Augsburg News
German League, Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich were defeated by Augsburg who have only won 3 out of their 21 league games on Friday, November 19.
Without a win in their last nine league games, Paderborn are eight points behind the playoff spot and are quickly running out of chances to stay up.
Daniel Ginczek`s late winner secured the points after Augsburg`s Tin Jedvaj had cancelled out Renato Steffen`s first-half opener as both teams returned to action after a two-month stoppage.
Bayern move up to 55 points, four ahead of Borussia Dortmund, who are second after Saturday`s 2-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Third-tier Kaiserslautern beat Mainz 2-0 in front of a 40,000 home crowd while Augsburg crashed out at fourth-division club SC Verl 2-1.
Local media reported earlier that the club submitted a deal sheet to the Premier League on Thursday seeking a two-hour extension to the 1600 GMT (05:00 p.m. BST) transfer deadline to get the deal over the line.
Leverkusen are now on 51 points in sixth place with three matches left in the season.
Dortmund, whose captain and top scorer Marco Reus returned after a month out through injury, are on 54 points, three ahead of Bayern who travel to Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday.
The club almost instantly lost their spark and attacking game when their top scorer Reus was injured earlier this month.
Coman scored two goals as Bayern twice came from behind to win 3-2 but turned his ankle towards the end of the game and had to be taken off.
Bayern, who take on Liverpool in the Champions League Round of 16 next week, were 1-0 down after only 13 seconds with a Leon Goretzka own goal, in what was the fastest Bundesliga goal for Augsburg.
With its eighth win of the season, Wolfsburg moved into fifth place in the standings, with 28 points, while Augsburg stayed in 15th place, with 15 points.
The Bavarians, who face Real Madrid in the Champions League last eight this month, remained firmly on track for a record-extending fifth consecutive Bundesliga crown with yet another dominant performance.
An unwelcome Christmas surprise in southern Germany forced the evacuation of 54,000 people from their homes Sunday after the discovery of a bomb dating from World War II, local authorities said.
Dortmund are fourth on 27 points, nine points adrift of leaders Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig, who face each other on Wednesday.
Dortmund have extended the club record of 26 league matches unbeaten since Bayern beat them at home in April 2015 and are fifth in the table while Schalke are 12th.
In total, seven top German league clubs exited at the second-round stage.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's hat-trick helped cut the gap with Bayern back to seven points.
Thomas Mueller converted a controversial 90th minute penalty as Bayern Munich came back from a goal down to defeat Bavarian rivals Augsburg 2-1 while Borussia Dortmund also made it four wins from four in Bundesliga action on Saturday.
Spain international Javi Martinez could make his Bayern Munich comeback in Saturday`s Bavarian derby at home to Augsburg after more than a year out with a serious knee injury.
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