Monthly Archives: April 2021

Matchday 31

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Featured Game – Mainz 2-1 Bayern München

As per usual, the undoubted top team this season has been Bayern München. They are top of the league where they so often find themselves in the latter stages of any Bundesliga campaign and they have shown a consistency unrivalled by any other side. Therefore, it was only inevitable that this day would come, where Bayern were able to officially seal the German top-flight championship and be crowned the best team in Germany for a ninth season in a row. Their task was straightforward as well – simply getting all three points away in Mainz would see them win the league, regardless of the fact that closest challengers Leipzig were to play the following day. Of course there were games left after this one, and any slip-up from the Red Bulls would also hand the title to Bayern, however the Rekordmeister wanted to clinch their next Meisterschale as soon as possible.

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Matchday 30

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Featured Game – Köln 2-1 RB Leipzig

Matchday 30 in the Bundesliga – a midweek job for the teams and this one in particular was a vital game at both ends of the table on Tuesday night. Leipzig were expected to win and maintain what slim chance they had left of a title challenge, but for Köln any points gained would have been massive in their bid for Bundesliga survival. Therefore, the end result all but put an end to Leipzig’s hopes of a first Meisterschale. However, for the home side, the final score was so important as it stopped a three-match losing streak and puts them level on points with Hertha Berlin, who reside in the play-off spot after not featuring in the past two matchdays. The victory may have gone the way of Köln, but the match did fall into the anticipated rhythm.

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Matchday 29

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Featured Game – Wolfsburg 2-3 Bayern München

First played third on Saturday in a thrilling clash at the top of the Bundesliga, with Bayern hoping to make up for dropped points at home to Union Berlin last time out. Furthermore, the German champions had been knocked out of the Champions League at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain in midweek, and that added to a shock cup upset which saw them dumped out of the DFB-Pokal by second-tier Holstein Kiel earlier in the campaign, means that full focus now for Bayern has to be concentrated on securing a ninth straight Bundesliga title. However, their hopes of retaining the championship were boosted the previous night, as challengers Leipzig could only muster a draw at home to Hoffenheim, therefore a win would restore München’s seven point gap at the top of the table.

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Matchday 28

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Featured Game – Stuttgart 2-3 Borussia Dortmund

After a humiliating 5-1 defeat in their own back yard in the reverse fixture, Borussia Dortmund sought revenge against newly promoted Stuttgart. The hosts however have been far from the relegation battle this season and may have even exceeded the expectations of their American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo, as they fight to get into the European places in their first campaign back in the Bundesliga. The victory at the Signal Iduna Park in December epitomised Stuttgart’s play as their fast counterattacking football blew away a disjointed home defence. Therefore, there was every chance that they could close the gap to their visitors in the table from four points to just one. This was just a week after Dortmund failed to reduce the deficit to Eintracht Frankfurt in the race for the Champions League, but now their focus had to switch to preserving their current position in a Europa League spot. It all seemed a bit underwhelming for such a great club, whose real ambition is to be fighting for the title.

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Matchday 27

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Featured Game – RB Leipzig 0-1 Bayern München

The hotly anticipated Bundesliga Topspiel for Matchday 27 had huge implications in the title race. Ultimately, the Bayern victory sees them move into a seemingly comfortable lead now at the top of the table, however a win for Leipzig would have made for a very entertaining end to the season, as the gap between the sides would have been reduced to a solitary point with just seven games to play. The weighty stakes of the contest were all too apparent from the sides’ performances however, and the game was a slow and tense affair.

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