Bundesliga wrap: Bayern streak ends, Dortmund thrash Augsburg

Bayern Munich had their six-match Bundesliga winning streak broken on Saturday, while Robert Lewandowski led Borussia Dortmund to a big win.

Defending champions Dortmund have struggled to recapture the form which saw them claim their first title in a decade last season but had a field day against newly promoted Augsburg on Saturday, romping to a 4-0 win thanks to a hat-trick from Lewandowski.

The Polish international opened the scoring on the half-hour mark at the Signal-Iduna Park, before doubling the hosts’ lead just before half-time.

Strike partner Mario Gotze added a third on 74 minutes, before Lewandowski completed his hat-trick four minutes later as Dortmund cruised to victory.

Bayern Munich were unable to break down a stubborn Hoffenheim defence, with the Bunesliga leaders settling for a 0-0 draw at the Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena.

The result ended a 10-game winning streak in all competitions for the visitors, but extended their run to 11 matches without conceding a goal.

The hosts were unlucky not to be awarded a penalty on 34 minutes as Gylfi Sigurdsson was felled in the box by Daniel Van Buyten, while Hoffenheim goalkeeper Tom Starke was only once put under pressure, and managed to take the sting out of Jerome Boateng’s shot before Isaac Vorsah cleared off the line.

Bayern remain on top after Borussia Moenchengladbach went down 1-0 away to Freiburg, with Johannes Flum scoring the winner in the 19th minute.

Wolfsburg’s struggles continued as they were beaten 3-1 at Bayer Leverkusen.

Although Mario Mandzukic cancelled out Gonzalo Castro’s 14th minute opener, goals in the final half hour from Eren Derdiyok and Stefan Kiessling gave Leverkusen all three points at the BayArena.

Mainz fought back from a two goal deficit before eventually drawing 3-3 with Nuremberg.

Thomas Tuchel’s side trailed to goals from Marcus Feulner and Robert Mak in the first 20 minutes, but the visitors had restored parity by half time thanks to strikes from Niko Bungert and Maxim Choup-Moting.

Andreas Ivanschitz then gave Mainz an unlikely lead seven minutes after the break, only for Toma Pekhart to net an equaliser for Nuremberg with eight minutes remaining, ensuring both sides left with a share of the points.