Bundesliga Matchday 16 Round Up - Podolski Gets Fourth Double Pack

Matchday 16 is in the books and FC Bayern has, once again, secured top spot in the Bundesliga.  With only one matchday to go before the winter break, Bayern has secured the Herbst Meisterschaft (Fall Champion) Their 2-1 win over VFB Stuttgart clinched the top spot.  Dortmund only managed a tie at home against Kaiserslauern, while Gladbach was defeated by newcomer Augsburg, which registered only its third victory of the season.    Gladbach was defeated by second half goal in Augsburg leaving the team one point behind the two league leaders.  Bremen convincingly defeated Wolfsburg moving into fifth place.

Schalke 04, after its 2-1 victory in Berlin has moved into spot 2, with a better goal for/against ratio than Borussia Dortmund.  Mainz and Hamburg shared a point after a scoreless draw in Mainz.  Hoffenheim with its win in Nuernberg has broken into the top ten of the league.  Lukas Podolski and Clemens, each with a double pack perfected a 4-0 win over SC Freiburg.  Freiburg is now bringing up the rear end of the Bundesliga.

Mainz and Koln met today to play catchup to matchday 13, a game that was cancelled due to the attempted suicide of a referee.   A late goal by Lukas Podolski saved a point for Koeln.  

 Matchday 16

09.12.11,20.30 Hertha BSC Berlin - Schalke 04 1-2
10.12.11,15.30 Werder Bremen - VfL Wolfsburg  4-1
10.12.11,15.30 FSV Mainz 05 - Hamburger SV 0-0
10.12.11,15.30 1. FC Nürnberg - 1899 Hoffenheim 0-2
10.12.11,15.30 1. FC Köln - SC Freiburg 4-0
10.12.11,15.30 FC Augsburg - Mönchengladbach  1-0
10.12.11,18.30 Hannover 96 - Bayer Leverkusen  0-0
11.12.11,15.30 Borussia Dortmund - Kaiserslautern 1-1
11.12.11,17.30 VfB Stuttgart - Bayern München  1-2


Bundelsiga Table Updated 02 December  2011 

                                                         GP      W   D   L   GF/GA    Pts

1   Bayern München                        16         11  1    4     40:10      34
2   Borussia Dortmund                    16           9  4    3     31:11       31
3   Schalke 04                                  16         10  1    5     33-22       31
4   Borussia Mönchengladbach       16           9  3    4      24:11      30
5   Werder Bremen                          16           9    2    5    30-26      29
6    Bayer Leverkusen                     16           7    5    4     22:19      26
7   VfB Stuttgart                              16           6    4   6      23:19      22
8   Hannover 96                               16           5    7    4     19:23      22
9  1899 Hoffenheim                        16           6    3    7     18:18      21
10 1. FC Köln                                   16           6    3    7     27:32      21
11  Hertha BSC Berlin                     16           4    7    5      23:25     19
13  FSV Mainz 05                            16           4    6    6      22:28     18
12  Hamburger SV                           16           4    6    6      20:26     18
14  VfL Wolfsburg                           16           5    2    9       22:34     17
15  1. FC Kaiserslautern                  16           3    6    7       12:20     15
16  1. FC Nürnberg                          16           4    3    9       14:28     15
17  FC Augsburg                              16           3    5    8       14:27    14
18  SC Freiburg                                16            3    4    9      20:35    13