Carlo Ancelotti has Bayern Munich rolling again in the Bundesliga, while a pair of historic rivals battled for bragging rights is also a big storyline of Saturday’s action.
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Now all eyes are trained on a Top Four clash between John Brooks’ Hertha Berlin and Hoffenheim on Sunday.
Augsburg 1-3 Bayern Munich
Robert Lewandowski scored his first league goals since Sept. 17 as Bayern led 3-0 by the 48th minute. Arjen Robben also scored for the reigning champs, with Ja-Cheol Koo scoring the lone goal for Augsburg.
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Schalke
The 149th Revierderby was fairly even, with the hosts attempting one more shot on frame than the eight proffered by Schalke. Dortmund took a lot more passes and outcrossed Schalke 16-3, but a goal never arrived at Signal Iduna Park.
As for the Christian Pulisic report, the USMNT teenager was active again in his fifth 90-minute effort for BVB this season. The Bundesliga site credits him with the most “fast runs” of the game for BVB (79), as well as the most shots on goal for either team (3), but the diminutive winger again took a lot of physical abuse.
Darmstadt 0-2 RB Leipzig
Austrian attacker Marcel Sabitzer scored his second and third goals of the season as Leipzig continues to pester traditionalists with a top-end run during its first year in the Bundesliga.
Elsewhere
Borussia Monchengladbach 0-0 Eintracht Frankfurt — Friday
Mainz 2-0 Ingolstadt — Visitors now 2D-7L this season
Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen — Mehmedi, Jedvaj score late
Werder Bremen 1-3 Freiburg — Three score in winning effort
Hoffenheim vs. Hertha Berlin — 10:30 a.m. ET Sunday
Koln vs. Hamburg — 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday
Standings |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Bayern Munich | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 4-1-0 | 3-1-0 | 23 |
| RB Leipzig | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3-1-0 | 3-2-0 | 21 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4-0-0 | 1-2-1 | 17 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2-2-0 | 2-2-0 | 16 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3-2-0 | 1-1-2 | 15 |
| 1. FC Köln | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3-1-0 | 1-2-1 | 15 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2-2-0 | 2-1-2 | 15 |
| SC Freiburg | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4-0-0 | 1-0-4 | 15 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2-1-1 | 2-1-2 | 14 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2-1-1 | 2-0-3 | 13 |
| Mönchengladbach | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 3-2-0 | 0-1-3 | 12 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 2-0-2 | 0-2-3 | 8 |
| FC Augsburg | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 1-1-3 | 1-1-2 | 8 |
| Darmstadt | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 2-2-1 | 0-0-4 | 8 |
| Werder Bremen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -13 | 2-0-3 | 0-1-3 | 7 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 0-2-3 | 1-1-2 | 6 |
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 0-1-3 | 0-1-4 | 2 |
| Hamburger SV | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 0-1-3 | 0-1-3 | 2 |
