Borussia Dortmund are one win away from their first Bundesliga title in a decade, after two second-half objectives from Sebastien Haller delivered a 3-0 win at Augsburg on Sunday. Dortmund at the moment are two factors away from Bayern Munich, who misplaced 3-1 at house to RB Leipzig on Saturday, with one match remaining. They now want to raised Bayern’s outcome subsequent week at house towards Mainz to carry the Bundesliga protect for the primary time since 2011-12. Regardless of Augsburg being lowered to 10 males late within the first half, the sport was scoreless till the 58th minute, when Haller pounced on a rebound to attain the opener.
Haller, who missed the primary half of the season as he overcame testicular most cancers, scored one other with six remaining to ship the visiting followers into raptures.
Julian Brandt added a aim in damage time.
“We’re very blissful, however not fully glad” Dortmund supervisor Edin Terzic instructed DAZN, “we have a subsequent step we have to take”.
A “blissful and proud” Haller instructed DAZN “we have an enormous likelihood to attain one thing massive”.
Augsburg supervisor Enrico Maassen mentioned “the pink card was the essential second… you may give it, however that is a tough resolution”.
Dortmund, who got here into the sport realizing victory would put them in command of the title race, had been winless on the highway since February.
The guests made the journey south with out star midfielder Jude Bellingham, who didn’t recuperate from a knee grievance.
Stuttgart’s earlier win at Mainz meant Augsburg had been solely two factors away from the relegation zone.
Dortmund, who scored 11 objectives of their previous two video games, had been dominant within the first half however couldn’t discover a breakthrough, Haller forcing a fingertip save from Tomas Koubek.
With 33 minutes gone, Julian Brandt latched onto a 40-metre defence-splitting move from Emre Can however blasted straight into Koubek when one on one with the Augsburg ‘keeper.
Shortly earlier than half-time last-man Felix Uduokhai earned a pink card, tackling Donyell Malen on the sting of the penalty field.
Augsburg dug deep regardless of dropping a person within the hope of snatching some extent.
Haller lastly broke by way of for the guests, amassing a rebound off Koubek earlier than turning and threading the ball into the far nook.
With simply over 5 minutes remaining, Haller repeated the trick, pouncing on a rebounded Marco Reus shot to faucet Dortmund 2-0 up, sending the visiting followers right into a chant of “German champions, solely Dortmund”.
With the clock winding down, Dortmund captain Mats Hummels was helped off the sphere after copping a boot to the face.
The centre-back’s substitute, Nico Schlotterbeck, put the ball by way of for Brandt to attain a 3rd.
Stuttgart keep alive
Earlier, a aim and two assists from substitute Chris Fuehrich gave Stuttgart an enormous increase of their relegation combat, with a 4-1 win away at Mainz.
Introduced on with half-hour remaining with the scores locked 1-1, Fuehrich laid on a aim for Serhou Guirassy simply two minutes later, earlier than including one in all his personal.
The winger laid on one other aim in damage time for Tanguy Coulibaly to take his aspect from the relegation locations to the protection of fifteenth with one matchday remaining.
Having misplaced solely one in all their previous eight house video games, the house aspect hit the lead after 23 minutes, Marcus Ingvartsen wading by way of a sea of Stuttgart defenders to faucet in a deflection off Wataro Endo.
Japan worldwide Endo levelled issues up for Stuttgart late within the first half, ending off a counter from a Mainz nook with an excellent volley previous a helpless Finn Dahmen in aim.
Fuehrich laid a aim on for Guirassy halfway by way of the second, earlier than scoring one in all his personal, the winger shedding two defenders earlier than curling in his fifth aim of the season.
Fuehrich then arrange a fourth for Coulibaly in damage time, sealing an excellent Sunday for Stuttgart.
In Sunday’s late recreation, sixth-placed Bayer Leverkusen can enhance their probabilities of European soccer subsequent season with a win at house towards Borussia Moenchengladbach.
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