By signing a tenth consecutive victory in all consecutive competitions on Tuesday evening at home against Mainz, Bayer Leverkusen put pressure on Bayern, who host Hoffenheim on Wednesday (8:30 p.m.), at the end of the 17th day of the German championship.
Reigning champion, the Bayer Leverkusen has won its last seven Bundesliga matches, to which must be added two successes in the Champions League and a qualification for the quarter-finals of the German Cup at the expense of Bayern.
In the standings, the Werkself is within one point of the Bavarian club (38 against 39), while the Munich leader still has to play its last match of the first leg on Wednesday.
After the impressive realism Friday on the lawn of the Borussia Dortmund (3-2 victory), the men of Xabi Alonso had to wait a little longer to find the flaw in the defense of Mainzanother team in good form at the moment in Germany (six victories in the last seven matches before losing in Leverkusen).
Dominators in the first period, the teammates of Granit Xhaka opened the scoring thanks to the left paw of the Spaniard Alejandro Grimaldoon a free kick about twenty meters from the goal of Robin Zentnerwho could do absolutely nothing.
Behind the Bayern/Bayer04 duo, Omar Marmoush once again participated in the victory of theEintracht Francfort facing Freiburg (4-1), scoring his 15th goal in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund in full ordeal
The 25-year-old Egyptian international is one of the most coveted players in the winter transfer window, with Frankfurt confirming interest from a club on Saturday without naming it. Broadcaster Sky announced last week that Manchester City had reached an agreement with Omar Marmoushwho shares first place in the scorers’ rankings for at least 24 hours with Harry Kane (15 goals each).
At the start of the evening, Borussia Dortmund went down in the north of Germany, Likebeaten 4 to 2 by a Bundesliga rookie.
“The first half was unworthysaid the BVB sports director Lars Rickenat the microphone of the broadcaster Sky. “In this kind of match, the way we represent the colors yellow and black is embarrassing, shameful and undignified.”
He defended his coach Nuri Sahinunder pressure again after two defeats in 2025, saying that a discussion with him “wasn’t even necessary”believing that the question of the coach was not on the agenda.
With 25 points, Dortmund achieved its worst first leg this season since the disastrous 2014-2015 season (15 points and a penultimate place after 17 days) under the orders of Jurgen Klopp.
A gulf now separates Dortmund from the top of the standings, with 13 points behind Leverkusen, and 14 behind Bayern before the Munich match on Wednesday.
