Bundesliga wrap: Bayern closes in on title; Relegation jumble

Bayern Munich has moved closer to a 26th German championship, while the relegation picture saw a bit of movement on a busy day of action in the Bundesliga.

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Stuttgart 1-3 Bayern Munich

A own goal gave the table leaders a 1-0 halftime lead before David Alaba and Douglas Costa scored in the second half. With five matches remaining, Bayern has a nine-point lead on Borussia Dortmund. BVB plays Schalke on a big derby Sunday.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Hoffenheim

A massive relegation six-pointer went to the visitors, as Nadiem Amiri and Mark Uth scored second-half goals to push Hoffenheim four points clear of automatic relegation and three clear of the relegation playoff. Eintracht Frankfurt now sits 17th, three points clear of safety.

Wolfsburg 1-1 Mainz

Andre Schurrle scored just after halftime, but Jairo Samperio equalized in the 66th minute before Dante picked up two yellow cards in the match’s final scheduled five minutes.

Andre Schurrle dinks the ball over Mainz goalkeeper Loris Karius for a 1-0 Wolfsburg lead. #WOBM05 https://t.co/nZ3WwBnGm5

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) April 9, 2016

Elsewhere
Hamburg 1-2 Darmstadt — Holtby scores lone home goal
Bremen 1-2 Augsburg — Jeong-Ho Hong scores 87th min winner 
Hertha Berlin 2-2 Hannover — Kalou scores again for hosts
Ingolstadt 1-0 ‘Gladbach — Moritz Hartmann scores lone goal
Schalke vs. Borussia Dortmund — 9:30 a.m ET Sunday
Koln vs. Bayer Leverkusen —  11:30 a.m. ET Sunday

Standings

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Home	Away	PTS
Bayern Munich	29	24	3	2	69	14	55	13-0-1	11-3-1	75
Borussia Dortmund	28	21	4	3	67	28	39	12-2-0	9-2-3	67
Hertha BSC Berlin	29	14	7	8	39	34	5	9-5-1	5-2-7	49
Mönchengladbach	29	14	3	12	59	45	14	11-1-3	3-2-9	45
Bayer Leverkusen	28	13	6	9	42	33	9	7-3-4	6-3-5	45
FSV Mainz 05	29	13	6	10	40	36	4	8-2-4	5-4-6	45
FC Schalke 04	28	13	5	10	39	38	1	8-3-3	5-2-7	44
VfL Wolfsburg	29	10	9	10	40	38	2	8-5-2	2-4-8	39
FC Ingolstadt 04	29	10	9	10	27	31	-4	7-4-4	3-5-6	39
Hamburger SV	29	9	7	13	35	40	-5	4-4-7	5-3-6	34
1. FC Köln	28	8	10	10	29	35	-6	4-4-6	4-6-4	34
VfB Stuttgart	29	9	6	14	46	59	-13	6-1-8	3-5-6	33
Darmstadt	29	7	11	11	32	44	-12	1-6-7	6-5-4	32
1899 Hoffenheim	29	7	10	12	33	44	-11	4-6-4	3-4-8	31
FC Augsburg	29	7	9	13	37	48	-11	2-5-7	5-4-6	30
Werder Bremen	29	7	7	15	39	59	-20	2-5-7	5-2-8	28
Eintracht Frankfurt	29	6	9	14	29	46	-17	4-6-5	2-3-9	27
Hannover 96	29	5	3	21	24	54	-30	2-0-12	3-3-9	18

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