A roundup of all of Saturday’s action in Germany’s top flight…
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Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Hannover
Bayern Munich’s lead has been cut to five points (for the time being – they play on Sunday) after Borussia Dortmund (48 points) returned to winning ways via Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s game-winning goal in the 57th minute (below video).
Darmstadt 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen
No Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, no problem for Bayer Leverkusen, who went third in the Bundesliga with a 2-1 away victory over 12th-place Darmstadt. After going down a goal in the 28th minute, the game swung on a pair of goals 15 minutes apart just after the hour mark. Aytac Sulu put the ball into his own net for Leverkusen’s equalizer on 62 minutes, and Julian Brandt scored the winner in the 77th minute. Now on 35 points with a +9 goal differential, Leverkusen have leapfrogged Hertha Berlin for the third and final automatic qualification spot into the UEFA Champions League.
Stuttgart 2-0 Hertha Berlin
Hertha are now four league games without a win (three draws) after falling 2-0 away to Stuttgart. Serey Die and Filip Kostic were the goalscorers on Saturday, as U.S. national team defender John Brooks completed his 12th straight 90-minute shift (all competitions). With 35 points and a +6 goal differential, Hertha now sit just two points ahead of Schalke and Mainz in the race for the Bundesliga’s fourth and final Champions League place.
Elsewhere in the Bundesliga
Wolfsburg 2-0 Ingolstadt
Werder Bremen 1-1 Hoffenheim
Koln 3-1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Sunday’s Bundesliga schedule
Hamburg vs. Borussia Monchengladbach (9:30 a.m. ET)
Augsburg vs. Bayern Munich (11:30 a.m. ET)
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Bayern Munich | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 9 | 41 | 10-0-0 | 7-2-1 | 53 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 29 | 9-1-0 | 6-2-3 | 48 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5-3-2 | 5-2-4 | 35 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 6-3-1 | 4-2-5 | 35 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 6-2-3 | 4-1-5 | 33 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 6-1-4 | 4-2-4 | 33 |
| Mönchengladbach | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 7-1-3 | 3-1-5 | 32 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 7-3-1 | 1-3-6 | 30 |
| 1. FC Köln | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 4-4-3 | 3-4-3 | 29 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 41 | -8 | 5-1-5 | 3-2-5 | 27 |
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 4-2-4 | 3-3-5 | 26 |
| Darmstadt | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 1-4-6 | 5-2-3 | 24 |
| Hamburger SV | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 2-3-5 | 4-2-4 | 23 |
| FC Augsburg | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 2-3-5 | 3-3-4 | 21 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 37 | -10 | 3-3-4 | 2-3-6 | 21 |
| Werder Bremen | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 42 | -17 | 1-3-6 | 4-2-5 | 20 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 1-5-4 | 1-4-6 | 15 |
| Hannover 96 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 2-0-8 | 2-2-7 | 14 |
