Bundesliga, the fight between Bayern and Leverkusen continues. Dortmund in tenth place

Rome, 20 January 2025 – No upheaval in the rankings: in Bundesliga is Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen win and take home the three points, leaving the gap between them in the standings unchanged. The Bavarians win 3-2 against Wolfsburg at the Allianz Arena, while the team of Xabi Alonso defeats 3-1 Borussia M'Gladbach and always keeps the crosshairs pointed at Kompany and his waiting for a misstep. The third position remains the prerogative of the'Eintracht Frankfurt, who greets marmosh with a 2-0 against the Borussia Dortmund and moves away from the fourth square, occupied by the Stuttgart. For the yellow and blacks, however, the negative moment never ends: third defeat in a row and a drop to tenth place, with the Champions zone a good seven points away. Also bad is the Leipzig, who was brought back from 3-0 to 3-3 by Bochum and leaves the Vonovia Ruhrstadion with just one point, giving way to Stuttgart and moving away from Eintracht, who are now five points behind.

Matches of the eighteenth day of the Bundesliga

Despite the farewell of marmosh towards Manchester City, Eintracht Frankfurt continues to win, surpassing the Borussia Dortmund for 2-0. At the Deutsche Bank Park the team of Toppmoller it imposes itself thanks to the networks of Ekitike at 18' and of hojlund in the 92nd minute, gaining three points that allow them to have a good margin on fourth place, which is now four points away. For the Borussia Dortmund, instead, comes the third defeat in a row, which is worth the drop to tenth place, with the Champions zone which nowadays is more of a dream than an objective. TheFC St. Pauli conquers the Voith-Arena and takes home three very precious points in the relegation clash against the HeidenheimThe first goal of the match came in the 25th minute and was scored by Egg stone, who doesn't miss from eleven meters, at 92' gilavogui scores the goal that makes it 2-0 for his team. 3-2 for the Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg: he scores first at the Allianz Arena Goretzka (20'), but just four minutes later he equalised LoveBayern regained the lead in the 39th minute with Olis, then finding the 3-1 again thanks to the German midfielder, in the 62nd minute. Wolfsburg did not give up and reopened the match in the 88th minute again with Amoura, but the match ended 3-2 for the Bavarians, who achieved their fourth consecutive success and remain at +4 on Bayer Leverkusen second. Even the men of Xabi Alonso they take the three points by defeating 3-1 Borussia M'Gladbach. The undisputed star of the evening is landlord, who scored a brace between the 32nd and 62nd minutes and rose to 9 goals in the league. The 3-0 for the home team was named after Schick, who stamps his card in the 74th minute, while the only goal of the match for the Bianconeri is that of Kleindienst in the 91nd minute. The Holstein Kiel the hook is missingHoffenheim: Ilzer bat Rapp 3-1 away and remains tied with FC St. Pauli in fourteenth place. At the Holstein Stadion Hoffenheim takes a 3-0 lead thanks to a brace from Hlozek and to the network of Kramaric, but fails to close with a clean sheet, as Holstein Kiel finds the goal in the 84th minute with Kelati. Goleada of the Stuttgart, which overwhelms the Freiburg and climbs alone to fourth place in the standings, +1 on Leipzig. In the first half of the game, the red and whites take a 3-0 lead thanks to goals from Rouault (2'), Demirovic (17') e Woltemade (45+5'), and at 80' the poker is signed Undav. Second knockout for the Freiburg, who for the second game in a row concede four goals. 3-3 between Bochum e Leipzig, with the team of Rose who returns home with more regrets than ever. In the first half there is only one team on the pitch, with Leipzig taking the lead 21-3 in just 0 minutes thanks to Orban, nusa e Baumgartner, but in the second half Rose's team left their heads in the locker room and were caught up by Bochum, dragged by a boadu in super form. The Dutchman, in fact, scores a hat-trick in 13 minutes and gives an important point not so much for the standings, given that Bochum remains last with 10 points, but above all for morale, as the team of Hecking achieves its second consecutive useful result after last matchday's victory against FC St. Pauli. The Mainz after four days: against The union Berlin after the first five minutes the score is already 1-1 thanks to goals from Hollerbach at 1' and of Amiri on penalty kick in the 5th minute, but in the 24th minute Forest finds the decisive goal for the victory of the team Baumgart. Being with a brace he gives the victory toaugsburg against Werder Bremen.

Bundesliga matchday 18 results

Eintracht Frankfurt – Borussia Dortmund 2-0 18' Ekitike (Ein), 92' Hojlund (Ein)

Heidenheim – FC St. Pauli 0-2 25' pen. Eggestein (FCS), 92' Guilavogui (FCS)

Bayern Munich – Wolfsburg 3-2 20', 62' Goretzka (Bay), 24', 88' Amoura (Wol), 39' Olise (Bay)

Holstein Kiel – Hoffenheim 1-3 26', 56' Hlozek (Hof), 45+1' Kramaric (Hof), 84' Kelati (Hol)

Stuttgart – Freiburg 4-0 2' Rouault (Sto), 17' Demirovic (Sto), 45+5' pen. Woltemade (Sto), 80' Undav (Sto)

Bochum – RB Leipzig 3-3 10' Orban (RBL), 13' Nusa (RBL), 21' Baumgartner (RBL), 48', 56', 61' pen. Boadu (Boc)

Bayer Leverkusen – Borussia M'Gladbach 3-1 32', 62' pen. Wirtz (Bay), 74' Schick (Bay), 91' Kleindienst (Bor)

Union Berlin – Mainz 2-1 1' Hollerbach (Uni), 5' pen. Amiri (Never), 24' pen. Skov (Uni)

Erder Bremen - Augsburg 0-2 5', 45+1' Being (Aug)

Bundesliga Standings

Bayern Munich 45, Bayer Leverkusen 41, Eintracht Frankfurt 36, Stuttgart 32, RB Leipzig 31, Mainz 28, Wolfsburg 27, Freiburg 27, Werder Bremen 26, Borussia Dortmund 25, Borussia M'Gladbach 24, Augsburg 22, Union Berlin 20, FC St. Pauli 17, Hoffenheim 17, Heidenheim 14, Holstein Kiel 11, Bochum 10.