MATCH RESULTS – GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
Borussia Mönchengladbach [ 2-2 ] Werder Bremen
Bochum [ 1-0 ] RB Leipzig
Hoffenheim [ 3-1 ] Hertha Berlin
Augsburg [ 1-1 ] Schalke
Stuttgart [ 0-1 ] Wolfsburg
Borussia Dortmund [ 6-1 ] FC Köln
Union Berlin [ 2-0 ] Eintracht Frankfurt
Bayer Leverkusen [ 2-1 ] Bayern Munich
Mainz [ 1-1 ] Freiburg
Borussia Dortmund moved to the lead in the Bundesliga title race after their ‘6-1’ win against FC Koln was matched with a Bayern Munich defeat at Leverkusen.
Dortmund is a point ahead with 9 more rounds of the season left to be played. Bayern Munich dropped to second, while Union Berlin moved up a position to 3rd with a win over Frankfurt.
RB Leipzig dropped out of the ‘top 4’ after a ‘1-0’ defeat in Bochum.
Freiburg moved up a position to 4th from a point gained at Mainz.
Stuttgart dropped three positions to the bottom of the standings to replace Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim climbed out of the relegation zone with a win over Hertha Berlin.
Hertha Berlin dropped a position into the relegation-playoff spot.
Schalke continues to pick up points but remains locked in 17th place.
LEAGUE STANDINGS – GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
1 | Borussia Dortmund ( 25 ) – 53 points
2 | Bayern Munich ( 25 ) – 52 points
3 | Union Berlin ( 25 ) – 48 points
4 | Freiburg ( 25 ) – 46 points
5 | RB Leipzig ( 25 ) – 45 points
6 | Eintracht Frankfurt ( 25 ) – 40 points
7 | Wolfsburg ( 25 ) – 38 points
8 | Bayer Leverkusen ( 25 ) – 37 points
9 | Mainz ( 25 ) – 37 points
10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach ( 25 ) – 31 points
11 | Werder Bremen ( 25 ) – 31 points
12 | Augsburg ( 25 ) – 28 points
13 | FC Köln ( 25 ) – 27 points
14 | Bochum ( 25 ) – 25 points
15 | Hoffenheim ( 25 ) – 22 points
16 | Hertha Berlin ( 25 ) – 21 points
17 | Schalke ( 25 ) – 21 points
18 | Stuttgart ( 25 ) – 20 points
Mar 17.
Borussia Mönchengladbach [ 2-2 ] Werder Bremen
Borussia Mönchengladbach – Marus Thuram 48′ Florian Neuhaus 73′
Werder Bremen – Marvin Ducksch 65’89’
Mar 18.
Bochum [ 1-0 ] RB Leipzig
Bochum – Erhan Masovic 48′
Hoffenheim [ 3-1 ] Hertha Berlin
Hoffenheim – Andrej Kramaric 24′(pen) 37′(pen) Ihlas Bebou 51′
Hertha Berlin – Stevan Jovetic 90+2′
Augsburg [ 1-1 ] Schalke
Augsburg – Arne Maier 51′
Schalke – Marius Bulter 90+3′(pen)
Stuttgart [ 0-1 ] Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg – Omar Maarmouch 56′
Borussia Dortmund [ 6-1 ] FC Köln
Borussia Dortmund – Raphael Guerrero 15′ Sebastien Haller 17′ 69′ Marco Reus 32’70’ Donyell Malen 36′
FC Köln – Davie Selke 42′
Mar 19.
Union Berlin [ 2-0 ] Eintracht Frankfurt
Union Berlin – Rani Khedira 53′ Kevin Behrens 75′
Bayer Leverkusen [ 2-1 ] Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen – Exequiel Palacios 55′(pen) 73′(pen)
Bayern Munich – Joshua Kimmich 22′
Mainz [ 1-1 ] Freiburg
Mainz – Karim Onisiwo 90+6′
Freiburg – Ritsu Doan 55′
Marvin Ducksch scored a goal on two occasions to get Werder Bremen level against Monchengladbach.
Monchengladbach probably deserved more than a point from this fixture but they had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Werder Bremen. Monchengladbach is without a win since beating Bayern Munich (4 games:2 defeats and 2 draws). Werder Bremen got a point to avoid three straight league defeats.
The best RB Leipzig could do after their Champions League elimination was to lose at home against Bochum. it was back-to-back victory for a Bochum side that had gone on 4 league defeats without scoring a goal.
Erhan Masovic scored the only goal of the game in the 48th minute.
Andrej Kramaric’s first-half brace set Hoffenheim up to a 3-1 win over Hertha Berlin. It was Hoffenheim’s first league win in 15 games; losing 12 of those matches.
Schalke goes 8 games unbeaten in the league after Marius Bylter converted a penalty in the 3rd minute of the final stoppage time to get them a 1-1 draw against a 10-man Augsburg.
Two wins and two draws in the last four league games for Wolfsburg.
Stuttgart probably deserved more than a defeat but Omar Marmouch scored the only goal of the game in the 56th minute to give three points to Wolfsburg.
After ending their perfect winning streak of the calendar year in a Champions League defeat and a Revierderby draw, Dortmund made some amends by thrashing FC Koln 6 goals to 1.
FC Koln has 4 defeats and a draw in their last 5 league matches.
A ‘2-0’ win against Frankfurt was Union Berlin’s first league victory in their last 5 matches.
Exequiel Palacios scored two from the penalty spot to get Bayer Leverkusen three points at home from a 2-1 win against Bayern Munich.
A first-half lead at Leverkusen did prevent Bayern Munich from a defeat.
Mainz scored late to avoid defeat at home to Freiburg.
