German champions Bayern Munich have maintained their 18-point advantage at the Bundesliga summit following their hard earned 2-1 win over European hopefuls Schalke 04 at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.

Robert Lewandowski scored for an 11th consecutive home game to equal the record of his coach Jupp Heynckes thus giving the Bavarian giants a 6th minute lead.

Former Wigan Athletic striker Franco Di Santo equalised for the visitors before Thomas Muller struck nine minutes from the interval to edge his Bayern Munich side back in front.

Second half proceedings didn’t lead to any other goal as Bayern preserved their lead to increase their advantage to 18 points after it had been cut down to 15 points as a result of Leipzig’s win on Friday night.

Borussia Dortmund are up to third place after Michy Batshuayi scored his third goal to 2 games to help his new side to a 2-0 home win over relegation battlers Hamburg.

Mario Gotze got the other goal for the Signa Iduna Park giants.

Week 22 Results:

Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Hamburg

Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 FC Cologne

Bayern Munich 2-1 Schalke 04

Hannover 96 2-1 Freiburg

Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Hertha Berlin

TSG Hoffenheim 4-2 Mainz 05

Standings (Top 6 via Points):

1. Bayern Munich 56

2. RB Leipzig 38

3. Borussia Dortmund 37

4. Eintracht Frankfurt 36

5. Bayer Leverkusen 35

6. Schalke 04 34