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Bundesliga wrap: Relegation playoff race stays tight

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Hamburg’s Lewis Holtby, right, scores the opening goal against Freiburg’s goalie Alexander Schwolow, center, and Lukas Kuebler. left, during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and SC Freiburg, in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)

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With three matches remaining for all 18 Bundesliga clubs, there’s clarity at the very top and bottom but plenty to sort in the races to qualify for Europe and avoid the relegation playoff.

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We focus on the latter here, with all three teams on 30 points losing away from home this weekend, including one to the 17th place side in Germany.

Hamburg 1-0 Freiburg

Lewis Holtby scored a 54th minute goal to keep the hosts’ slim survival hopes alive, and USMNT forward Bobby Wood got into the match for the final 23 minutes as Hamburg scooped up a rare win.

Augsburg 2-0 Mainz

The visitors had more of the ball but couldn’t rebound from a 29th minute Michael Gregoritsch goal, allowing Alfred Finnbogason to seal the result in stoppage time.

Borussia Monchengladbach 3-0 Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg has a hefty edge on Mainz and Freiburg in terms of goal differential, but won’t be feeling too confident after watching Lars Stindl, Raffael, and Christoph Kramer all score before halftime.

Elsewhere
RB Leipzig 2-5 Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Hertha Berlin
Stuttgart 2-0 Werder Bremen
Hannover 96 0-3 Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Koln 2-2 Schalke -- USMNT’s McKennie goes 90

STANDINGS

TeamGPWDLGFGAGDHomeAwayPTS
Bayern Munich31253384226213-2-012-1-378
FC Schalke 043116874935149-4-27-4-556
Borussia Dortmund3115976141209-4-36-5-454
Bayer Leverkusen3114985541147-5-37-4-551
1899 Hoffenheim31131086044169-4-24-6-649
RB Leipzig3113810474708-4-45-4-647
Eintracht Frankfurt3113711414017-4-56-3-646
Mönchengladbach31127124248-68-4-44-3-843
Hertha BSC Berlin3110129383535-6-45-6-542
VfB Stuttgart31126132935-69-4-33-2-1042
FC Augsburg31101011404006-4-64-6-540
Werder Bremen31910123438-46-5-43-5-837
Hannover 963199133847-97-3-62-6-736
VfL Wolfsburg31515113040-102-8-53-7-630
FSV Mainz 053179153249-176-3-61-6-930
SC Freiburg31612132651-255-6-41-6-930
Hamburger SV3167182448-245-4-71-3-1125
1. FC Köln3157193160-293-5-82-2-1122

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