Overview
- Bayern drew 2-2 at home to last-placed Mainz, with Harry Kane converting an 87th-minute penalty after Kacper Potulski and Lee Jae-sung overturned Lennart Karl’s opener.
- The result preserves Bayern’s unbeaten league run and puts them on 38 points, extending their lead to nine over RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund.
- Borussia Dortmund were held 1-1 at Freiburg after Jobe Bellingham was sent off, conceding a superb Lucas Höler equaliser to remain level on points with Leipzig in third.
- Union Berlin upset RB Leipzig 3-1 on Friday through Oliver Burke, Ilyas Ansah and Tim Skarke, halting Leipzig’s push to close the gap at the top.
- Bayer Leverkusen climbed back to fourth by beating Cologne 2-0 with a Martin Terrier backheel, and 10-man St. Pauli snapped an 11-match winless run by defeating Heidenheim 2-1.