Overview
- RB Leipzig crushed Eintracht Frankfurt 6:0 to maintain an unbeaten home record and remain eight points behind leaders Bayern.
- Nineteen-year-old Yan Diomandé scored a hat-trick, becoming the second-youngest player in Bundesliga history to net three in a match.
- Eintracht coach Dino Toppmöller called it a “very, very bad performance,” apologized to traveling fans, and said injured striker Michy Batshuayi is awaiting an MRI but is expected to miss the rest of the year.
- FC Bayern Munich overran VfB Stuttgart 5:0, with substitute Harry Kane hitting three to sustain the champions’ cushion at the top.
- A Regionalliga match in Leipzig was marred when a sand-filled cup thrown from a home section struck Zwickau’s bus driver; a suspect was detained and police opened an investigation.