Bayern Munich will win the title for an eighth straight time if they can win for the 11th straight time when they visit Bremen on Tuesday. Elsewhere, the fight for survival has heated up — but Paderborn are all but down.
Good week for: Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, Union Berlin, relegation battle, away teams
Bad week for: Paderborn, Düsseldorf, Mainz, home teams
The headlines:
Bayern one win away from glory
Borussia Mönchengladbach were a few minutes away from getting a big point at the Allianz Arena in Saturday’s late game, but Leon Goretzka put pay to that with an 86th minute winner. Hansi Flick had rested Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller, and the former’s understudy – 19-year-old Joshua Zirkzee – got himself on the scoresheet before Goretzka won it. Gladbach remain in a close fight with Leverkusen for the fourth Champions League spot after the Werkself could only draw with Schalke (see below), while Bayern will clinch an eighth straight title at Bremen on Tuesday night. Speaking of Bremen…(DW)