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The Munich team lost 2-3 in Heidenheim in the 28th round of the Bundesliga. Leverkusen wins 1-0 at Union Berlin.
Leverkusen can plan the championship party. The team with Swiss national team captain Granit Xhaka won 1-0 at Union Berlin on matchday 28. Because Bayern Munich lost 2-3 in Heidenheim, Leverkusen has a lead of 16 points with 6 rounds to go. With a win on Sunday against Bremen in a week, the first championship title would be a fact. If Munich and Stuttgart lose next Saturday, everything would be clear ahead of time.
Leverkusen confident, Bayern weak
Between reaching the cup final last Wednesday and the Europa League quarter-final against West Ham, Leverkusen also delivered so reliably in the championship this season. The decisive factor in the victory in Berlin came in stoppage time in the first half, in which Union’s Robin Gosens saw yellow-red and a little later Florian Wirtz scored a hand penalty to make it 1-0.
Bayern Munich, who host Arsenal in the Champions League next week, provided another example of their current fragility. In Heidenheim, the Munich team, where Thomas Müller played his 700th game for the record champions, wasted a 2-0 half-time lead. Tim Kleindienst became the match winner with goals to make it 2:2 (51st) and 3:2 (79th).
RB Leipzig overtakes BVB
Leipzig celebrated a 4-1 win in Freiburg. Loïs Openda shone for the guests with 2 goals and 2 assists. Thanks to the victory, Leipzig pushed Borussia Dortmund out of fourth place in the fight for a place in the Champions League. BVB with Swiss goalkeeper Gregor Kobel lost 1-0 to VfB Stuttgart in the evening. Serhou Guirassy scored the only goal in the 64th minute. Third-placed Stuttgart drew level with Bayern on points.
Mainz wins clearly – Cologne with a late turnaround
In the fight against relegation, Mainz achieved an important 4-0 home win against bottom team Darmstadt, which no longer has a realistic chance of staying in the league. Substitute Swiss Silvan Widmer prepared South Korea’s Lee Jae-Sung’s final goal with a beautiful advance.
However, the situation of Mainz, which is currently in 16th place in the relegation zone, remains delicate: 1. FC Köln are second to last and are only one point behind. Cologne beat Bochum 2-1 thanks to goals in stoppage time from Steffen Tigges and Luca Waldschmidt.