Bundesliga matchday 20 review: Bayern Munich drop more points, Mainz stun Leipzig, coach dismissals, and more | OneFootball

Matchday 20 in the Bundesliga saw Bayern Munich drop more points, Borussia Dortmund close the gap, Mainz 05 stun Leipzig, a head coach dismissal, and much more. Here is everything you need to know from matchday 20 in the Bundesliga. 

Bayern Drop More Points

For the second week in a row, Bayern Munich failed to win a Bundesliga game. Vincent Kompany’s side were held to a hard-fought 2-2 draw against Hamburger SV in the Volksparstadion on Saturday evening. 

It was a gutsy performance from HSV, who, if they stay up, will have their displays at home to thank. 16 of their 19 points in the league this season have all come from home, and perhaps this was the most satisfying of the lot. 

Hamburg’s pressure was then rewarded when a Kimmich follow-up on Nicolai Remberg resulted in a penalty, which Fabio Vieria converted to make 1-0. However, just before half-time, Harry Kane would equalise for Bayern with a swivelling shot. 

Just after half-time, substitute Luis Diaz scored to make it 2-1, but the game would continue to follow a similar pattern to the first half, and instead of accepting their fate, HSV came back and made it 2-2 through a Luka Vuskovic header.

At times in the second half, it looked as if Hamburg were the team more likely to win this game, as they had the better chances. The best example of this was when HSV countered, and a Philippe shot was cleared off the line by Alphonso Davies. 

Bayern continued to increase the pressure on Hamburg. As the game approached full time, there would be a late penalty claim for handball, but the referee was having none of it – much to the dismay of the Bayern coaching staff and players. 

The draw now means Bayern have collected just a point from a possible six from the last two matchdays. For HSV, it’s a crucial point as they sit just a point outside the relegation zone. 

Dortmund Edge Five-Goal Thriller

In typical Borussia Dortmund fashion, they left it late to win and take advantage of Bayern Munich dropping more points. 

Dortmund hosted rock-bottom FC Heidenheim on Sunday, with everyone thinking that the home side would cruise to victory and close the gap on the league leaders to just six points. 

However, in classic Dortmund fashion, when Julian Niehues put Heidenheim 1-2 ahead in the second half, you could feel the collective groans from around Germany. 

Dortmund pushed forward in search of an equaliser but, in doing so, left themselves exposed at the back. They were extremely fortunate not to fall two goals behind when Marvin Pieringer met a Hennes Behrens cross at the far post, only to somehow head over the crossbar when it appeared easier to score.

Dortmund’s pressure eventually brought them a lifeline when Niklas Dorsch handled Yan Couto’s cross inside the box. Guirassy stepped up and struck his penalty at Ramaj, who got a strong hand to it but could not prevent the ball from finding the back of the net.

Kovač’s men sensed blood and immediately went on the attack again, with Maximilian Beier breaking down the wing before finding Guirassy through on goal. The striker made no mistake, slipping the ball underneath Ramaj at his near post to spark scenes of jubilation inside the Westfalenstadion.

BVB were then awarded another penalty when Guirassy was fouled by Tim Siersleben as he prepared to pull the trigger. With the chance to complete his hat-trick and effectively seal the win, the Guinean instead sent his spot-kick a good 10 yards over the crossbar in a woeful attempt at a Panenka.

In the closing stages, Heidenheim went in search of what they believed would have been a deserved equaliser, and in truth, they should have found it. They squandered multiple, and frankly, easy chances, to grab a late draw. On another day, Heidenheim would have run out 3-5 winners, and you wouldn’t have complained. 

However, the footballing gods were shining down on BVB, who now go six points within Bayern at the summit. 

Mainz 05 Stun Leipzig

Whilst there were some impressive results down the bottom of the league, possibly the biggest upset of matchday 20 was Mainz 05’s 1-2 away win at RB Leipzig. 

Despite Ole Werner’s side taking an early lead, the 05ers were able to rally, and a late first-half penalty from Nadiem Amiri meant it was level at the break. On the other side of half-time, winter signing Silas scored his first goal for the club too to give Mainz the lead (both of these goals were scored in the 49th minute). The win for Urs Fischer’s side means that for the first time since Bundesliga matchday five, they were out of the bottom three, and have now only lost once since the Swiss replaced Bo Henriksen.

Around The Grounds

Elsewhere in the Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt suffered another defeat, this time against Bayer Leverkusen, who ran out 1-3 winners. It now means that from the seven games Frankfurt have played in 2026, they’ve conceded three goals in six of them. With Albert Riera taking charge on Monday, the Spaniard will have a lot of work to do when it comes to making this team a competent defensive team. 

Werder Bremen drew 1-1 with Borussia Monchengladbach, meaning they’re now just outside the relegation spots and winless since November. With that, the club announced the sacking of head coach Horst Steffen. Bremen are looking at Bo Henrikson or Bo Svensson as Steffen’s replacement. Either way, there’s a good chance the next head coach of Bremen will be called Bo. 

There were wins for TSG Hoffenheim (3-1 vs Union Berlin), VfB Stuttgart (1-0 vs SC Freiburg), FC Köln (1-0 vs VfL Wolfsburg), and FC Augsburg (2-1 vs St. Pauli). 

GGFN | Jamie Allen