Bundesliga Results: Bayern New Lead at +8, Dortmund In The Slipstream For Champions League

Bavarians attempt decisive escape for the title, yellow and blacks win and return to -4 from the Europe that counts

di FILIPPO MONETTI
April 22, 2025
Joshua Kimmich of Bayern Munich

Joshua Kimmich of Bayern Munich

Berlin 21 April 2025 - Furious fight in Germany not only for the title but also for the Champions League, with important developments for both. Ahead of the Bayern Munich stretches on Bayer Leverkusen and on the next day the first match point for the title will be played, while behind them the challenge involving 9 teams for the European positions of this season rages. Frankfurt e Leipzig they do not extend and instead see their advantage shorten. Dortmund wins and returns to -4, while the Freiburg of Italian Vincenzo Grifo is just one point away from a potential qualification in Champions.

The outcome of the weekend's matches

Despite the Easter holidays, the German football calendar does not undergo any particular changes. Just like every weekend, it starts with five games at 15.30:XNUMX pm on Saturday. A time when, among others, the Bayern Monaco, awaited by the delicate away match againstHeidenheim, in one of the most classic upsets in the standings. A complicated challenge only on paper, however, because the Bavarians are making up for their elimination in Champions, scoring 4 against their opponents and keeping a clean sheet in a domination of the boys of Kompany. Show instead at Freiburg where the blue Vincenzo Grifo gives two assists in the 3-2 againstHoffenheim. He also wins Werder Brema of measure against the Bochum, a 1-0 thanks to sage, which with ten minutes to go gives the black and greens the three points.

Two draws complete the picture of the matches on Saturday at 15:30. In Leipzig the team of low is stopped by the tail light Kiel on 1-1, where however the home team has reason to complain, after having wasted so many chances. A draw also in Mainz between Mainz e Wolfsburg for 2-2, which makes the red and whites drop another position in the standings, after having long caressed the positions to be Champions. The real show on Saturday, however, is offered in the Capital between Union Berlin e StuttgartIn an anthology-worthy first half, the two teams scored eight goals for a 4-4 draw that was the final result of the match.

Three matches instead on Sunday afternoon starting from the hard-fought 0-0 draw in Augusta between augsburg e FrankfurtA point that does not allow the German Eagles to make a selection for third place, thus remaining dangerously close to the pursuers for the Champions LeagueAmong these are also the two Borussia, Dortmund e Moenchengladbach, teams faced on this day of the championship. At the Signal Iduna Park it was a challenge full of twists and turns, won by the greater desire and quality of the yellow and blacks by 3-2. A precious success for Niko Kovac, who now brings his team to just 4 points from the Champions League zone. The day ends with yet another surprise, after Bayern's domination againstHeidenheim, we expected a Leverkusen capable of doing the same on the pitch of St. Pauli, but that's not the case. The boys of Xabi Alonso they unlock it, but they fail to close the match, being then overtaken by their opponents, ending the match at 1-1. A draw that now brings the Rossoneri to -8 from the Bavarians, giving their rivals the chance to win the title already on the next matchday. 

Bundesliga matchday 30 results

Freiburg-Hoffenheim 3-2: 28' Holer (F), 36' Doan (F), 45+2' Bulter (H), 45+5' Kramaric (H), 57' Holer (F).

Heidenheim-Bayern Munich 0-4: 13' Kane, 19' Laimer, 36' Coman, 56' Kimmich.

Mainz - Wolfsburg 2-2: 3' Arnold (W), 37' Lee Jae-Sung (M), 40' Kohr (M), 89' Vavro (W). 

RB Leipzig-Kiel 1-1: 44' Machino (K), 74' pen. Sesko (R).

Werder Bremen-Bochum 1-0: 80' Weiser.

Union Berlin-Stuttgart 4-4: 5' Ilic (U), 19' Leite (U), 23' Undav (S), 29' Milllot (S), 38' Querfeld (U), 43' Chabot (S), 45+1' Fuhrich (S), 45+6' Ilic (U).

Augsburg-E. Frankfurt 0-0.

Borussia Dortmund-Borussa Mon. 3-2: 24' Itakura (M), 41' Guirassy (D), 44' Nmecha (D), 45+4' Svensson (D), 56' pen. Stoger (M).

St. Pauli-Bayer Leverkusen 1-1: 32' Schick (B), 78' Boukhalfa (S).

Bundesliga table matchday 30

Bayern Munich 72, Bayer Leverkusen 64, E. Frankfurt 52, RB Leipzig 39, Freiburg 38, Mainz 47, B. Dortmund 45, Werder Bremen 45, Borussia Mon. 44, Augsburg 43, Stuttgart 41, Wolfsburg 39, Union Berlin 35, St. Pauli 30, Hoffenheim 30, Heidenheim 22, Bochum 20, Kiel 19.

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