Bundesliga (Week 17) : M'Gladbach beats Darmstadt 3-2
GERMANY, Dec. 20, 2015 (AMP) — Bundesliga / Match day 17: After losing 5-0 to Bayer Leverkusen on December 12, the Foals returned to winning ways with a 3-2 victory over Darmstadt 98 this Sunday.
Darmstadt 98 midfielder Marcel Heller opened the score in the 28th minute, before seeing Mönchengladbach catch up in the 44th minute thanks to Lars Stindl. 1-1 at half time. The Foals eventually won the game in the second period with two more goals by Nordtveit ('51) and Wendt ('86).
Borussia Mönchengladbach climbed to fourth place with 29 points from 17 games, 3 points behind Hertha Berlin.
View : Full Bundesliga table (as of December 20, 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 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Mönchengladbach | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Mainz | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 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 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 18 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 37 | -15 | 15 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | -15 | 15 |
| 17 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Hoffenheim | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -8 | 13 |
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Overview
Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Position: 4 +1
- Best performance of the season:Eintracht Frankfurt 1-5 Mönchengladbach (17 Oct.)
- Previous game:Bayer Leverkusen 5-0 Mönchengladbach (12 Dec.)
- Next game:Mönchengladbach - Borussia Dortmund (23 Jan.)
SV Darmstadt 98
- Position: 13 -1
- Best performance of the season:Augsburg 0-2 Darmstadt 98 (17 Oct.)
- Previous game:Darmstadt 98 0-4 Hertha Berlin (12 Dec.)
- Next game:Hannover 96 - Darmstadt 98 (23 Jan.)
Mönchengladbach
3:2
Darmstadt 98
3:2 (1:1)
- 20 December 2015
- 17:30
- Mönchengladbach
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bayern Munich | 46 |
| 2 |  Borussia Dortmund | 38 |
| 3 |  Hertha Berlin | 32 |
| 4 | Mönchengladbach | 29 |
| 5 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 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 | 3-1 | Wolfsburg |  |
| Sunday 20 December 2015 | ||||
| Hertha Berlin | 2-0 | Mainz |  |
| Mönchengladbach | 3-2 | Darmstadt 98 | |