Bundesliga Matchday 17 - Munich on Top - Dortmund Trails

At the midway point of the Bundesliga season, FC Bayern leads the league with 37 points, three points ahead of defending champion Dortmund.  Bayern defeated Koeln yesterday with a convincing 3-0 to clinch the top spot before the winter break.

Dortmund maintained second place with a 4-1 win over Freiburg.  The score did not really represent the fighting spirit of the Freiburg side.   Dortmund was definitely the better team and outclassed Freiburg for the most part.

1. FC Nuernberg defeated Leverkusen 3-0, one of the surprises of matchday 17.  FC Augsburg gave Hamburg a run for its money and played to a draw in the Hansastadt.   Hoffenheim gave up a lead to Berlin finishing in a 1-1 draw and Wolfsburg took three points off visiting Stuttgart with a 1-0 victory.

Schalke 04 walloped Werder Bremen 5-0 assuring 34 points and also trailing Bayern Muenchen by three points.  This was a major setback for Bremen, although they retain fifth place in the league.  Raul and Huntelaar scored their 10th and 14th goals respectively.  

Kaiserslautern and Hanover 96 played to a 1-1 draw.  Gladbach, with an early goal by Patrick Herrmann, defeated Mainz 05 1-0.   The win puts Gladbach into 4th place and just one point behind Dortmund and Schalke.  Mainz is just above the relegation zone in 14th place with 19 points. 

As the league goes into the winter break both the top and bottom of the league remain tight.  With 17 games to go a lot can yet change. 



Matchday 17


16.12.11,20.30 Bayern München - 1. FC Köln  3-0
17.12.11,15.30 Hamburger SV - FC Augsburg  1-1
17.12.11,15.30 SC Freiburg - Borussia Dortmund  1-4
17.12.11,15.30 1899 Hoffenheim - Hertha BSC Berlin  1-1
17.12.11,15.30 VfL Wolfsburg - VfB Stuttgart  1-0
17.12.11,15.30 Bayer Leverkusen - 1. FC Nürnberg  0-3
17.12.11,18.30 Schalke 04 - Werder Bremen  5-0
18.12.11,15.30 Kaiserslautern - Hannover 96  1-1
18.12.11,17.30 Mönchengladbach - FSV Mainz 05  1-0

Bundelsiga Table Updated 16 December  2011 



                                                         GP      W   D   L   GF/GA    Pts

1   Bayern München                        17         12  1    4     43:10      37
2   Borussia Dortmund                    17         10  4    3     35:12       34
3   Schalke 04                                  17         11  1    5     38-22       34
4   Borussia Mönchengladbach       17         10  3    4      25:11      33
5   Werder Bremen                          17           9    2    6    30-31      29
6    Bayer Leverkusen                     17           7    5    5     22:22      26
7   Hannover 96                               17           5    8    4     20-24     23
8   VfB Stuttgart                              17           6    4   7      23:20      22
9  1899 Hoffenheim                         17           6    4    7     19:18      22
10 1. FC Köln                                   17           6    3    8     27:35      21
11  Hertha BSC Berlin                     17           4    8    5      23:26     20
12  VfL Wolfsburg                           17           6    2    9       23:34     20
13  Hamburger SV                           17           4    7    6       21:27     19
14  FSV Mainz 05                            17           4    6    7       22:29     19
15  1. FC Nürnberg                          17           5    3    9       17:28     18
16  1. FC Kaiserslautern                  17           3    7    7       13:21     16
17  FC Augsburg                              17           3    6    8       15:28    15
18  SC Freiburg                                17            3    4  10      21:39    13