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It’s hard not to single out this weekend because of just Bayern Munich’s remarkable result against Hamburg.  That game, more than anything, symbolizes their dominance this season.  The rest of the matchday was as fascinating as that game was one sided, though.  Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen kept up the pace to solidify their Champions [...]

  Excitement all around on matchday 22.  Derbies, goals, memorable goals, etc.  Bremen won their first Nordderby in Hamburg in four years while Bayern surprisingly stumbled against a spirited Freiburg.  Dortmund and Gladbach extended their lead atop the table with two narrow yet important wins while Leverkusen took out their midweek European blues on a [...]

  Matchday 21 both epitomized the excitement of the Bundesliga and the occasional doldrums.  Wolfsburg’s encounter with Freiburg on Friday saw an end to end action from kickoff to the final whistle in a match that most expected to be forgettable affair while Saturday saw two late comebacks from Bremen and Hannover.  It also included the usual blowout with [...]

  It was the weekend of draws and away teams in the Bundesliga.  For the first time since the 1997/98 season have all home teams failed to win and six of the nine fixtures ended in a stalemate.  The biggest winners of the weekend were Borussia Dortmund, who were the only side out of the [...]

  One of the most exciting title races in recent memory is shaping up as the top four created a considerable gap between them and the rest of the league by winning all their matches this weekend. Elsewhere, Augsburg and Kaiserslautern played one of the most exciting games of the season in an early relegation [...]

  After a lengthy period in hibernation, the Bundesliga returned this past weekend in all its glory. Perhaps not in the style that we’re usually accustomed to, Saturday being one of the lowest scoring days to date this season, but certainly not lacking in excitement.  Gladbach sprung the upset of the round by completing their [...]

  The last matchday of the Hinrunde was not short on excitement.  This weekend truly had it all, from tactical experimentation to record breaking performances, it was a fitting end to an eventful first half of the season.  Ruhr neighbors Dortmund and Schalke both had the biggest wins of the weekend and went level on [...]

  Two goalless draws is a rarity in the Bundesliga so this was a unique weekend in German football.  Perhaps even more surprising was Augsburg’s win over high flying Gladbach which finally lifted the club out of last place in the standings.  At the other end of the table, Bayern cemented their place at the [...]

  This was the week of draws in the Bundesliga with 5 of the 9 matches ending in a stalemate.  Bayern München reclaimed top spot in the league after convincingly beating Bremen with Gladbach and Dortmund dropping back to second and third after their draw. Thorsten Fink continues his unbeaten run since taking over Hamburg [...]

  It was a weekend of derbies in the Bundesliga.  In the biggest of them all, Dortmund took top honors against their Ruhr rivals from Gelsenkirchen in a rather one sided derby and went top of the table while Gladbach too resoundingly defeated a harmless Köln.  Mainz provided the biggest upset of the weekend with [...]