Not exact matches
A truly lacklustre contest between two dire teams drowning in the lower reaches of the
Bundesliga was probably the final nail in the coffin of Huub Stevens short term reign as Stuttgart boss as the hosts failure to land a much required three
points sees them remaining firmly rooted to the bottom of the
table.
BVB have almost no hope of qualifying for next season's Champions League following some inexplicably poor
Bundesliga form that sees them currently 37
points behind Bayern Munich in the
table.
By October 1, after seven rounds of games in the 2017/18
Bundesliga season, Borussia Dortmund were top of the
table, unbeaten and five
points clear of reigning champions Bayern Munich.
Dortmund took 19
points from their first seven
Bundesliga games, had racked up a plus 19 goal difference and were leading the
table with Bayern Munich stuttering under Carlo Ancelotti.
The 2011/12
Bundesliga title winners had dropped to eighth in the
table, but were just three
points off the Champions League places.
Dortmund are much better off than they were a year ago, now sitting second in the
Bundesliga table, eight
points behind leaders Bayern Munich.
Playing in the
Bundesliga for the first time, Leipzig have enjoyed an outstanding first half of the season and trail champions Bayern by just three
points at the top of the
table.
They are 20
points clear at the top of the
Bundesliga table and with Robert Lewandowski, James Rodriguez, Arturo Vidal and Arjen Robben possess plenty of firepower.
So thank goodness for the much more indecisive snapshot at the other end of the
table, where the bottom - eight are covered by a mere seven
points, the sect of the sub-par featuring dead - last Hoffenheim, former
Bundesliga champions, Bremen and Stuttgart and recent Europa League participants, Augsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt.
The Bavarian giants are on a 14 - match winning run, 19
points clear in the
Bundesliga table and on course for a sixth straight league title.
Eight
points clear at the top of the
Bundesliga table going into the winter break and victorious in 15 of their 17 games this term, Guardiola's crew just don't believe in soft peddling.