Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[TelolettOm]

Anyone who saw the match between Borussia Dortmund vs Leverkusen would definitely think that Leverkusen would experience their first defeat of the season, because entering extra time they were still 1 goal behind hosts Borussia Dortmund. But Leverkusen refused to lose in this match when they managed to score a late goal in added time. It came from a header from Josip Stanisic who took advantage of the opportunity from a corner kick.

Of course, the match was almost over when Stanisic succeeded scoring a single goal for Leverkusen. He scored a goal in minute 90+7' and the match was over in minute 90+9'. Josip Stanisic scored a very important goal, this goal keep the unbeaten record of Leverkusen. Again, Leverkusen could score injury time and it is like having great luck during this season.

I saw how Xabi welcomed the goal with enthusiasm, because thanks to that goal he could still extend their unbeaten record this season. This is a very extraordinary thing for Leverkusen, they did not give up looking for a goal until the final second of the match and their efforts produced sweet results for them in this match.

Sure, Xabi was very enthusiastic with the goal. It was a very crucial goal, he may be almost unbelieve it. Everyone may think Dortmund succeeded breaking the unbeaten status of Leverkusen but the goal made by Josip Stanisic secured Leverkusen. Xabi really brings the mentality of Real Madrid to Leverkusen, we all know it is Real Madrid which very often scored goals and come back in injury time.



Source: theguardian

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For Dortmund, the draw has made things difficult for them to break into the top four of the standings, because Leipzig indirectly benefited greatly from the draw. The competition for tickets to the Champions League will now be the only interesting thing in the Bundesliga, and next week Leipzig will face Dortmund directly. Meanwhile, we can see how influential Leverkusen is this season, they not only broke Bayern Munich dominance, but made the Bundesliga more competitive, including making Dortmund suffer.

Dortmund again failed to defend their victory after they were ahead in the 81st minute, previously  I think, the game against Dortmund' will be the first defeat for Leverkusen this season and of course it will break the unbeaten record of Leverkusen all season, but again lverkusen came back with the winning mentality they had finally able to level the score to 1-1 when the game had entered the last minute,  I think Leverkusen this season not only surprised us with their record and achievements, but the fantastic comebacks they have continued to do this season when indeed the game may end In defeat for them and to be honest we probably won't find it in other teams in the last few seasons.

The draw obtained by Dortmund is of course difficult for them to be able to end the season in the top 4 this season, especially this season the Bundesliga Is only 4 games left, the only way for Dortmund to climb into the top 4 Is to beat Leipzig and that they can do in the meeting between the two teams next week,  last season it might have been easy for Dortmund to beat Leipzig but this season of course Dortmund has to work hard to beat Leipzig because of Leipzig outstanding performance this season.

[Fuso.hp]

I really thought that maybe today is day that Leverkusen will be losing after i have seen that Dortmund was leading at the 88 Minute.
But i dont know how Leverkusen will be making it everytime that they score in the overtime or last Minutes of the game.
A big thing for Dortmund with that draw from that Match.
Also Stuttgart lost today unexpected , damn.

Anyone who saw the match between Borussia Dortmund vs Leverkusen would definitely think that Leverkusen would experience their first defeat of the season, because entering extra time they were still 1 goal behind hosts Borussia Dortmund. But Leverkusen refused to lose in this match when they managed to score a late goal in added time. It came from a header from Josip Stanisic who took advantage of the opportunity from a corner kick.

I saw how Xabi welcomed the goal with enthusiasm, because thanks to that goal he could still extend their unbeaten record this season. This is a very extraordinary thing for Leverkusen, they did not give up looking for a goal until the final second of the match and their efforts produced sweet results for them in this match. Once again they avoided their first defeat of the season. The statistics are fantastic, even though they have locked in the title, the enthusiasm is still burning.

A lot people were saying that Leverkusen would intentionally not play hard for dortmund or stuttgart. The dozens of last minute goals they scored this season in the league, Europa league and dfb can't be a coincidence. No matter what anyone says, this team will finish the bundesliga undefeated. 99% will win the dfb final, if they don't lose to roma, they will go down in world football history as the team that won all the tournaments they participated in a season undefeated, there is no team in history that has achieved this. I think they deserve the utmost respect.

