Bayern are simply unstoppable at the moment. Die Roten marked their return from the international break by cruising to a comfortable win over Augsburg and right now sit a whopping 13 points clear of RB Leipzig.
Can anyone stop Carlo Ancelotti's side from defending their Bundesliga title? Highly unlikely. But there are still plenty of points to note from matchday 26.
1. Bayern's Lewandowski not the only one to score a fast hat-trick
Ex-Bayern man Mario Gomez has been enjoying his football once again. After spells with Fiorentina and Beskitas, he's back in his native Germany and has had a great spell so far with Wolfsburg. Although die Wolfe are struggling to break into the top half of the table, Gomez has netted 12 goals so far, which is nearly 50 per cent of his team's total.
7 - @Mario_Gomez (@VfLWolfsburg_EN) scored the fastest hattrick (7 minutes) in #Bundesliga since @lewy_official in 2015. Player of MD26. pic.twitter.com/9XntdhhOwF
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) April 3, 2017
2. Shakespeare's wrong: There isn't always something rotten in the state of Denmark
Heard of Thomas Delaney? If not, well now you might. The 25-year-old, who is of Irish-American heritage, netted a hat-trick as Werder Bremen earned a 5-2 victory over Freiburg this past Saturday.
And in doing so, he not only grabbed his first trio of goals, but also set a unique milestone:
3 – Thomas Delaney scored the first hattrick from a danish player in the Bundesliga since Ebbe Sand in April 2001. Lighthouse. #SCFSVW pic.twitter.com/SUefANNCiJ
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) April 1, 2017
3. Finally a breakthrough for Thomas Muller?
It's not been the best of seasons for Thomas Muller, and everyone can certainly feel the 2014 World Cup winner's frustration. He has earned an impressive ten assists, but at the end of the day, it's goals that count and they have seemingly dried up for him this term.
However, he has slowly began to get back on track. Muller's goal proved to be the deciding factor for die Roten in a 1-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach before the break, and he added a brace during the team's 6-0 demolition of Augsburg.
This stat shows how he really has struggled to find his best form, and fans will be hoping that this marks a long-awaited breakthrough for the Bayern ace:
2 - @esmuellert_ scored the same amount of goals today as in the previous 22 BL-games this season. Breakthrough. #FCBFCA pic.twitter.com/bloLxTQAOe
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) April 1, 2017
4. A nightmare to forget for Augsburg
Speaking of Augsburg, did we mention they lost 6-0? They are not the first team to be humiliated by a rampant Bayern at the Allianz Arena, but they have never been on the end of such an awful loss and so set a rather unwanted precedent in the process:
6 – Augsburg conceded for the first time in their @Bundesliga_EN -history six goals in a single match. Hammering. #FCBFCA
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) April 1, 2017
5. If at first you don't succeed...try, try, and try again
Leipzig's Emil Forsberg leads the assist charts with 11, but the Swede obviously wants to do more than just help others in scoring goals. He ended up grabbing one against Darmstadt as die Bullen earned a 4-0 win to finally get back on track, but not due to any lack of trying:
16 – Today @EmilForsberg1 was involved in 16 goal attempts that’s an alltime BL-record since detail data collection 2004/2005. Impact. #rbl
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) April 1, 2017
How the battle for the Torjägerkanone is shaping up
Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is facing some serious competition as the battle for the coveted Torjägerkanone heats up. And as we can see here, Koln's Anthony Modeste is still keen on having a say in the outcome as he is not too far behind the top two.
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Key assist providers
Here's how the providers stack up after 26 rounds:
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Bundesliga Matchday 26 rankings: Leipzig finally get back to winning ways, but Dortmund slip-up again and fall out of top three
Here's how things are shaping up in the Bundesliga after 26 rounds...will there be more changes after matchday 27 this coming weekend?
| Поз. | Команда | CM | П | Н | П | Заб | Проп | +/- | П | Форма | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Байер | 31 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 81 | ННППП | |
| 2 | Бавария | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 89 | 38 | +51 | 69 | ППППП | |
| 3 | Штутгарт | 31 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 64 | НПППН | |
| 4 | РБ Лейпциг | 31 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 73 | 35 | +38 | 62 | ППППН | |
| 5 | Боруссия Дортмунд | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 57 | ПНППП | |
| 6 | Айнтрахт (Франкфурт) | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 45 | ПППНН | |
| 7 | Фрайбург | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 55 | -12 | 40 | ПНППП | |
| 8 | Аугсбург | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 39 | ППППН | |
| 9 | Хоффенхайм | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 63 | -8 | 39 | ППППП | |
| 10 | Хайденхайм | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 52 | -8 | 37 | ППНПН | |
| 11 | Вердер | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 50 | -9 | 37 | ПППНП | |
| 12 | Вольфсбург | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 51 | -14 | 34 | ППППП | |
| 13 | Боруссия Менхенгладбах | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 60 | -7 | 32 | НПППП | |
| 14 | Унион (Берлин) | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 50 | -24 | 30 | НПППН | |
| 15 | Бохум | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 62 | -25 | 30 | ППНПН | |
| 16 | Майнц | 31 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 49 | -17 | 28 | ННППН | |
| 17 | Кёльн | 31 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 54 | -30 | 23 | НПППН | |
| 18 | Дармштадт | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 73 | -43 | 17 | ППППН |
