Bayern München cannot be stopped: The record champion won 2-0 at VfB Stuttgart and increased the advance to the second from Leverkusen to eleven and to Dortmund to twelve points. Mario Mandzukic and german international Thomas Müller scored the goals in the second half of the second sunday's game on round 19 of German Bundesliga.
Hamburg won the northern derby with a 3-2 win at home as Werder Bremen finished with nine men while South Korea striker Son Heung-Min scored a great goal for the hosts.
Werder finished with nine men as captain Clemens Fritz was shown a second yellow card with ten minutes to go for a foul.
With time almost up, Austria bad-boy striker Marko Arnautovic followed for an early shower after he was booked for a foul, then sent off just seconds later when he appeared to aim a kick at referee Thorsten Kinhoefer in the 91st minute.
Bremen had taken a ninth minute lead when Congo defender Assani Lukimya headed home, but Hamburg drew level on 22 minutes when Son turned Bremen left back Theodor Gebre Selassiedefender and smashed his shot in the far corner.
It was 1-1 at the break, but Germany defender Dennis Aogo needed less than 30 seconds to covert Son's pass to put Hamburg ahead and just seven minutes later Artjoms Rudnevs netted to make it 3-1 for the hosts.
Greek defender Sokratis set up a thrilling final 30 minutes when his shot from outside the area slipped under Hamburg goalkeeper Rene Adler and into the net on 54 minutes.
Fourth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt stayed in the chasing pack with a 2-1 home win over Hoffenheim on Saturday. A deft chip from Japan winger Takashi Inui on 35 minutes allowed Frankfurt midfielder Martin Lanig to ghost in behind the centre-backs and beat Hoffenheim's Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese for the first goal.
Hoffenheim, whose centre-back Marvin Compper quit the club for Fiorentina on Friday after being accused of having a motivation problem, equalised through teenage striker Kevin Volland on 65 minutes.
Eintracht regained the lead just two minutes later through right-winger Stefan Aigner, but despite the three points, dark-horses Frankfurt, who were promoted at the end of last season, remain 12 points behind leaders Bayern.
The defeat drops Hoffenheim into the automatic relegation places, in second bottom spot.
With speculation rife over whether Germany midfielder Lewis Holtby will join Tottenham Hotspur before January's transfer window closes, his Schalke 04 side were held to a goalless draw at relegation-candidates Augsburg.
Holtby, whose contract ends in June, will join Spurs for next season and, although the North London club want to sign him sooner, Schalke have rejected all their offers for the 22-year-old so far.
Schalke have now won just once in eight games and drop to sixth, while the hosts go up to 16th.
Mainz moved up to fifth with a workman-like 3-0 win at bottom side Greuther Fuerth as their ex-Real Madrid striker Adam Szalai finally got his toe to the ball after a goal-mouth scramble on 53 minutes.
With team-mates queuing up to score, 19-year-old Yunus Malli rifled his shot home on 65 minutes to extend their lead before Szalai grabbed his second on 83 minutes to take the three points.
Borussia Mönchengladbach enjoyed a 2-1 win at home to Fortuna Düsseldorf to claim seventh place.
Despite having defender Sebastien Pocognoli sent off for a dangerous foul just 34 minutes into his Bundesliga debut after joining from Standard Liege last week, 10-man Hanover 96 claimed a 2-1 victory over Wolfsburg.
Ex-Manchester United striker Mame Diouf scored Hanover's second goal midway through the first-half, which proved to be the winner.
On Friday, defending Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund romped to a 3-0 win at home to 1. FC Nürnberg to provisionally go second, because Bayer Leverkusen reap a goalless draw in the topmatch at SC Freiburg on saturday evening.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm cet):
Borussia Dortmund - 1. FC Nürnberg 3-0 (2-0)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cet):
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 (2-0)
Hannover 96 - VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 (2-0)
FC Augsburg - Schalke 04 0-0
SpVgg Greuther Fürth - FSV Mainz 05 0-3 (0-0)
Eintracht Frankfurt - 1899 Hoffenheim 2-1 (1-0)
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm cet):
SC Freiburg - Bayer Leverkusen 0-0
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm cet):
Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 3-2 (1-1)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm cet):
VfB Stuttgart - Bayern München 0-2 (0-0)
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Bayern München cannot be stopped: The record champion won 2-0 at VfB Stuttgart and increased the advance to the second from Leverkusen to eleven and to Dortmund to twelve points. Mario Mandzukic and german international Thomas Müller scored the goals in the second half of the second sunday's game on round 19 of German Bundesliga.