Leverkusen are 14 points ahead of Bayern Munich with the same number of matches played. 8 more matches are left for each team before this league ends. If Bayern Munich were 3 points or 4 points behind they would have had a chance, they are too many points behind so they have no chance of winning the title this season. If Leverkusen wins three more matches, their league tournament is guaranteed and they will focus entirely on the Europa League tournament. Leverkusen have been at the number one position in the points table since the start with a considerable point gap over Bayern Munich and the team has never dropped down from the number one position in the points table, making it easy for them to win the league title.

[Ayers]

I guess it is still important for Bayern to win these games no matter what, that big win definitely helps boost morale. Think about it this way, with these wins, they guarantee that at least they will be second and not third, which is important because if they kept losing then they could have been third place, so being second place is a lot better than being third place.

Plus, they could finish the season with a UCL title as well, not saying that they will win it all, but they are in semi-finals and that should be the most important part. I believe that we are going to end up with a situation that has to be quite fragile as well, that seems like the most important part of the deal, and they need to keep winning to have good morale for those games.

It seems to me that for Bayern there is no difference between second and third place - not being first is quite a shock for them. And if we remember the humiliation in a personal meeting and the fact that Bayer broke their record for the number of games without defeat, then I can assume that all the worst has already been experienced and Bayern have let the situation go. It seems to me that in the Bundesliga they will play “as it happens” (that’s why, for example, victory over Eintracht Frankfurt is not guaranteed in the next round) and concentrate as much as possible on the Champions League.

First of all, I don't think Bayern Munich will be able to win in the Champions League title this season.
Secondly, I doubt that they will be able to win all the matches that they have left in this season in Bundesliga.

I can see in the Champions League, Bayern Munich is going to face Real Madrid next. And I think all of us believe that Real Madrid should be able to win the match. I mean it is going to be played in two legs. Real Madrid should be the one to approach to the finals. And Bayern really does not have anything to win in this season. I believe because they will try to win the Champions League match so badly they are eventually going to lose some Bundesliga matches as well because of the pressure. And I genuinely blame the coach for that. For the downfall of Bayern Munich in this season.

[klidex]

No matter how many lashes from Bayern Munich against Union Berlin at Berlin's home ground, it won't have any effect other than just winning because Union Berlin is really weak this season. And as for Bayer Leverkusen itself, I don't think it needs to be said any more because the team has already celebrated its championship this season in the Bundesliga. Even though Leverkusen will continue to play to win until the end of the season because they themselves also really want to finish this season with nothing at all.

Yes, but we also need to appreciate Bayern Munich's victory this time, at least it provided entertainment to its fans by scoring lots of goals at Union Berlin's home even though we know that Union Berlin's defense is actually very weak. So Bayern Munich was able to win with a fairly big score, even though that was the case doesn't change anything, but actually this victory is very important for Bayern Munich to maintain second place. He is aware that there is no longer any hope of winning the Bundesliga. Therefore Bayern Munich also needs to win to be in second place until the end of the season and will perform well again next season forward corrected his mistakes this season.

Bayern Munich's next match will be against Eintracht Frankfurt, the club that broke Bayern Munich's winning streak for the first time this season in their previous meeting. Bayern Munich had to avenge this defeat as Frankfurt did with a fairly large score because Bayern Munich's defeat was what made Bayern Munich lose their chance overtook Leverkusen so I hope Bayern Munich can respond even though they don't change anything, playing at home will be an advantage for Bayern Munich in scoring lots of goals.

[Iranus]

Unbelievable that Dortmund is giving away that win against Bayer Leverkusen despite playing with only 10 players. They should never concede such a goal after a corner like that, but well, Leverkusen's dream to survive a whole season without a single loss is still alive. They would be the first team ever to do that and I think they took a huge hurdle now that they didn't lose the game against Dortmund. This was the game I thought they could certainly lose.

By now I think Alonso himself can't believe that they once again scored a goal in extra time! This is getting scary!

In yesterday's match, Josip Stanisic netted the ball when the referee just whistled pipe, lol . 45 games unbeaten in all competitions..

Incredible from Leverkusen. I think in the end they are definitely going to stay unbeaten the way they are going right now.
For some reason whatever it is the injury time, they find extra motivation. If this was any other club or any other coach, I think they would have said that it is OK if we lose the rest of the matches because we have to win two more trophies this season.

