Overview
- Michael Olise starred with two goals and multiple involvements as Bayern ran up their biggest win of the season, with Harry Kane adding his 20th league goal and Wolfsburg suffering a record 8:1 defeat.
- Victory stretched Bayern’s lead to eleven points after Dortmund’s 3:3 draw in Frankfurt, and a win at Köln on Wednesday would seal their best-ever Bundesliga first half.
- VfB Stuttgart overwhelmed Bayer Leverkusen 4:1 after a 4:0 halftime lead, with Jamie Leweling scoring twice as Sebastian Hoeneß earned his first win over the Werkself and Stuttgart drew level on points with them.
- Freiburg beat Hamburg 2:1 after the visitors were reduced to ten men following a penalty, with Igor Matanović netting an 83rd‑minute winner in snow-affected conditions.
- Mainz let a 2:0 advantage slip in Urs Fischer’s emotional return to Union Berlin for a 2:2 draw, while Heidenheim and Köln shared a 2:2 featuring Marvin Pieringer’s acrobatic strike, and two other fixtures were postponed due to winter weather.