The two standout German teams from last season are on opposite trajectories as the pressure mounts in the Bundesliga and Champions League.

Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen only managed a narrow ... who host Hoffenheim on Wednesday. Eintracht Frankfurt, meanwhile, fell to a 1-0 deficit against Freiburg when Ritsu Doan scored ...

Borussia Dortmund also lose their third game after the turn of the year. The almost-champions of 2023 lose 0:2 at Eintracht Frankfurt in Friday's match of the 18th Bundesliga round.

Champions Bayer Leverkusen battled past Mainz 05 with a 1-0 win coming courtesy of a superb Alex Grimaldo free kick on Tuesday to stretch their winning run to seven straight matches in the Bundesliga and close in on leaders Bayern Munich.

Borussia Dortmund slumped to a 2-0 loss at Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday for their third straight Bundesliga defeat that deepened the crisis at the Ruhr Valley club.

Alex Grimaldo's free-kick proved the difference as champions Bayer Leverkusen kept up the pressure on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich with a 1-0 win over Mainz on Tuesday.

The result means Borussai Dortmund, who played in the Champions League final in June, have lost their past three and have just one victory in their last six games.

On Friday evening, Borussia Dortmund continued their losing start to 2025 with a 2-0 defeat away to Eintracht Frankfurt. With pressure firmly placed upon Die Schwarzgelben —and more notably on head coach Nuri Şahin—prior to kick-off, there was a sense that should Die Adler come out victorious, then it could spell the end of the road for Şahin.

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Eintracht Frankfurt secured a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund, deepening the crisis for Nuri Sahins side in the Bundesliga.

However, Frankfurt will be mindful of the fact they have failed to win any of their last seven matches against Dortmund since they recorded a 2-1 away victory in April 2021. Meanwhile, they have not beaten die Schwarzgelben on home turf since picking a 2-1 win back in November 2016.