Bundesliga, Week 30: Schalke fail to secure fourth while Hoffenheim dig a deeper hole

Wolfsburg moved ten points clear of the relegation with a 3-0 victory away to Werder Bremen. Dieter Hecking can begin to breathe a sigh of relief. Bremen are now winless in their last nine games.

Maximilian Arnold opened the scoring after thirteen minutes with a long distance shot that rolled past Sebastian Mielitz and into the back of the net. This is already Bremen’s worst season in Thomas Schaaf’s fourteen year reign as manager, and it didn’t get any better in this one.

Bayer Leverkusen put on an offensive clinic against Hoffenheim on the way to a 5-0 victory. The loss leaves Hoffenheim even closer to relegation.

Half an hour into the match, it was 2-0 Leverkusen after spectacular goals from Stefan Kießling and Andre Schürrle. The first came from Kießling in the 16th minute on an unsavable shot into the corner. Schürrle curled a spectacular shot into the corner in 31st minute.

Eintracht Frankfurt picked up only their second win in their last ten matches with a 1-0 victory over Schalke

Oka Nikolov, starting in goal for Frankfurt since Kevin Trapp broke his hand, was the hero early and often on Saturday. He came up huge with saves on shots from Michel Bastos and Raffael as Schalke pressed for the early goal.

The hosts kept pressing their attack and were rewarded with the second goal in the 20th minute, and it was Van der Vaart again. This time, he dribbled between two defenders and shot the ball between Giefer’s legs for the 2-0 advantage.

Düsseldorf pulled one back ten minutes later on a Dani Schahin header. Axel Bellinghausen swung in a free kick, and Schahin was left unmarked for an easy header.

After clinching the league two weeks ago, the only thing Bayern are doing at this point is setting records. They’ll take the next step in the quest for their treble when they host Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal.

Hannover are now in 10th place, and seven points behind Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League race. It’s looking like they can kiss European football goodbye.

Borussia Dortmund jumped out to a lead in the first minute and eased to a 2-0 victory over Mainz on Saturday.

Marco Reus opened the scoring just 33 seconds into the match after Christian Wetklo bungled a long ball from Mats Hummels. Wetklo ran into Robert Lewandoski and Nikolce Noveski letting the ball fall to the feet of Reus. The midfielder quickly shot the ball into the empty net to make it 1-0.