As the Bundesliga Rückrunde enters its final stretch, the race for European qualification is heating up. With Bayern München and Bayer Leverkusen leading the pack by a significant margin, the battle for the remaining Champions League, Europa League and Conference League spots remains wide open.

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MainzIn a battle between two sides at the thick end of the European chase, Leipzig could not have hoped for a better start against a Mainz side looking for a European place for the

Borussia Dortmund kept their top four hopes alive with a 2-0 victory at St Pauli while surprise team Mainz climbed into fourth with an impressive 2-1 at RB Leipzig on Saturday in the Bundesliga. Serhou Guirassy in the 51st and Karim Adeyemi seven minutes later secured a second straight win for Dortmund which boosted morale for next week's

Unlike Mainz, St Pauli have several players absent this weekend, with Soren Ahlers (knee), Sascha Burchert (groin), Morgan Guilavogui (wrist), Karol Mets (knee), Manolis Saliakas (thigh), James Sands (ankle), Robert Wagner (thigh) and Simon Zoller (calf) expected to miss the 23rd round.

BERLIN (AP) — Serhou Guirassy scored again on Saturday as Borussia Dortmund secured back-to-back wins in the Bundesliga for the first time this season with a 2-0 victory at St. Pauli. But it was far from impressive from Niko Kovač’s team, which bounced back from two defeats by routing Union Berlin 6-0 last weekend.