There are six sides within six points of first place in the Bundesliga, and not one is named Bayern Munich.
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Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 Bayern Munich
Ramy Bensebaini scored twice including a stoppage time penalty kick as Gladbach stayed atop the league and Bayern Munich dropped seven points off the pace.
Ivan Perisic had given the visitors a 49th minute lead before Bensebaini answered at the hour mark. The grandstand finish is below.
Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Schalke
A Lucas Alario double was enough for Bayer, who gave up its insurance goal within a minute of Alario’s second. David Wagner‘s Schalke is now level with Bayer on points but two spots ahead in goal differential.
American midfielder Weston McKennie was American center back Weston McKennie on Saturday, recording two clearances, two blocked shots, an interception, and a tackle. He won 9-of-11 duels and passed at 70 percent with 6-of-14 long balls, via SofaScore.
Leon Bailey kept up his fine form with an assist. Read his interview with PST, here.
Borussia Dortmund 5-0 Fortuna Dusseldorf
Marco Reus and Jadon Sancho each scored twice to join Thorgan Hazard on the score sheet as BVB moved third with an emphatic defeat of USMNT features Alfredo Morales and Zack Steffen.
RB Leipzig 3-1 Hoffenheim
Timo Werner scored in each half and Marcel Sabitzer also scored for Leipzig, who stayed just one point behind Gladbach. The two sides don’t meet until Feb. 1 at Leipzig.
Elsewhere
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 Hertha Berlin — Friday
Freiburg 1-0 Wolfsburg — Saturday
Augsburg 2-1 Mainz — Saturday
Union Berlin v. Koln — 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday
Werder Bremen v. Paderborn — Noon ET Sunday
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
Mönchengladbach | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 6-1-1 | 4-0-2 | 31 |
RB Leipzig | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 23 | 4-2-1 | 5-1-1 | 30 |
Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 5-2-0 | 2-3-2 | 26 |
FC Schalke 04 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3-3-1 | 4-1-2 | 25 |
SC Freiburg | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4-2-1 | 3-2-2 | 25 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3-4-1 | 4-0-2 | 25 |
Bayern Munich | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 4-1-2 | 3-2-2 | 24 |
1899 Hoffenheim | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 3-1-3 | 3-2-2 | 21 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2-3-2 | 3-2-2 | 20 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4-3-1 | 1-0-5 | 18 |
FC Augsburg | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 3-2-2 | 1-3-3 | 17 |
1. FC Union Berlin | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 4-0-3 | 1-1-4 | 16 |
FSV Mainz 05 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 34 | -14 | 3-0-3 | 2-0-6 | 15 |
Werder Bremen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 1-2-3 | 2-3-2 | 14 |
Hertha BSC Berlin | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 2-0-4 | 1-3-4 | 12 |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -13 | 2-1-3 | 1-2-5 | 12 |
1. FC Köln | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -16 | 1-1-4 | 1-1-5 | 8 |
SC Paderborn | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 1-0-6 | 0-2-4 | 5 |