Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is done with Kane. Leverkusen wins again

Rome, 12 January 2025 – The first match of 2025 of the Bundesliga saw the Leverkusen win the big match against the Borussia Dortmund 3-2 thanks to a brace from Schick and to the goal of Tella. The team of Xabi Alonso remains 4 points behind Bayern Munich, which against the Borussia M'gladbach found the second consecutive success, after the 5-1 against Leipzig last December 20th. The victory returnsEintracht Frankfurt, which significantly exceeds the'FC St. Pauli thanks to Omar marmoush, increasingly the driving force of his team. With this success, the team of Toppmoller remains firmly in third place in the rankings, on a par with Leipzig, who defeated Werder Bremen 4-2 in the name of xavi simons, Sesko e Baumgartner. Even the Mainz doesn't lose pace: third consecutive victory and third position at -2.

Matches of the sixteenth day of the Bundesliga

The challenge at the Westfalenstadion between Borussia Dortmund e Bayer Leverkusen starts with a bang: at 1' Tella gives the guests the lead, who then double their lead with Schick in the 8th minute. In the 12th minute Dortmund shortened the gap with Bynoe-Gittens, but in the 19th minute Schick scored the second goal of the day, making the score 3-1. In the 79th minute guirassy from a penalty kick he brings the yellow and blacks to 3-2, but the team of Xabi Alonso holds firm and takes home three fundamental points in the pursuit of Bayern Munich at the top. L'Eintrach Frankfurt resumes its season in the best possible way, defeating theFC St. Pauli and finding a victory after the draw against Augsburg and the defeats against Leipzig e MainzIn the first leg at the Millerntor-Stadion the only goal of the match was scored by marmosh at 32', the fourteenth in Bundesliga. Risk the Freiburg against theHolstein Kiel but in the end he managed to bring home a victory that was fundamental for the race for Europe: at the Mooswaldstadion the Bianconeri took a 3-0 lead after 74 minutes thanks to an own goal by Remberg and to the networks of Gunter e Tap, but in the final minutes Harres sensationally reopens the challenge with a brace scored between the 85th and 90th minute, but is unable to avoid the defeat of Holstein Kiel, who remain in second to last place in the standings. After two consecutive defeats, the Wolfsburg, which exceeds the'Hoffenheim with the network of Love at 29': the black and greens rise to 24 points in the standings, equal to Borussia M'gladbach, while the team of Ilzer remains dangerously in fifteenth place in the table, level with FC St. Pauli, with just one point more thanHeidenheim. The latter, in fact, find victory against The union Berlin and are getting closer to the safety zone, which is no longer a mirage. In numerical superiority since the 37th minute following the expulsion of Rothe, the team of Schmidt wins 2-0 thanks to goals from Scratchy e Beck and comes back to breathe after seven defeats in a row. Fly the Mainz, which against the Bochum wins its third consecutive victory and remains close to Eintracht e LeipzigThe hero of the evening is once again Jonathan burkardt, who with the brace scored between 23' and 69' rises to 12 goals in the Bundesliga and gives three very important points to Henriksen. Bochum suffers another defeat after the draw against Union Berlin and the victory against Heidenheim. At Bayern Munich enough Kane to defeat the Borussia M'Gladbach: the Englishman scores the only goal of the match in the 68th minute from a penalty kick and brings the Bavarians back to +4 on Bayer Leverkusen second. Rain of goals between Leipzig e Werder Brema: in the final 4-2 they score Xavi Simons (double), Sesko e Baumgartner for the hosts and sage e Burke for the guests. Leipzig third on equal points with Eintracht Frankfurt, while Werder Bremen finds a defeat after three consecutive victories, but the European zone is still within reach. In the postponed match, Stuttgart defeats Augsburg with the network of Undav in the 65th minute and climbs to seventh place in the standings.

Bundesliga matchday 16 results

Borussia Dortmund – Bayer Leverkusen 2-3 1' Tella (Bay), 8', 19' Schick (Bay), 12' Bynoe-Gittens (Bor), 79' pen. Guirassy (Bor) FC St. Pauli – Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 32' Marmoush (One) Freiburg – Holstein Kiel 3-2 23' author. Remberg (Fri), 38' Gunter (Fri), 74' Grifo (Fri), 85', 90' Harres (Hol) Hoffenheim – Wolfsburg 0-1 29' Amoura (Wol) Mainz – Bochum 2-0 23', 69' Burkardt (Never) Heidenheim – Union Berlin 2-0 17' Kratzig (Hei), 83' Beck (Hei) Borussia M'Gladbach – Bayern Munich 0-1 68' pen. Kane (Bay) RB Leipzig – Werder Bremen 4-2 23', 35' Xavi Simons (RBL), 26' Weiser (Wer), 47' Sesko (RBL), 90' Baumgartner (RBL), 93' Burke (Wer) Augsburg – Stuttgart 0-1 65' Undav (I'm)

Bundesliga Standings

Bayern Munich 39, Bayer Leverkusen 35, Eintracht Frankfurt 30, RB Leipzig 30, Mainz 28, Freiburg 27, Stuttgart 26, Borussia Dortmund 25, Werder Bremen 25, Wolfsburg 24, Borussia M'Gladbach 24, Union Berlin 17, Augsburg 16, FC St. Pauli 14, Hoffenheim 14, Heidenheim 13, Holstein Kiel 8, Bochum 6