But Xabi Alonso is different. He is always going for the win. He is always pushing the boundary. Only four matches left for them in the Bundesliga. And all the matches that they have left are easier compared to this one. But still, the concentration is going to be in the Europa League and DFB Pokal.

[len01]

First of all, I don't think Bayern Munich will be able to win in the Champions League title this season.
Secondly, I doubt that they will be able to win all the matches that they have left in this season in Bundesliga.

I can see in the Champions League, Bayern Munich is going to face Real Madrid next. And I think all of us believe that Real Madrid should be able to win the match. I mean it is going to be played in two legs. Real Madrid should be the one to approach to the finals. And Bayern really does not have anything to win in this season. I believe because they will try to win the Champions League match so badly they are eventually going to lose some Bundesliga matches as well because of the pressure. And I genuinely blame the coach for that. For the downfall of Bayern Munich in this season.

yep, I fully support your opinion regarding how Bayern Munich will fare in the UCL and it is true that in the future Munich will have difficulty in stealing wins from Real Madrid who are currently really very consistent in the UCL while Munich is currently very unstable, it cannot be predicted how the final result but looking at the results of the match against Arsenal in the second leg makes me believe that Munich has a small chance of qualifying for the final round.
competing at home only getting 1 score is not a good result while Arsenal is actually weaker than Madrid and I am sure that if Tuchel does not have a more appropriate method or strategy he will not be able to bring Munich to the final round.

Tuchel deserves to be blamed this season because no matter what happens, he is still a coach who must be responsible for the team's future and this is currently the worst season Munich has experienced in more than a decade, losing the Bundesliga title and also having a small chance at the UCL.
even though at Bayern Munich the arrival of a very great player like Kane means that Munich should get better results but Kane presence actually makes Bayern Munich worse but this is not about Kane fault but Tuchel as a coach who failed to rotate Munich players imperfectly.
so the results obtained this season are really very bad.

In the remaining Bundesliga matches, I'm not sure whether Munich will be able to consistently be in the runner up position and if they can't maintain their position in the runner up position and are overtaken by Stuttgart, this will be the craziest season that Bayern Munich has ever experienced.

[Docnaster]

Unbelievable that Dortmund is giving away that win against Bayer Leverkusen despite playing with only 10 players. They should never concede such a goal after a corner like that, but well, Leverkusen's dream to survive a whole season without a single loss is still alive. They would be the first team ever to do that and I think they took a huge hurdle now that they didn't lose the game against Dortmund. This was the game I thought they could certainly lose.

By now I think Alonso himself can't believe that they once again scored a goal in extra time! This is getting scary!

In yesterday's match, Josip Stanisic netted the ball when the referee just whistled pipe, lol . 45 games unbeaten in all competitions..

Incredible from Leverkusen. I think in the end they are definitely going to stay unbeaten the way they are going right now.
For some reason whatever it is the injury time, they find extra motivation. If this was any other club or any other coach, I think they would have said that it is OK if we lose the rest of the matches because we have to win two more trophies this season.

But Xabi Alonso is different. He is always going for the win. He is always pushing the boundary. Only four matches left for them in the Bundesliga. And all the matches that they have left are easier compared to this one. But still, the concentration is going to be in the Europa League and DFB Pokal.

Yesterday in the German Bundesliga game between Borussia Dortmund and German champions Bayer Leverkusen, Josip Stanisic scored a stoppage time goal to help the away team avoid suffering a defeat for the 45th consecutive time and that goes a long way to tell how significant Xabi Alonso have improved the Bayer Leverkusen team as well as the teams mentality. There's this
current belief in the Bayer Leverkusen team that they can achieve anything even when it seem almost impossible to achieve and that's the spirit of a true champion if you ask me.
Bayer Leverkusen are still unbeaten in the German Bundesliga this season and with four games remaining before the end of the league campaign, Xabi Alonso's men are very likely to do the invincible by going ab entire season without losing a league game

[bering]

Leverkusen under Alonso have a strong champion mentality because when people thought they will be lost from Dortmund but Leverkusen didn't give up and they can avoiding to lost yesterday and gets draw result from Dortmund so this result is make Leverkusen can able to managed their unbeated record and as far i remember Leverkusen has been done it several times this season that before this match they can win or draw dramatically from their opponents but for Dortmund this result is very unfavourable because Dortmund now has 2 points below to Leipzig and with only 4 matches remaining seems it's very difficult for them to taking over 4th place from Leipzig

