Bundesliga Matchday 15 roundup: Bayern nets seven, Dortmund defeated by Leverkusen

FC Bayern Munich humiliated Werder Bremen by scoring no less than seven times in Bremen.  Assani Lukimya scored into his own net and that was followed just six minutes later by Van Buyten.  Frank Ribery upped the score to 3-0 just before the half.  Mandzukic scored the first in the second half followed by Thomas Mueller shortly thereafter.  Frank Ribery made it six and Goetze scored the seventh just before the final whistle.

The match of the weekend was the encounter between Borussia Dortmund and Leverkusen and the Dortmund side disappointed at home.  A goal by Son in the 18th minute was enough for Bayer Leverkusen to stretch its lead over Dortmund by six point.  Leverkusen remains behind Bayern by four points.  Leverkusen played solid as a defensive unit, not permitting a lot of room for Dortmund to operate.  The match became scrappy in the second half.  For Dortmund there is concern with two more injuries, Sven Bender and Nuri Sahin, ahead of their Champions League match in Marseille.

1.FC Nuernberg remains without a win in 15 starts, despite an early goal by Per Nilsson in the tenth minute. The struggling Franken held on to the lead until the 75th minute, when Shinji Okazaki struck with 15 minutes to go to salvage a point for Mainz in a 1-1 draw, bringing Nuernbergs 15 game record to nine draws and six losses.  Mainz currently holds eighths spot.

 Things look like for Schalke 04 when Farfan scored he got ahead goal, but Raffael equalized in the 24th minute.   Gladbach overtook the proceedings after a handball by Hoewedes, which Max Kruse had no trouble converting.  This puts Gladbach equal in points with Dortmund and Schalke remains in fifth spot three points behind.

Augsburg moved into eighth spot after edging out a 1-0 win over Hamburg.  Raul Bobadilla scored the goal before 20 minutes were up, leaving Hamburg in 13th spot.  Hoffenheim captured an important away victory in Frankfurt.  Sven Shipplock put Hoffenheim ahead, while Joselu got the equalizer within the first five minutes of the match.  Robert Firmino sealed the deal for Hoffenheim after only ten minutes.

Werder Bremen captured three valuable points in Freiburg, when the side handily defeated the southern Germans.  Arnold (8th minute) and Olic (11th minute) got the early lead and Freiburg seldom created any opportunities to get an equalizer. Freiburg put in a special effort in the final ten minutes and it was too little to late.  Schaefer upped the score to 3-0 in the 90th minute in favour of Bremen.  The win puts Bremen into 13th spot with 16 points, even with Ham4burg and Stuttgart.  For Freiburg, which has had a disappointing season, the loss leaves them in a relegation spot with 11 points.

Hertha BSC Berlin walked away with a 2-0 victory in Braunschweig on goals by Ramos (20th) and Cigerci (80th).  While Berlin controlled the first half, Braunschweig pushed hard in the second, but inaccurate passing, lack of team cohesiveness prevented the newly  promoted club from scoring.  The win keeps Berlin in competition with for a Euro League spot, while Braunschweig continues to bring up the rear.

6 December

1. FC Nürnberg vs FSV Mainz 05  1-1

7 December   
   
Bor. Mönchengladbach vs Schalke 04   2-1
VfB Stuttgart vs Hannover 96   4-2
Werder Bremen vs Bayern München   0-7
Hamburger SV vs FC Augsburg   0-1
Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1899 Hoffenheim   1-2    
Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen   0-1

8 December
   
SC Freiburg vs VfL Wolfsburg    0-3   
Eintr. Braunschweig vs Hertha BSC   0-2


Posn  Team             GP   W   D   L    GF/GA   Points
1      FC Bayern        15    13   2    0       39:7         41
2      Leverkusen       15    12   1    2       32:14       37
3      Dortmund         15    10   1    4       35:16       31
4      M'gladbach       15    10   1    4       33:17       31
5      Schalke             15      7   3    5       30:26       28
6      Wolfsburg         15      8   2     5      23:16       26
7      Hertha BSC       15     6  4     5       22:17       22
8      Mainz                15      6   2    7      22:29       20
9      Augsburg           15     6   2    7      16:23        20
10    Hannover           14     5    2    7     17:22       17
11    Hamburg            15     4    4    7     30:32        16
12    Stuttgart              14    4     4   6     24:26        16
13    Bremen               15     4     4   6    19:34        16
14    Hoffenheim        15     4     5   6     34:35        17
15    Frankfurt            15     2     5   8     18:28        11
16    Freiburg              15     2     5   8     14:28       11
17    Nürnberg             15     0     9   6     14:30        9
18    B'schweig            15     2     2  11      8:28        8