Saturday's Bundesliga results, report and highlights: Bayern Munich thrash Fortuna, struggling Schalke lose to Werder Bremen

Saturday's Bundesliga scoreboard

• Freiburg 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen (FR) - report here
• Mainz 0-1 Hoffenheim
• Schalke 0-1 Werder Bremen
• Hertha 2-0 Augsburg
• Wolfsburg 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
• Bayern Munich 5-0 Fortuna Düsseldorf

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Five-star Bayern thrash Rosler's Fortuna

Bayern Munich eased another step closer to securing their 30th Bundesliga title, with Robert Lewandowski scoring either side of half-time in a 5-0 thrashing of Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Having seen off closest rivals Borussia Dortmund five days ago to establish clear headroom at the summit, Bayern handled 16th-placed Fortuna with ease at the Allianz Arena.

A Mathias Jorgensen own-goal and a header from Benjamin Pavard got things going before Lewandowski struck twice in seven minutes either side of the break. Alphonso Davies wrapped it up soon after as Bayern went 10 points clear at the summit.

Hans-Dieter Flick made just one change from the side which claimed a crucial win over Borussia Dortmund five days ago, bringing in Lucas Hernandez for Jerome Boateng, while the visitors rotated five of their XI.

Bayern started with their usual swagger but did give up one early chance, Alfredo Morales failing to seriously test Manuel Neuer with his attempt on goal.

Most of the action was taking place at the other end of the pitch and on the quarter-hour the opener arrived.

A Joshua Kimmich corner was only partially cleared, allowing Thomas Muller to spray a pass wide to Serge Gnabry. He produced a clean first-time cross off the instep and, when Pavard's touch appeared to be heading wide, a double deflection off Jorgensen inadvertently finished off the move.

Bayern doubled their advantage in the 29th minute, Florian Kastenmeier getting scant reward for a fine save from Muller. The resulting corner drifted into the box, where Pavard timed his jump better than the black shirts around him and forced a header home.

Gnabry curled over after cutting inside from the wing but the third of the evening arrived just before the break. Kimmich poured into the box and, when the space looked too tight to open things up, Muller's timely touch teed up Lewandowski for a crisp finish - his first against Fortuna.

Hernandez was replaced by Michael Cuisance at the break but everything else about Bayern was grimly familiar for the away team. With less than five minutes of the second half gone Kingsley Coman provided the spark, Gnabry had the awareness to find Lewandowski and the forward casually converted.

If Fortuna were flagging the next goal, just a few moments later, added embarrassment to the mix. Kevin Stoeger unwisely opted to walk the ball out of defence only to be swiftly robbed by Davies, who showed considerably silkier dribbling skills before finishing with a smart, low shot.

Andre Hoffman headed over from close-range as Fortuna missed out on a consolation, with Muller similarly lax from a wonderful David Alaba pass.

Dortmund can claw three points back when they face bottom club Paderborn on Sunday, but the title already appears to be sewn up.

Schalke's shocking form continues as Werder boost survival hopes

Leonardo Bittencourt increased the pressure on David Wagner's Schalke and breathed life into Werder Bremen's Bundesliga survival battle.

The midfielder's first-half stunner earned the visitors a 1-0 win at the Veltins Arena on Saturday.

Second-bottom Bremen are two points adrift of Fortuna Dusseldorf and three behind Mainz after their second win in three games - ahead of Fortuna's trip to Bayern Munich.

However, Schalke are in free-fall under former Huddersfield boss Wagner. They are now winless in 11 games and have scored just three times in that run.

The visitors struck when Jean-Clair Todibo lost possession on the halfway line to allow Bremen to break and the ball was worked to Bittencourt, who curled an unstoppable effort into the top corner from 25 yards.

The hosts improved in the second half and peppered the Bremen goal but could not find a leveller as the visitors clinched a third successive clean sheet.

Frankfurt shock Wolfsburg

Eintracht Frankfurt ended their winless run with a much-needed 2-1 victory at Wolfsburg.

Adi Hutter's men had failed to win their last five in all competitions, but Andre Silva's penalty set them on their way in the first half before Kevin Mbabu levelled 13 minutes after the restart.

Daichi Kamada sealed the three points five minutes from time as Frankfurt climbed to 12th. The only negative came in the closing stages, as Lucas Torro saw red in stoppage time after the substitute received a second booking.

Hertha extend unbeaten run with win over Augsburg

Bruno Labbadia's unbeaten start as Hertha Berlin boss continued with a 2-0 victory at home to Augsburg, who remain in relegation danger..

The 54-year-old's side have won three and drawn one since returning to action.

The first was an excellent take by Javairo Dilrosun before substitute Krzysztof Piatek wrapped up the victory for upwardly mobile Hertha in stoppage time as they leapfrog Schalke and move into the top half.

Bebou's goal secures victory for Hoffenheim

Hoffenheim recorded back-to-back wins as they edged Mainz 1-0.

With the draw at Paderborn last week, they are now unbeaten in their last three. Mainz, meanwhile, will be nervously looking over their shoulder with just a point separating them and the bottom three.

After Hoffenheim's Steven Zuber had seen a penalty saved by Florian Muller, Ihlas Bebou grabbed the winner two minutes before half-time for the visitors, who are seventh and level on points with Wolfsburg in the race for Europe.

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