Besides Dortmund who failed to win i saw too Stuttgart was gets unsatisfactory result because surprisingly they lost from weak team Bremen but indeed if we see based on Stuttgart position on League Table this result have no affect for their position because Stuttgart still remains at 3rd place and currently Stuttgart has 6 points above Dortmund and to secured one place of Champion League spots then Stuttgart have to get at least 2 more wins but next match won't be easy for Stuttgart because their opponent is Leverkusen

[bct_ail]

In yesterday's match, Josip Stanisic netted the ball when the referee just whistled pipe, lol . 45 games unbeaten in all competitions..

Incredible from Leverkusen. I think in the end they are definitely going to stay unbeaten the way they are going right now.
For some reason whatever it is the injury time, they find extra motivation. If this was any other club or any other coach, I think they would have said that it is OK if we lose the rest of the matches because we have to win two more trophies this season.

But Xabi Alonso is different. He is always going for the win. He is always pushing the boundary. Only four matches left for them in the Bundesliga. And all the matches that they have left are easier compared to this one. But still, the concentration is going to be in the Europa League and DFB Pokal.

Yes, it is indeed incredible from Leverkusen. You could say they have more luck than sense. Scoring a goal in the last second shows a complete different mentality. As you have already written, it is also because of the coach. But that shows if you have a team that wants to win at all costs and fights until the last second. That has always been the case with Bayern Munich in the past. But not this season, everything is different.

[Hirose UK]

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In yesterday's match, Josip Stanisic netted the ball when the referee just whistled pipe, lol . 45 games unbeaten in all competitions..

Incredible from Leverkusen. I think in the end they are definitely going to stay unbeaten the way they are going right now.
For some reason whatever it is the injury time, they find extra motivation. If this was any other club or any other coach, I think they would have said that it is OK if we lose the rest of the matches because we have to win two more trophies this season.

But Xabi Alonso is different. He is always going for the win. He is always pushing the boundary. Only four matches left for them in the Bundesliga. And all the matches that they have left are easier compared to this one. But still, the concentration is going to be in the Europa League and DFB Pokal.

Yesterday in the German Bundesliga game between Borussia Dortmund and German champions Bayer Leverkusen, Josip Stanisic scored a stoppage time goal to help the away team avoid suffering a defeat for the 45th consecutive time and that goes a long way to tell how significant Xabi Alonso have improved the Bayer Leverkusen team as well as the teams mentality. There's this
current belief in the Bayer Leverkusen team that they can achieve anything even when it seem almost impossible to achieve and that's the spirit of a true champion if you ask me.
Bayer Leverkusen are still unbeaten in the German Bundesliga this season and with four games remaining before the end of the league campaign, Xabi Alonso's men are very likely to do the invincible by going ab entire season without losing a league game

Yes Josip Stanisic saved Leverkusen to maintain their record and if this really continues then Leverkusen will be the only team that has managed to keep its record as an unbeaten team for full season.
With this draw, Dortmund also lost good opportunity to be in the top 4 and Leipzig, as the team that occupies that position, really feels more comfortable.
In their match we can see that the game of both teams is almost equal and they tend to play quite carefully even though Leverkusen front line has the advantage in attack percentage.

They have got the Bundesliga and now they only need to focus on the DFB Cup final and also the Europa League semifinals.
Leverkusen have had all the opportunities well and I believe they can make new history by achieving treblewinner success.

[ginsan]

Yes, it is indeed incredible from Leverkusen. You could say they have more luck than sense. Scoring a goal in the last second shows a complete different mentality. As you have already written, it is also because of the coach. But that shows if you have a team that wants to win at all costs and fights until the last second. That has always been the case with Bayern Munich in the past. But not this season, everything is different.

Leverkusen is quite strong in the Bundesliga where no team this season has been able to beat them because it is the 30th match this season where Leverkusen is still unbeaten. What surprised me was that all the Leverkusen players were able to maintain their rhythm to maintain their hopes of not being defeated. In yesterday match, where Dortmund managed to score a goal in the 80th minute. in fact they were unable to maintain the advantage they had because in the 90+7 minute, Stanisic was able to score a goal that prevented Leverkusen spared lost in yesterday match.

