Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored twice in Schalke's 4-0 win over Hertha BSC Berlin to make him the league's top scorer with 27 goals in 32 games. The win means Schalke will finish third and claim the league's final direct qualification place for the Champions League.
Mönchengladbach's goalless draw against Augsburg confirms their fourth-placed finish which means they have to win a play-off to qualify for next season's Champions League.
German champions Borussia Dortmund closed in on another record on Saturday as their 5-2 win over relegated Kaiserslautern took their unbeaten run to 27 league games. Fresh from their penalty shoot-out victory heroics at Real Madrid on Wednesday to reach the Champions League final against Chelsea, Bayern enjoyed a 2-0 win at home to Stuttgart.
Hertha remain second from bottom and are battling with Cologne, who lost 4-1 at Freiburg, for 16th place which means an end-of-season play-off to stay in Germany's top flight against the team which finishes third in the second league.
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cet):
Bayer Leverkusen - Hannover 96 1-0 (0-0)
Hamburger SV - FSV Mainz 05 0-0
1899 Hoffenheim - 1. FC Nürnberg 2-3 (1-2)
Bayern München - VfB Stuttgart 2-0 (1-0)
SC Freiburg - 1. FC Köln 4-1 (1-0)
Bor. Mönchengladbach - FC Augsburg 0-0
1. FC Kaiserslautern - Borussia Dortmund 2-5 (1-3)
VfL Wolfsburg - Werder Bremen 3-1 (1-1)
Schalke 04 - Hertha BSC Berlin 4-0 (1-0)
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Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored twice in Schalke's 4-0 win over Hertha BSC Berlin to make him the league's top scorer with 27 goals in 32 games. The win means Schalke will finish third and claim the league's final direct qualification place for the Champions League.
Mönchengladbach's goalless draw against Augsburg confirms their fourth-placed finish which means they have to win a play-off to qualify for next season's Champions League.
German champions Borussia Dortmund closed in on another record on Saturday as their 5-2 win over relegated Kaiserslautern took their unbeaten run to 27 league games. Fresh from their penalty shoot-out victory heroics at Real Madrid on Wednesday to reach the Champions League final against Chelsea, Bayern enjoyed a 2-0 win at home to Stuttgart.
Hertha remain second from bottom and are battling with Cologne, who lost 4-1 at Freiburg, for 16th place which means an end-of-season play-off to stay in Germany's top flight against the team which finishes third in the second league.
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cet):
Bayer Leverkusen - Hannover 96 1-0 (0-0)
Hamburger SV - FSV Mainz 05 0-0
1899 Hoffenheim - 1. FC Nürnberg 2-3 (1-2)
Bayern München - VfB Stuttgart 2-0 (1-0)
SC Freiburg - 1. FC Köln 4-1 (1-0)
Bor. Mönchengladbach - FC Augsburg 0-0
1. FC Kaiserslautern - Borussia Dortmund 2-5 (1-3)
VfL Wolfsburg - Werder Bremen 3-1 (1-1)
Schalke 04 - Hertha BSC Berlin 4-0 (1-0)
