German Bundesliga results on Friday: Stuttgart v Freiburg, Bayern Munich v Wolfsburg, Heidenheim v St Pauli, Bochum v RB Leipzig, Holstein Kiel v Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Moenchengladbach (1730)
Champions Bayer Leverkusen will have defender Jonathan Tah back in the squad for their league game against visiting Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday but striker Victor Boniface will not be fit in time for the game,
Eintracht Frankfurt are back at the top of the Bundesliga. After the short winter break, the third-placed team in the table started with a 1:0 win at St. Pauli. Mainz are also still among the leaders.
German Bundesliga leading scorers after the weekend's matches: 9: Kleindienst (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Musiala (Bayern Munich) 7: Demirovic (Stuttgart), Ekitike (Eintracht Frankfurt), Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund), Sesko (RB Leipzig), Stage (Werder Bremen), Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Borussia Dortmund has slumped to a 4-2 loss at promoted Holstein Kiel. It piles the pressure on coach Nuri Sahin after the team’s worst opening half to the Bundesliga for 10 years. After conceding three goals in the first half,
Mainz, who lost coach Bo Henriksen to two ... Elsewhere, Wolfsburg thumped Borussia Moenchengladbach 5-1 at home, with Lukas Nmecha scoring two goals in four second-half minutes.
Reported Manchester City target Omar Marmoush has boosted his transfer value with another goal for Eintracht Frankfurt to beat St. Pauli 1-0 in the Bundesliga.
An English week in the Bundesliga as we round off the first half of the season. Borussia Dortmund lost to Holstein Kiel in the early kick-off while Bayer Leverkusen saw off Mainz, Eintracht Frankfurt
Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen only managed a narrow 1-0 victory against Mainz but that was enough to keep them close to leaders Bayern Munich. Leverkusen failed to find a way through in-form Mainz in the first half but Alejandro Grimaldo finally broke the deadlock with the winner in the 48th minute.
Borussia Dortmund has slumped to a 4-2 loss at promoted Holstein Kiel. It piles the pressure on coach Nuri Sahin after the team's worst opening half to the Bundesliga for 10 years. Reported Manchester City target Omar Marmoush has starred again by scoring one goal and setting up another as Eintracht Frankfurt came from behind to beat Freiburg 4-1.
Bayern Munich continued their impressive run of form with another win over Wolfsburg, with Leon Goretzka's brace the difference.
Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface is nearing his return to action, two months after suffering a hamstring injury, manager Xabi Alonso said ahead of Tuesday's Bundesliga home clash against Mainz 05.