburg 1-2 Hoffenheim
Hertha Berlin 2-0 Arminia Bielefeld
RB Leipzig 4-1 Monchengladbach
Wolfsburg 0-2 Stuttgart
Greuther Furth 1-0 Union Berlin
Frankfurt 5-2 Leverkusen
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Bayern Munich – 37 points
2. Borussia Dortmund – 31 points
3. Bayer Leverkusen – 27 points
4. Hoffenheim – 26 points
5. Freiburg – 25 points
6. Union Berlin – 23 points
7. RB Leipzig – 21 points
8. Mainz – 21 points
9. Frankfurt – 21 points
10. Bochum – 20 points
11. Wolfsburg – 20 points
12. FC Koln – 19 points
13. Monchengladbach – 18 points
14. Hertha Berlin – 18 points
15. Stuttgart – 17 points
16. Augsburg – 16 points
17. Arminia Bielefeld – 10 points
18. Greuther Fürth – 4 points
BAYERN Munich 2-1 MAINZ
Kingsley Conan and Jamal Musiala scored the goals in the second half to get Bayern Munich a win. Bayern was trailing in the 22nd minute
BOCHUM 1-1 DORTMUND
White Bayern came from a goal down to a win, Dortmund could only do come from a goal down to a draw. Dortmund had to settle for a point in Bochum
FREIBURG 1- 2 HOFFENHEIM
It’s four wins in a row for Hoffenheim.
Chris Richards scored in the fourth minute of the final added minutes to decide the match in Hoffenheim’s favor.
Freiburg went from thrashing Monchengladbach to losing at home against Hoffenheim.
RB LEIPZIG 4-1 MONCHENGLADBACH
Monchengladbach loses three league games in a row. [2-14] Conceding 14 goals while scoring 2.
RB Leipzig ended a run of three league matches without a win by handing a heavy defeat to a Monchengladbach team that came into the match from a heavier defeat.
WOLFSBURG 0-2 STUTTGART
Wolfsburg has suffered defeat in their last six competitive matches.
GREUTHER FURTH 1-0 UNION BERLIN
Havard Nielsen’s scored the only goal of the match for Greuther Furth to beat Union Berlin.
FRANKFURT 5- 2 LEVERKUSEN
Patrick Schick added two goals to his tally but Leverkusen went from a 7-1 win against Greuther Furth to a 5-2 defeat in Frankfurt.
