Bundesliga Matchday 22 - Dortmund takes three point lead, Bayern struggles in Freiburg

With seven games in the books, Bundesliga Matchay 22 saw three of the top four contenders struggle with their opponents.  Dortmund managed to defeat Hertha BSC Berlin by a single goal and has some breathing space at the top of the league with a three point lead over Gladbach, which managed a 2:1 win over Kaiserslautern at the Betzenberg.  FC Bayern struggled against FC Freiburg and were not at all convincing ahead of their Champions League match against FC Basel next Thursday just across the Swiss border from Freiburg.  Although Freiburg's performance decreased late in the second half,
Bayern was unable to capitalize and had to settle for a scoreless draw.  This puts Bayern into third place four points short of first and Dortmund.  Schalke 04 plays tomorrow against Wolfsburg and can move within one point of Bayern.

Bundesliga Matchday 22 Picture Gallery 

Werder Bremen trails the top four by five points after defeating Hamburg 3-1.  Nurnberg moved into 12th place after defeating 1.FC Koeln 2-1.  Leverkusen easily defeated Augsburg with a score of 4-1.  With just two games to go tomorrow the positioning of the top spots won't change tomorrow.  All eyes will be on the Hanover vs Stuttgart game, where Stuttgart will try to clinch a victory.

Matchday 22 Results and Table

17.02.12,20.30	1899 Hoffenheim	-	FSV Mainz 05	1-1
18.02.12,15.30	1. FC Nürnberg	-	1. FC Köln	2-1
18.02.12,15.30	Kaiserslautern	-	Mönchengladbach	1-2
18.02.12,15.30	Hertha BSC Berlin	-	Borussia Dortmund	0-1
18.02.12,15.30	Bayer Leverkusen	-	FC Augsburg	4-1
18.02.12,15.30	Hamburger SV	-	Werder Bremen	1-3
18.02.12,18.30	SC Freiburg	-	Bayern München	0-0
19.02.12,15.30	Schalke 04	-	VfL Wolfsburg	(-:-)
19.02.12,17.30	Hannover 96	-	VfB Stuttgart	(-:-)

Bundesliga Table updated February 18th
                                                             GP     W    D    L    GF/A    Pts 
1Borussia Dortmund                             22     15    4    3      47:14    49
2Borussia Mönchengladbach                22     14    4    4      36:13    46   
3Bayern München                                 22     14    3    5      49:14    45
4Schalke 04                                           21     13    2    6      46:28    41
5Werder Bremen                                   22      10     6    6     37:36    36
6Bayer Leverkusen                               22       9     7    6      31:29    34
7Hannover 96                                        21       7   10    4     23:25    31
8VfL Wolfsburg                                     21       8     3  10     27:38    27
9VfB Stuttgart                                        21       7     5    9     31:28   26
101899 Hoffenheim                                22       6      8   8    24:26    26
11Hamburger SV                                    22       6     8    8    27:37    26
121. FC Nürnberg                                   22       7      4  11    21:32    25
12FSV Mainz 05                                     22      5      9    8    30:36    24
131. FC Köln                                          22       7      3  12    30:42    24
13FSV Mainz 05                                     22      5      9    8    30:36    24
15Hertha BSC Berlin                              22       4      8  10    25:37   20
161. FC Kaiserslautern                            22       3      9  10   16:28   18
17FC Augsburg                                       22        3      9  10  20:37    18
18SC Freiburg                                         22        4      5  13   27:47   18