Dortmund beat the red lantern Fürth 3-0, and thus remain second to six points for Bayern, already autumn champions after this 16th day, one day before the end of the first leg.

Leverkusen conceded a draw against Hoffenheim (2-2) but remains only third, 12 lengths behind the leader.

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13/10 for Haaland

Without panache but with seriousness, Dortmund did not underestimate their evening opponent Fürth, dead last with only four points.

Erling Haaland scored on a penalty (33rd) then with a header (82nd) ​​the first two goals.

Dutch international Donyell Malen scored the third late in the game (89th).

The Norwegian striker from Dortmund, Erling Braut Haaland scores the second goal at home against Fûrth, during the 16th day of the Bundesliga, December 15, 2021 Ina Fassbender AFP

The Norwegian brings his total to 13 goals in just ten matches.

Since arriving at Dortmund, the 21-year-old has scored 53 times in 56 appearances.

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8/3 for Schick

In Leverkusen, Czech Bayer international Patrik Schick scored twice in the 2-2 draw against Hoffenheim, scoring his eighth goal in three matches, after a quadruple and a brace in the previous two days.

The 25-year-old forward has single-handedly scored his side's last eight league goals.

The joy of the Czech Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick, after scoring the 2nd home goal against Hoffenheim, on the 16th day of the Bundesliga, December 15, 2021 UWE KRAFT AFP

He is second in the scorers standings with 16 goals, behind Bayern metronome Robert Lewandowski, who has hit the mark 18 times in 16 days.

Schick's feat eclipsed another record broken on the Leverkusen lawn.

Young striker Florian Fritz, already called up for the national team by Hansi Flick, has become the youngest player in history to reach the 50-game mark in the Bundesliga, at 18 years and 226 days old.

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Leipzig falters

Traveling to 16th Augsburg, and for the second game of his new coach Domenico Tedesco, called to the rescue after the dismissal of Jesse Marsch, Leipzig once again tripped over the carpet.

After logically leading 1-0 (19th), thanks to a superb goal from Andre Silva on the recovery of a center from former Monegasque Benjamin Henrichs, the Saxons were joined at the very end of the match, conceding a penalty in the 86th minute (1-1).

The Portuguese striker from Leipzig, Andre Silva, during the match of the 16th day of the Bundesliga, on December 15, 2021 at the ground of Augsburg Christof STACHE AFP

The RB, whose ambition each year is to qualify for the Champions League, is currently 9th, five points from fourth place, synonymous with C1.

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M'Gladbach KO

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3-2 on Wednesday at Mönchengladbach, pushing a Borussia KO standing a little deeper into crisis, which now remains on four consecutive defeats with a total of 17 goals conceded.

Among the "Poulains", where the French attackers Marcus Thuram and Alassane Pléa have again remained silent, nothing is going well: the club, whose ambition was to join in the fight for places in the Champions League, points in 13th position with 18 points, only one length ahead of 16th Augsburg, potential barrage.

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