Bayern Munich thrash Wolfsburg 6-0 to top German Bundesliga on goal difference as long-time leader struggle to grab a 3-1 home win over Stuttgart.
Dortmund had been at the top of the table since matchday six but run of just one win in their previous five league games has allowed Bayern to claim nine-point gap.
With just nine games left and a meeting between the sides in Munich on April 6, Bayern now look favourite for a seventh straight title after Serge Gnabry, James Rodriguez, Thomas Muller and Joshua Kimmich, plus two from Robert Lewandowski, making him the league's all-time top scoring foreign players with 197 all got on scoresheet
Bayern, who started with Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng and Mueller in the week they were permanently axed from the Germany set-up, have now won five on the bounce in the Bundesliga.
It shapes as the perfect warm-up for do-or-die Champions league clash with Liverpool in midweek.
While,third-placed RB Leipzig drew 0-0 with Augsburg and Freiburg beat Hertha Berlin 2-1.
Leipzig remain 11 points behind Dortmund while Hertha Berlin’s Vedad Ibisevic scored at both ends in Freiburg to hand the hosts victory after Nils Petersen’s opener.
Borussia Moenchengladbach consolidated fourth place beating Mainz 1-0 in the late game.
Hoffenheim welcome bottom side Nuremberg and second-bottom Hanover entertain Bayer Leverkusen in Sunday’s fixtures, with Fortuna Dusseldorf against fifth- placed Eintracht Frankfurt following on Monday.
Leipzig remain 11 points behind Dortmund while Hertha Berlin’s Vedad Ibisevic scored at both ends in Freiburg to hand the hosts victory after Nils Petersen’s opener.
Borussia Moenchengladbach consolidated fourth place beating Mainz 1-0 in the late game.
Hoffenheim welcome bottom side Nuremberg and second-bottom Hanover entertain Bayer Leverkusen in Sunday’s fixtures, with Fortuna Dusseldorf against fifth- placed Eintracht Frankfurt following on Monday.
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