From the good achievements they have achieved this season, of course we think that Leverkusen is not only a great coach, but their players also perform quite well, so it is not surprising that every match they fight tooth and nail to win. Leverkusen can now focus their energy on the European League because the opponent they face is quite difficult for them to beat.

[Velvet78]

In yesterday's match, Josip Stanisic netted the ball when the referee just whistled pipe, lol . 45 games unbeaten in all competitions..

Incredible from Leverkusen. I think in the end they are definitely going to stay unbeaten the way they are going right now.
For some reason whatever it is the injury time, they find extra motivation. If this was any other club or any other coach, I think they would have said that it is OK if we lose the rest of the matches because we have to win two more trophies this season.

But Xabi Alonso is different. He is always going for the win. He is always pushing the boundary. Only four matches left for them in the Bundesliga. And all the matches that they have left are easier compared to this one. But still, the concentration is going to be in the Europa League and DFB Pokal.

Unbelievable work indeed! Literally in the last moments Stanisic saved the team. But if Dortmund became the team to end their streak I wouldn't be very sad honestly. At least they wouldn't lose to a small team.  

I'm very curious about how long this unbeaten streak will continue. I feel like it won't end during the remaining Bundesliga games. The only way might be in the Europa League if they don't win the title there. However I don't expect them to leave the title to any other team left either. Xabi Alonso is very determined to win everything he can with his students this season. It is highly likely for us to see Leverkusen finishing the season with 3 titles 2 of which you already mentioned.

[piebeyb]

From the good achievements they have achieved this season, of course we think that Leverkusen is not only a great coach, but their players also perform quite well, so it is not surprising that every match they fight tooth and nail to win. Leverkusen can now focus their energy on the European League because the opponent they face is quite difficult for them to beat.

Each team has a different style of play and that is why Leverkusen is different from other teams because they are united between the coach and the players so that there is closeness between the two so that there can be unity, just look at Leverkusen's style of play even though they don't have many famous and most expensive players. even though they were able to make Leverkusen get good results so they could make an unbeaten record this season, that's why Leverkusen deserves to get the Bundesliga title this season because they are very consistent.

Apart from the Bundesliga, Leverkusen also performed brilliantly in European leagues such as UEL, they have not experienced defeat since playing in UEL, that is why Xabi Alonso seems to have a special ingredient to make Leverkusen a good team, I admit that it cannot be separated from the coach or the players, both compact with each other, that's why in a team, if they play compactly, it will be easy to face even difficult opponents. Leverkusen will of course be more focused on UEL for now considering that they have won the Bundesliga title this season.

[Cryptmuster]

In yesterday's match, Josip Stanisic netted the ball when the referee just whistled pipe, lol . 45 games unbeaten in all competitions..

Incredible from Leverkusen. I think in the end they are definitely going to stay unbeaten the way they are going right now.
For some reason whatever it is the injury time, they find extra motivation. If this was any other club or any other coach, I think they would have said that it is OK if we lose the rest of the matches because we have to win two more trophies this season.

But Xabi Alonso is different. He is always going for the win. He is always pushing the boundary. Only four matches left for them in the Bundesliga. And all the matches that they have left are easier compared to this one. But still, the concentration is going to be in the Europa League and DFB Pokal.

I thought that this match would be the first defeat for Bayer, but Stanisic saved Bayer again, and even the Champions League semi-finalist could not defeat Bayer. ) And Bayer was in no way inferior to Dortmund, a very good match considering that they were playing away. And this despite the fact that the victory for Dortmund was very important, since they need to maintain their place in the top 4, and now they are two points behind Leipzig.

[rendravolt]

Leverkusen refused to lose for the first time this season after successfully holding host Dortmund to a draw in last night's match and however I am still very impressed with the winning mentality that Xabi Alonso's men have. Even though all the time Leverkusen had difficulty scoring goals and even had to concede a goal first after Fullkrug scored in the 81st minute and put Dortmund one step closer to winning the match.

However, what happened got even worse, where Boniface received a red card and with only a few minutes remaining Leverkusen had to be forced to play with 10 men. From then on, I thought it was over for Leverkusen to maintain their unbeaten record and everything had to stop against Dortmund. But what we see is still about the magic and feeling of never giving up from Leverkusen and a goal from Stanistic in the minute of injury time saved Leverksen from defeat. Highest appreciation for the Leverkusen players who never take the results for granted.

