Bundesliga Matchay 31 Round Up - Dortmund Undefeated Streak Now 25

 With six games in the books, Dortmund extended its undefeated streak to 25 games.  Schalke opened the scoring, with Farfan in the ninth minute, but Piszczek got the equalizer in the 18th minute.  Kehl, with his go ahead goal in the 63rd minute ensured the win for Borussia.  The match was action packed and again showed he class of Dortmund. This victory with three games to go, brings the Borussen one step closer to the championship.  Bayerns draw with Mainz, all but secured the championship for Dortmund.

Kaiserslautern, already written off for relegation too a 2-0 loss against Nuernberg, Augsburg continues its quest to remain in the Bundesliga by edging out a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg.  Hamburg also kept its hopes alive by defeating Hannover.  Leverkusen helped Schalke with a 3-3 tie in Berlin.  Hertha is almost guaranteed a relegation spot with Kaiserslautern.  Needless to say time is running short on many teams.

Bayern Muenchen  as unable to score during 90 minutes in the Allianz Arena.  While the extra point secured Mainz's stay in the Bundesliga next season, the one point did nothing for Munich's continued championship pursuit.  One can only hope that Bayern does much better against Madrid on Tuesday.

In Sunday's firs match, M'Gladbach easily gained three points against Koeln, with goals by 19 min. Juan Arango in the 19th minute, Tony Jantschke in the 53rd minute and Marco Reus in the 55th minute.  The win puts Gladbach in direct contention for a direct Champions League entry next season, trailing Schalke by just one points.  For Koeln the situation is getting critical, with just 29 points, the team trails Augsburg by four points.  Only Berlin wiht 28 and Kaiserslautern with 20 points trail Koeln.  

Freiburg and Hoffenheim fought to a scoreless draw in the Sunday evening game.  

13.04.12,20.30     VfB Stuttgart     -     Werder Bremen                 4-1
14.04.12,15.30     Kaiserslautern     -     1. FC Nürnberg                0-2
14.04.12,15.30     VfL Wolfsburg     -     FC Augsburg                  1-2
14.04.12,15.30     Hamburger SV     -     Hannover 96                   1-0
14.04.12,15.30     Schalke 04     -     Borussia Dortmund               1-2
14.04.12,15.30     Bayer Leverkusen     -     Hertha BSC Berlin    3-3
14.04.12,18.30     Bayern München     -     FSV Mainz 05             1-1
15.04.12,15.30     Mönchengladbach     -     1. FC Köln                 3-0
15.04.12,17.30     SC Freiburg     -     1899 Hoffenheim                 0-0


Bundesliga Table
                                                    GP     W    D    L      GF/A       Pts
1Borussia Dortmund                    31      22    6    3       69:23       72
2Bayern München                        30      20   4     7       69:20       64
3Schalke 04                                  31      18   3   10       66:41       57
4Borussia Mönchengladbach       31      16   8     7        46:22      56
5VfB Stuttgart                              31      14   7   10        56:41      49
6Bayer Leverkusen                      31      12    9     9        47:41      45
7Hannover 96                               31      11  11     9        39:43      44
8Hoffenheim                                31       10  11  10        38:40      42
9Werder Bremen                          31      11    9   11        44:50      42
10Wolfsburg                                 31       12   4   15        42:56      40
131. FC Nürnberg                         31       11    5  15        33:42      38
11FSV Mainz 05                           31        9   10  12        47:48      37
12SC Freiburg                               31        9    9  13         41:56      36
14Hamburger SV                          31         8   10  13        34:55      34
15FC Augsburg                             31         7  12   12        34:48      33
161. FC Köln                                 31         8    5   18        36:65      29
17Hertha BSC Berlin                     31         6  10  15         37:57      28
181. FC Kaiserslautern                  31         3   11  17         19:46      20