Bayern Munich can start popping the champagne bottles as they have secured the first of a possible three trophies this month. The Bavarian giants beat Bochum 3-1 at the Allianz Arena and are on the brink of capturing their 22nd Bundesliga championship. Bayern Munich could win the treble if they are victorious in the DFB Pokal and the UEFA Champions League.

Schalke 04, meanwhile, could not keep up with Werder Bremen in Gelsenkirchen and lost 2-0, opening the door for Bayern to win the league title next weekend. Werder Bremen will try to defend its UEFA Champions League playoff spot in the last round, but Bayer Leverkusen is only 2 points behind and could snatch the third place finish next weekend. Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart will also grind it out to the end as they look to qualify to next year’s Europe League tournament.

As for the relegation battle, Hertha Berlin’s hopes have faded for good as the 1-1 draw against Bayer Leverkusen assured their drop to the Bundesliga 2. It’s the fifth time in club history they have been relegated. The last time they fell from Germany’s top flight was in 1991. Freiburg, Hannover 96, Nurnberg, and Bochum will be in the fight next weekend to avoid the second direct relegation spot as well as the relegation playoff.


BUNDESLIGA STANDINGS AND STATISTICS

BAYERN MUNICH 3 – 1 BOCHUM
(BM-Thomas Muller 18, 20, 69; BOC-Christian Fuchs 85)

SCHALKE 04 0 – 2 WERDER BREMEN
(Mesut Ozil 55; Hugo Almeida 64)

BAYER LEVERKUSEN 1 – 1 HERTHA BERLIN
(HB – Raffael 12; BL – Manuel Friedrich 59)

HAMBURG 4 – 0 NURNBERG
(Jonathan Pitroipa 9; Mladen Petric 19, 25; Ruud van Nistelrooy 73)

HANNOVER 96 6 – 1 BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH
(HAN – Karim Haggui 16; HAN – Sergio Pinto 23; HAN – Didier Ya Konan 27; HAN – Mike Hanke 38; HAN – Sofian Chahed 53; BM – Patrick Herrmann 69; HAN – Arnold Bruggink 74)

BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1 – 1 WOLFSBURG
(WOL – Edin Dzeko 69; BD – Marco Stiepermann 81)

EINTRACHT FRANKFURT 1 – 2 HOFFENHEIM
(EF – Pirmin Schwegler 20; HOF – Prince Tagoe 80, 88)

STUTTGART 2 – 2 MAINZ
(MAI – Malik Fathi 52; MAI – Andre Schurrle 63; STU – Ciprian Marica 73, 75)

COLOGNE 2 – 2 FREIBURG
(COL – Zoran Tosic 9; FRE – Mohamadou Idrissou 31, 57; COL – Sebastian Freis 84)