FIVE more matches left of the season for a team to stop Bayern Munich from becoming the league champions for the 10th successive year.
MATCH RESULTS
Stuttgart 0-2 Dortmund
FC Koln 3-2 Mainz
Bayern Munich 1-0 Augsburg
Gruether Furth 0-2 Monchengladbach
Wolfsburg 4-0 Arminia Bielefeld
Hertha Berlin 1-4 Union Berlin
Bochum 0-0 Leverkusen
Frankfurt 1-2 Freiburg
RB Leipzig 3-0 Hoffenheim
Leverkusen fell 8 points behind second place after being held to a goalless draw by Bochum.
Bayern Munich has a 9-point lead in the title race on Dortmund with 5 more rounds left to go.
There were no positional changes in the top 10, and in the relegation zone.
MATCH STANDINGS
1| Bayern Munich – 69 points
2| Borussia Dortmund – 60 points
3| Bayer Leverkusen – 52 points
4| RB Leipzig – 51 points
5| Freiburg – 48 points
6| Hoffenheim – 44 points
7| Union Berlin – 44 points
8| FC Koln – 43 points
9| Frankfurt – 39 points
10| Mainz – 38 points
11| Monchengladbach – 37 points
12| Bochum – 36 points
13| Wolfsburg – 34 points
14| Augsburg – 32 points
15| Stuttgart – 27 points
16| Arminia Bielefeld – 26 points
17| Hertha Berlin – 26 points
18| Greuther Fürth – 16 points
Julian Brandt entered the game in the 6th minute to replace an injured Giovanni Reyna and ended up scoring both goals in Dortmund’s 2-0 win at Stuttgart. It was the result Dortmund needed to bounce back from their 4-1 defeat to RB Leipzig in the last round.
Bayern Munich needed a penalty awarded for an unintentional handball to find the only goal of the match and narrowly escape with the maximum points against Augsburg.
The chase for Champions League football remains a hot race for RB Leipzig, Freiburg, and Hoffenheim.
Only Union Berlin players were on the scoresheet as they pick up another Berlin derby win for Union Berlin.
Union Berlin opened an 18-point gap between themselves and relegation-zoned Hertha Berlin after a 4-1 Berlin derby victory.
FC Koln came from 2-0 down in the final 30 minutes of regulation time to get a 3-2 win against Mainz.
Monchengladbach took the three points from bottom table Greuther Furth
Wolfsburg open an 8 point lead on Arminia Bielefeld after beatin the 4-0.
Three goals in the first half were enough for RB Leipzig to get the three points at home against Hoffenheim.
