A day the champions dominated left the focus on the plight of its visitors, as the race to avoid the relegation playoff spot also stays tight in Germany’s top flight.
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Bayern Munich 6-0 Hamburg
USMNT forward Bobby Wood wasn’t in the 18 to see his likely relegation-bound side get absolutely bamboozled by the league’s gold standard attack.
Robert Lewandowski bagged a hat trick, Franck Ribery scored twice, and Arjen Robben also netted for the hosts.
Lewandowski’s 20 league goals are seven more than the field, and the second-place contestant is now in the Premier League (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal).
Here’s Hamburg boss Bernd Hollerbach:
“The game was over after 18 minutes. You can come here and lose, but I wasn’t happy with the manner of the defeat. That’s not the football I want to see.”
With the score 4-0, Ribery took nearly 70 percent of the Hamburg XI to school.
Hoffenheim 3-0 Wolfsburg
Serge Gnabry scored twice in about three minutes — one may be changed to an own goal — to bury the visitors’ hopes of relegation relief, as Hoffenheim stayed within sight of the Top Six. The loss means Wolfsburg remains ahead of playoff-bound 16th place on goal differential alone.
Elsewhere
Mainz 0-1 Schalke — Friday
Hertha Berlin 0-0 Freiburg
Hannover 1-3 Augsburg
Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
Stuttgart vs. RB Leipzig — 10:30 a.m. ET Sunday
Borussia Dortmund vs. Eintracht Frankfurt — 1 p.m. ET Sunday
Werder Bremen vs. Koln — 3:30 p.m. ET Monday
STANDINGS
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Bayern Munich | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 18 | 47 | 11-2-0 | 10-1-2 | 66 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 7-4-2 | 6-3-4 | 46 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 6-4-3 | 6-4-3 | 44 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 50 | 31 | 19 | 5-4-3 | 6-5-2 | 42 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 6-3-4 | 6-3-3 | 42 |
| RB Leipzig | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 7-4-2 | 4-2-6 | 39 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 7-4-2 | 3-4-6 | 38 |
| FC Augsburg | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 5-4-4 | 4-4-5 | 35 |
| Mönchengladbach | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 39 | -6 | 6-3-4 | 4-2-7 | 35 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 8-1-3 | 2-2-9 | 33 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 4-5-4 | 3-6-4 | 32 |
| Hannover 96 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 38 | -5 | 6-3-4 | 2-5-6 | 32 |
| SC Freiburg | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 42 | -17 | 5-6-2 | 1-6-6 | 30 |
| Werder Bremen | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 30 | -6 | 4-4-4 | 2-5-6 | 27 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 26 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 36 | -8 | 2-7-4 | 2-6-5 | 25 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 43 | -14 | 5-2-6 | 1-5-7 | 25 |
| Hamburger SV | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 41 | -23 | 3-4-6 | 1-2-10 | 18 |
| 1. FC Köln | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 46 | -22 | 2-3-8 | 2-2-8 | 17 |
