Bayer Leverkusen are taking the belief gained from finishing in the top eight of the Champions League standings into the latter stages of their Bundesliga title defence.Xabi Alonso's men, who sit six points behind leaders Bayern Munich in second place in the German top flight,

The Fuggerstädter will now return to the WWK Arena, where they have lost their last two matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart without troubling the scorers. They may be able to take confidence from the fact they recorded a 1-0 victory in their only previous Bundesliga home meeting with Heidenheim in March 2024.

Bayern Munich board member for sport Max Eberl might under fire at the club as things could be festering internally about the executive’s progress (or lack thereof) in revamping the team and its budget: There are some irritations behind the scenes over Max Eberl,

Bayern Munich took a small but potentially decisive step toward the Bundesliga title last weekend when defending champion Bayer Leverkusen dropped points at Leipzig.

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich bounced back from a mid-week defeat with a 2-1 win at Freiburg on Saturday, while Borussia Dortmund started life without coach Nuri Sahin playing with 10 men in a 2-2 draw with Werder Bremen.

AugsburgAugsburg will head into the weekend in a positive mood after enjoying a couple of successful away trips. The Fuggerstädter recorded a 2-0 victory over Union Berlin, before they repeated that

In-stadium video assistant referee (VAR) announcements will be trialled in the top two tiers of German football. The pilot project will take place across nine Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 games from Saturday February 1 onwards.

Matchday 19 in the Bundesliga saw dropped points and plenty gained in all areas of the table. The race for Champions League and Europa League spots continue to tighten, whilst some clubs appear to be sleep walking into a relegation fight.

Is the Bundesliga title race over? Perhaps not quite. But Bayern Munich has made a big step towards reclaiming the Bundesliga title from Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. While the Rekordmeister beat SC Freiburg 2-1, Leverkusen dropped two points against RB Leipzig after being 2-0 up early on.

German Bundesliga result on Friday: Mainz v Stuttgart, RB Leipzig v Bayer Leverkusen, Augsburg v Heidenheim, Freiburg v Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen, Borussia Moenchengladbach v Bochum (1730)

Harry Kane scored as Bayern Munich won 2-1 at Freiburg on Saturday to move six points clear of Bayer Leverkusen, who threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at RB Leipzig.Kane and English compatriot Eric Dier created the opener in the 15th minute.

BERLIN (AP) — Harry Kane scored for the first time from open play since November and Bayern Munich stretched its Bundesliga lead to six points by winning in Freiburg 2-0 on Saturday.