{"id":100990,"date":"2026-04-17T14:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:03:51","slug":"bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Nears Bundesliga Title After Perfect Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Just days after eliminating European giants Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-finals, Bayern Munich can continue their perfect week by lifting the Bundesliga title on Sunday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Already 12 points clear with five games left, Bayern\u2019s 35th Bundesliga crown is a mere formality but the Bavarian giants will get to do so in front of their home fans with a win against Stuttgart on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A win for Bayern on Sunday guarantees the title regardless of how second-place Borussia Dortmund fare at Hoffenheim a day earlier. Should Dortmund lose, a point will be enough for Bayern.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from the best achievement of his still young coaching career, Bayern coach Vincent Kompany may be tempted to rest some of his key starters \u2014 particularly with a German Cup semi-final at Bayer Leverkusen three days later.<\/p>\n<p>The league leaders may be on track for a 13th title in 14 years but they have not made the German Cup final since 2020, which is a relative drought in Bayern\u2019s modern history.<\/p>\n<p>But while another league title may be a foregone conclusion, Stuttgart\u2019s form means a win on Sunday is by no means guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Since going down to Bayern in December in the reverse fixture, Stuttgart have lost just two of 16 games in the league to rise to third.<\/p>\n<p>It might not be the last time the sides clash this season, either.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern opened the season with a 2-1 win at Stuttgart in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup in August.<\/p>\n<p>With Stuttgart taking on Freiburg on Thursday in their German Cup semi-final, the two sides could be set for a fourth meeting this season in the German Cup final in Berlin in late May.<\/p>\n<p>Stuttgart forward Jamie Leweling, who has an impressive seven goals and seven assists in the league this season, said his team would play front-foot football in the league leaders\u2019 backyard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to play with courage,\u201d Leweling told the Bundesliga website on Friday. \u201cYou have to be very brave, but not reckless, because they punish every mistake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou mustn\u2019t lose your head, you need to play with courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One to watch: Luka Vuskovic (Hamburg)<\/p>\n<p>On a season-long loan from Premier League strugglers Tottenham, Hamburg defender Luka Vuskovic has been incredible in his first season in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p>Still a teenager, his efforts in key matches have been a major factor in promoted Hamburg\u2019s chances of beating the drop.<\/p>\n<p>Hamburg face northern rivals Werder Bremen on Saturday and can all but secure their Bundesliga status for next season with a win.<\/p>\n<p>Vuskovic, 19, is a key part of the HSV defence. The Croatian is coming back from a knee injury but coach Merlin Polzin said Wednesday he would take a risk in the high-stakes clash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuka is in the rehabilitation process but I remain optimistic&#8230; Given the importance of the game and Luka\u2019s importance to us, we will take a small risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key stats<\/p>\n<p>78 \u2013 Bayern\u2019s goal difference is 78, which is two greater than their points tally this season of 76. No team in Bundesliga history has ever won the league with a better goal difference than points tally.<\/p>\n<p>36 \u2013 Borussia Dortmund had scored in 36 consecutive Bundesliga games until last week\u2019s 1-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p>3 \u2013 Second-last Wolfsburg have picked up just three points in 12 games since their last victory, a 2-1 win over St Pauli in January.<\/p>\n<p>Fixtures (1330 GMT unless stated)<\/p>\n<p>Friday<\/p>\n<p>St Pauli v Cologne (1830)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Bayer Leverkusen v Augsburg, Hoffenheim v Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen v Hamburg, Union Berlin v Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt v RB Leipzig (1630)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Freiburg v Heidenheim, Bayern Munich v Stuttgart (1530), Borussia Moenchengladbach v Mainz (1730)<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Namibia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Just days after eliminating European giants Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-finals, Bayern Munich can continue their perfect week by lifting the Bundesliga title on Sunday. Already 12 points clear with five games left, Bayern\u2019s 35th Bundesliga crown is a mere formality but the Bavarian giants will get to do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":100988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-100990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bayern Nears Bundesliga Title After Perfect Week - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Just days after eliminating European giants Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-finals, Bayern Munich can ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bayern Nears Bundesliga Title After Perfect Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just days after eliminating European giants Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-finals, Bayern Munich can ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-17T14:37:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-17T15:03:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/sm_1776425492.110182.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bayern Nears Bundesliga Title After Perfect Week\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-17T14:37:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-17T15:03:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week\"},\"wordCount\":619,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/sm_1776425492.110182.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/bayern-nears-bundesliga-title-after-perfect-week\",\"name\":\"Bayern Nears Bundesliga Title After Perfect Week - 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