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During the matches of the 18th round of the German Bundesliga played on Saturday and Sunday, the players of Borussia Dortmund and Schalke from Gelsenkirchen each added three points to their league table account.
The 'black and yellow' champions crushed Hamburger 1-5 away, while Huub Stevens' protégés defeated Stuttgart 3-1 at home.
The victories for these two clubs allowed them to catch up with Bayern Munich, who currently leads the championship with 37 points.
The Leverkusen Bayer - Mainz duel ended with a 3-2 victory for the hosts.
Results:
Freiburg 1 - 0 Augsburg
88' [1 - 0] M. Ginter
Hoffenheim 0 - 0 Hannover
Nurnberg 2 - 0 Hertha Berlin
43' [1 - 0] A. Esswein
85' [2 - 0] D. Maroh
Schalke 3 - 1 Stuttgart
3' [1 - 0] J. Matip
58' [2 - 0] K. Papadopoulos
80' [3 - 0] J. Draxler
87' [3 - 1] S. Okazaki
Wolfsburg 1 - 0 Cologne
78' [1 - 0] S. Polter
Kaiserslautern 0 - 0 Werder Bremen
Hamburger 1 - 5 Borussia Dortmund
16' [0 - 1] K. Grosskreutz
37' [0 - 2] R. Lewandowski
58' [0 - 3] J. Blaszczykowski
76' [0 - 4] J. Blaszczykowski (from the penalty spot)
83' [0 - 5] R. Lewandowski
86' [1 - 5] J.P. Guerrero
Leverkusen Bayer 3 - 2 Mainz
10' [1 - 0] Z. Pospech (own goal)
35' [2 - 0] M. Friedrich
50' [2 - 1] E. Polanski
53' [2 - 2] M. Caligiuri
70' [3 - 2] L. Bender
