Bundesliga (Week 17) : Bayer defeats FC Ingolstadt 1-0
GERMANY, Dec. 19, 2015 (AMP) — Bundesliga / Match day 17: Two wins in a row for Bayer Leverkusen. After their 5-0 win against Mönchengladbach on December 12, Bayer Leverkusen continued their sensational form in the Bundesliga with a 1-0 victory over FC Ingolstadt this Saturday.
45 minutes of play and neither Bayer Leverkusen nor FC Ingolstadt have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Mexican forward Javier Hernández in the 73rd minute.
Bayer Leverkusen climbed to fourth place with 27 points from 17 games, 2 points behind Hertha Berlin, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Bundesliga table (as of December 19, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 38 | 46 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 24 | 38 |
| 3 | Hertha Berlin | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Mönchengladbach | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Mainz | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | FC Köln | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | FC Ingolstadt | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | -15 | 15 |
| 16 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 14 |
| 17 | Hoffenheim | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -8 | 13 |
| 18 | Stuttgart | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 12 |
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Overview
FC Ingolstadt 04
- Position: 11
- Best performance of the season:FC Ingolstadt 3-1 Darmstadt 98 (22 Nov.)
- Previous game:Bayern Munich 2-0 FC Ingolstadt (12 Dec.)
- Next game:FC Ingolstadt - Mainz (23 Jan.)
Bayer Leverkusen
- Position: 4 +2
- Best performance of the season:Bayer Leverkusen 5-0 Mönchengladbach (12 Dec.)
- Previous game:Bayer Leverkusen 5-0 Mönchengladbach (12 Dec.)
- Next game:Hoffenheim - Bayer Leverkusen (23 Jan.)
FC Ingolstadt
0:1
Bayer Leverkusen
0:1 (0:0)
- 19 December 2015
- 15:30
- Ingolstadt
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bayern Munich | 46 |
| 2 |  Borussia Dortmund | 38 |
| 3 |  Hertha Berlin | 29 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 27 |
| 5 |  Schalke 04 | 27 |
Week 17 Results
| Friday 18 December 2015 | ||||
| Schalke 04 | 1-0 | Hoffenheim |  |
| Saturday 19 December 2015 | ||||
| FC Ingolstadt | 0-1 | Bayer Leverkusen | |
 | Hamburger SV | 0-1 | Augsburg |  |
 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2-1 | Werder Bremen |  |
 | Hannover 96 | 0-1 | Bayern Munich | |
 | FC Köln | 2-1 | Borussia Dortmund | |
 | Stuttgart | 18:30 | Wolfsburg |  |
| Sunday 20 December 2015 | ||||
| Hertha Berlin | 15:30 | Mainz |  |
 | Mönchengladbach | 17:30 | Darmstadt 98 |  |