[swogerino]

This year Leverkussen should be called Neverlussen  as they still managed to get a draw even when they were playing against Dortmund at Dortmund home and they got down 1-0 in the 82th minute and they were still able to equalize the game in the 90+8th minute of additional time,showing huge determination and making the number of unbeaten games to 45 which is a monumental success.They could as well have accepted the lost game as it would not impact them but their mentality of winners impressed all of us yesterday.

[QueenVera]

Leverkusen under Alonso have a strong champion mentality because when people thought they will be lost from Dortmund but Leverkusen didn't give up and they can avoiding to lost yesterday and gets draw result from Dortmund so this result is make Leverkusen can able to managed their unbeated record and as far i remember Leverkusen has been done it several times this season that before this match they can win or draw dramatically from their opponents but for Dortmund this result is very unfavourable because Dortmund now has 2 points below to Leipzig and with only 4 matches remaining seems it's very difficult for them to taking over 4th place from Leipzig

Besides Dortmund who failed to win i saw too Stuttgart was gets unsatisfactory result because surprisingly they lost from weak team Bremen but indeed if we see based on Stuttgart position on League Table this result have no affect for their position because Stuttgart still remains at 3rd place and currently Stuttgart has 6 points above Dortmund and to secured one place of Champion League spots then Stuttgart have to get at least 2 more wins but next match won't be easy for Stuttgart because their opponent is Leverkusen

Currently, Leverkusen's consistency put them in the top contending spots for the Bundesliga title. And it was so certain with just few games games to determine the victor, there's every certainty that there will be change of hands this season. Definitely they've held and will hold onto the pressure for a while and for Leverkusen, they are not resilient in pursuing that major aim. Alonso and his squad aren't giving up and weekly they put up a whole different energy towards that trophy race.

 Leverkusen have been impressive in all rounds and it's not surprising that they're now better than some already grounded teams. It only means that Xabi has a unique managing quality which can be of essence in bigger teams too. I believe he's still got good plans for the German team, which will still be manifested good. In the Europa League, there's been top contending teams from the start till the current stage of the contest.

 The Bundesliga trophy tussle as of now is no longer between Leverkusen and Munich and beyond every doubt, it's evident that it was certain to rest in Leverkusen's cubicle. They've being consistent this season, and all games played in all competitions, they've incurred just little draws. This is one record that Munich has failed to achieve this season as there's been couple of game week loopholes and losses and this has cost them their attaining the toppest spot on the league table.

 The remaining games in the league are very much rosy for Leverkusen considering the first leg performances and results and also judging based on their approach to games.Their win away from home over Dortmund yesterday only proved how stunnig they've vowed to be till the last game this season. The fans for one bit didn't loose faith in them and they did well to ensure that the confidence still stands. I am personally proud of how that feat has been attained by them.

[SmartCharpa]

I really thought that maybe today is day that Leverkusen will be losing after i have seen that Dortmund was leading at the 88 Minute.
But i dont know how Leverkusen will be making it everytime that they score in the overtime or last Minutes of the game.
A big thing for Dortmund with that draw from that Match.
Also Stuttgart lost today unexpected , damn.

Everyone thought Leverkusen's winning streak would come to an end against Dortmund, I wasn't comfortable after Dortmund was leading with one goal because Bayer Leverkusen's favorite time to equalize and win their game is the extra time, and they did it in the 90+7, that was an important goal from Stanisic to draw the match to continue with an unbeaten record. Bayer Leverkusen with 45 games this season without any defeat, I think Leverkusen will finish this season without losing their match because I don't see any strong opponents in their remaining Bundesliga games.

Dortmund is losing their chances to return to the 4th position, the one point they secured against Leverkusen has made it 2 point difference with Leipzig, also if Dortmund wants to qualify for the next Champions League, I think they should keep winning their games because Leipzig are capable of maintaining the 4th position.

[bct_ail]

Surprisingly, Werder Bremen won against Stuttgart. As a result, they have widened the gap to place 16 with 7 points. They probably realised just in time how important this game was.
The defeat from Stuttgart has lost them 3 points, but they are still 6 points away from place 5. Now it is more exciting again whether they will reach place 4 at least at the end of this season. If they had won this game it would have been 95% certain, that Dortmund would not be able to catch them.