Hamburg won the northern derby with a 3-2 win at home as Werder Bremen finished with nine men while South Korea striker Son Heung-Min scored a great goal for the hosts.
Werder finished with nine men as captain Clemens Fritz was shown a second yellow card with ten minutes to go for a foul.
With time almost up, Austria bad-boy striker Marko Arnautovic followed for an early shower after he was booked for a foul, then sent off just seconds later when he appeared to aim a kick at referee Thorsten Kinhoefer in the 91st minute.
Bremen had taken a ninth minute lead when Congo defender Assani Lukimya headed home, but Hamburg drew level on 22 minutes when Son turned Bremen left back Theodor Gebre Selassiedefender and smashed his shot in the far corner.
It was 1-1 at the break, but Germany defender Dennis Aogo needed less than 30 seconds to covert Son's pass to put Hamburg ahead and just seven minutes later Artjoms Rudnevs netted to make it 3-1 for the hosts.
Greek defender Sokratis set up a thrilling final 30 minutes when his shot from outside the area slipped under Hamburg goalkeeper Rene Adler and into the net on 54 minutes.
Fourth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt stayed in the chasing pack with a 2-1 home win over Hoffenheim on Saturday. A deft chip from Japan winger Takashi Inui on 35 minutes allowed Frankfurt midfielder Martin Lanig to ghost in behind the centre-backs and beat Hoffenheim's Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese for the first goal.
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Hoffenheim, whose centre-back Marvin Compper quit the club for Fiorentina on Friday after being accused of having a motivation problem, equalised through teenage striker Kevin Volland on 65 minutes.
Eintracht regained the lead just two minutes later through right-winger Stefan Aigner, but despite the three points, dark-horses Frankfurt, who were promoted at the end of last season, remain 12 points behind leaders Bayern.
The defeat drops Hoffenheim into the automatic relegation places, in second bottom spot.
With speculation rife over whether Germany midfielder Lewis Holtby will join Tottenham Hotspur before January's transfer window closes, his Schalke 04 side were held to a goalless draw at relegation-candidates Augsburg.
Holtby, whose contract ends in June, will join Spurs for next season and, although the North London club want to sign him sooner, Schalke have rejected all their offers for the 22-year-old so far.
Schalke have now won just once in eight games and drop to sixth, while the hosts go up to 16th.
Mainz moved up to fifth with a workman-like 3-0 win at bottom side Greuther Fuerth as their ex-Real Madrid striker Adam Szalai finally got his toe to the ball after a goal-mouth scramble on 53 minutes.
With team-mates queuing up to score, 19-year-old Yunus Malli rifled his shot home on 65 minutes to extend their lead before Szalai grabbed his second on 83 minutes to take the three points.
Borussia Mönchengladbach enjoyed a 2-1 win at home to Fortuna Düsseldorf to claim seventh place.
Despite having defender Sebastien Pocognoli sent off for a dangerous foul just 34 minutes into his Bundesliga debut after joining from Standard Liege last week, 10-man Hanover 96 claimed a 2-1 victory over Wolfsburg.
Ex-Manchester United striker Mame Diouf scored Hanover's second goal midway through the first-half, which proved to be the winner.
On Friday, defending Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund romped to a 3-0 win at home to 1. FC Nürnberg to provisionally go second, because Bayer Leverkusen reap a goalless draw in the topmatch at SC Freiburg on saturday evening.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm cet):
Borussia Dortmund - 1. FC Nürnberg 3-0 (2-0)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cet):
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 (2-0)
Hannover 96 - VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 (2-0)
FC Augsburg - Schalke 04 0-0
SpVgg Greuther Fürth - FSV Mainz 05 0-3 (0-0)
Eintracht Frankfurt - 1899 Hoffenheim 2-1 (1-0)
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm cet):
SC Freiburg - Bayer Leverkusen 0-0
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm cet):
Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 3-2 (1-1)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm cet):
VfB Stuttgart - Bayern München 0-2 (0-0)
