Bayern Munich is back into second place in the Bundesliga, six points back of Borussia Dortmund, and RB Leipzig is bidding to get back into the mix as both sides posted wins on Saturday.
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An American teen also scored in the RBL match, and that’s where we lead off our wrap.
RB Leipzig 3-2 Werder Bremen
Lukas Klostermann and Timo Werner gave the hosts a 2-0 lead after 45 minutes, but Max Kruse and American teenager Josh Sargent brought Bremen back level (video) with 13 minutes to play in Leipzig. Yet RBL substitute Bruma entered the game and made a quick impact of his own to move his club within sight of third on the table.
Stuttgart 1-3 Schalke
Struggling Schalke head into the winter break on a high note after goals from Steven Skrzybski, Ahmed Kutucu, and Salif Sane scored to move the visitors four points clear of the relegation places. USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie entered the match in the 59th minute, and saw a yellow card as well as three of the match’s four goals.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Bayern Munich
Franck Ribery scored twice to give the 35-year-old goals in his last three Bundesliga games as Bayern moved back into second place on the table. Rafinha scored the other goal.
Elsewhere
Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Borussia Monchengladbach — Friday
Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 Hertha Berlin
Hannover 96 0-1 Fortuna Dusseldorf
Nurnberg 0-1 Freiburg
Augsburg v. Wolfsburg — 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday
Hoffenheim v. Mainz — Noon ET Sunday
Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 8-1-0 | 5-2-1 | 42 |
| Bayern Munich | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 4-3-1 | 7-0-2 | 36 |
| Mönchengladbach | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 8-0-0 | 2-3-4 | 33 |
| RB Leipzig | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 7-2-0 | 2-2-4 | 31 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 4-1-3 | 4-2-3 | 27 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 3-3-3 | 4-1-2 | 25 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 3-3-2 | 3-3-2 | 24 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 4-3-1 | 2-3-4 | 24 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 4-1-3 | 3-2-4 | 24 |
| Werder Bremen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 3-3-3 | 3-1-4 | 22 |
| SC Freiburg | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 3-4-2 | 2-2-4 | 21 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 3-4-2 | 2-1-4 | 20 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 3-0-5 | 2-3-4 | 18 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 33 | -14 | 4-0-5 | 1-3-4 | 18 |
| FC Augsburg | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | -3 | 1-4-2 | 2-2-5 | 15 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 35 | -23 | 3-1-4 | 1-1-7 | 14 |
| Hannover 96 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | -18 | 2-1-5 | 0-4-5 | 11 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 38 | -24 | 2-3-4 | 0-2-6 | 11 |