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 |