Borussia Dortmund snatched the top spot in the Bundesliga from Bayern Munich, after beating Augsburg 3-0 on Sunday in the penultimate 33rd stage, and is one step away from winning the title.

Dortmund took the lead in the “Bundesliga” after it had 70 points, two points ahead of Bayern, who fell at home against Leipzig 1-3, just one stage before the end of the season.

Dortmund will meet in the last stage with its guest Mainz, while Bayern will face its host Cologne, knowing that the victory of the first is enough for him to crown the title for the first time since the 2011-12 season and put an end to ten consecutive titles for the Bavarian team.

Dortmund was the better party in the first half, and its players missed more than one real opportunity to open the scoring, either because of the recklessness or the brilliance of the Augsburg goalkeeper.

In the 38th minute, Augsburg defender Felix Udukhai was sent off after receiving a direct red card.

Ivorian striker Sebastian Haller, who missed half of the season due to illness, gave Dortmund the lead in the 58th minute when he got rid of one of the Augsburg defenders and hit a creepy ball that hit the post and bounced into the net, then doubled the score six minutes before the end of time after following up on a rebound from the goalkeeper. Veteran striker Mark Reuss fired it a few minutes after he came off the bench.

Julian Brandt added a third goal in stoppage time, taking advantage of a quick counterattack (90 + 3).

Dortmund coach Edin Terzic said after the end of the match, "We are very happy, but we are not completely satisfied, we have a next step that we have to accomplish."

While Haller expressed his "happiness and pride" for Dazone Network, adding, "We have a great opportunity to achieve something big."

For his part, Augsburg coach Enrico Maassen said, "The red card was the decisive moment... You can give it, but this is a difficult decision."

The "yellow and black" team entered its Sunday match fully aware that the victory would put it at the top of the standings, but it did not achieve any victory away from home last February.

Despite the absence of English midfielder Jude Bellingham from the ranks of the guests due to persistent knee pain, Dortmund handled the match well, especially in the second half after the first ended in a goalless draw.

Dortmund, who scored 11 goals in the last two matches, dominated the first half but could not break the goalless tie.
However, a major turning point occurred in the 38th minute, when Odokhai was sent off by Augsburg after he was blocked by Dutchman Donyell Mallen, who was alone by Dortmund, on the outskirts of the penalty area.

Stuttgart achieved a valuable victory in its quest to avoid relegation, at the expense of Mainz, 4-1, in the penultimate 33rd stage of the German Football League, Sunday.

Stuttgart came out of danger to occupy the fifteenth place, but equally with Bochum, which fell to sixteenth place by 32 points, which means that the battle to survive the danger of relegation will remain until the 34th and final stage. While the two teams, who occupy the 17th and 18th places, are directly relegated to the second division, the sixteenth-placed team is in a round-robin play-off with the third of the second division.

The battle remains between Stuttgart, Bochum and Schalke (31 points), while Hertha Berlin, who is at the bottom of the standings by 25 points, is confirmed to have fallen. On Friday, Darmstadt clinched the first direct qualifying card to the “Bundesliga” from the second division.

Despite the strong start achieved by the owner of the land, Mainz, by scoring the goal of progress through the Danish Marcus Ingvartsen (23), Stuttgart hit hard, equalizing the score before the end of the first half through the Japanese Wataru Endo (41), to return and score three goals in the second half. Signed by Serho Gerassi (64), Chris Vihrich (76) and French Tanguy Coulibaly (90).

On the other hand, Mainz failed to advance to eighth place, as it currently occupies ninth place with 45 points.
In the last matches of the stage, Bayer Leverkusen tied with Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-2.

Leverkusen started the match strongly, leading with two quick goals through Frenchman Amin Adly (15) and Karim Demirbay (20), but Mönchengladbach responded strongly in the second half, equalizing the score thanks to goals from Jonas Hoffmann (58) and Lars Stindel (90).
Leverkusen ranks sixth with 50 points, while Monchengladbach is in eleventh place with 40 points.