Bundesliga wrap: Bayern joins BVB on top; Wolfsburg wins

Well, look out Lucien.

Borussia Dortmund manager Lucien Favre and his men have company atop the Bundesliga table, at least for a day, after Bayern Munich collected a 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin on Saturday.

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That puts the six-time defending Bundesliga champions level on points with BVB, who plays Sunday.

Bayern Munich 1-0 Hertha Berlin

Having played at midweek, a grind of a 0-0 draw at Liverpool, Bayern had most of the ball but failed to generate too much danger.

So it’s fitting that an unorthodox scorer pushed the Bavarians through, with Javi Martinez scoring his first goal of the season and just fourth in as many years.

His 62nd minute winner was aided in producing the win by an 84th minute Hertha red card.

Javi Martinez heads Bayern into the lead for his first Bundesliga goal in 13 months! #FCBBSC pic.twitter.com/Pi57y011xU

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) February 23, 2019

Borussia Monchengladbach 0-3 Wolfsburg

American center back John Brooks will be plenty happy with his performance under the eye of new USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter, who was in attendance as Wolfsburg closed the gap on its third-place hosts to five points.

Brooks won 8 tackles and took a team-high 81 touches in the match, completing 53 of 59 passes.

Yannick Gerhardt scored before Admir Mehmedi added a brace for the visitors.

Elsewhere
Werder Bremen 1-1 Stuttgart — Friday; Sargent gets 1st start
Fortuna Dusseldorf 2-1 Nurnberg
Freiburg 5-1 Augsburg
Mainz 3-0 Schalke
Hannover 96 v. Eintracht Frankfurt — 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday
Borussia Dortmund v. Bayer Leverkusen — Noon ET Sunday

STANDINGS

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Home	Away	PTS
Borussia Dortmund	22	15	6	1	54	23	31	9-2-0	6-4-1	51
Bayern Munich	23	16	3	4	51	26	25	7-3-1	9-0-3	51
Mönchengladbach	23	13	4	6	42	25	17	9-0-2	4-4-4	43
RB Leipzig	22	12	5	5	41	19	22	7-3-1	5-2-4	41
VfL Wolfsburg	23	11	5	7	38	30	8	4-3-4	7-2-3	38
Bayer Leverkusen	22	11	3	8	39	32	7	6-1-4	5-2-4	36
Eintracht Frankfurt	22	9	7	6	41	28	13	5-3-3	4-4-3	34
1899 Hoffenheim	22	8	9	5	44	32	12	4-5-3	4-4-2	33
Werder Bremen	23	8	8	7	38	34	4	4-5-3	4-3-4	32
Hertha BSC Berlin	23	8	8	7	35	33	2	4-5-2	4-3-5	32
FSV Mainz 05	23	8	6	9	26	36	-10	5-4-3	3-2-6	30
Fortuna Düsseldorf	23	8	4	11	27	42	-15	6-0-6	2-4-5	28
SC Freiburg	23	6	9	8	34	38	-4	4-5-3	2-4-5	27
FC Schalke 04	23	6	5	12	25	35	-10	4-1-6	2-4-6	23
FC Augsburg	23	4	6	13	32	45	-13	2-4-5	2-2-8	18
VfB Stuttgart	23	4	4	15	19	51	-32	3-2-6	1-2-9	16
Hannover 96	22	3	5	14	20	47	-27	3-1-7	0-4-7	14
1. FC Nürnberg	23	2	7	14	18	48	-30	2-5-5	0-2-9	13

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