Deja vu as Bayern beat 10-man Leipzig again

Champions Bayern Munich notched their second victory over 10-man RB Leipzig in four days on Saturday with a 2-0 win to go three points clear at to the top of the Bundesliga after Borussia Dortmund slipped up again. First-half goals from James Rodriguez and Robert Lewandowski gave Bayern a comfortable victory, their third straight league win under coach Jupp Heynckes, with Leipzig depleted after the 13th-minute dismissal of captain Willi Orban.

27 - @FCBayernEN are undefeated for 27 Bundesliga games in the Allianz Arena (21 wins, 6 draws) - new club record. Home. #FCBRBL @FCBayernUS pic.twitter.com/WmDdGFLc0x

— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) October 28, 2017

The Bavarians, who had edged past 10-man Leipzig on penalties in the German Cup second round on Wednesday, moved up to 23 points, three ahead of Dortmund, beaten 4-2 by Hanover 96. Leipzig, last season's runners-up, are third on 19. "After the Cup battle on Wednesday we were once more very motivated and very well prepared," Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes told reporters.

#Heynckes on @jamesdrodriguez: "He played brilliantly, always working for his teammates. That's exactly what I want from him." #FCBRBL pic.twitter.com/Bj3JxDlObV

— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) October 28, 2017

"If you play with 10 after 14 minutes like Leipzig did then it is a major drawback but we did well to control the game and play smart football." "We should have added another goal but it was more important to work well at the back," he said.

#Heynckes: "We saw the game out very cleverly after taking the lead." #FCBRBL pic.twitter.com/22svv5vRPA

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Bayern had possession from the start but their task was made much easier when Orban was dismissed with a straight red card for a last-man foul on Arjen Robben. Only six minutes later Rodriguez drilled in for the lead and Lewandowski doubled it with his 10th league goal of the season although the Poland striker was then taken off injured.

✊️@lewy_official joins @Aubameyang7 at the top of the goalscorer chart... ...and so it continues ? pic.twitter.com/x6yWUKwxtf

— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) October 28, 2017

The hosts stepped off the gas after the break but were never worried with toothless Leipzig, having taken top scorer Timo Werner off in the first half after the red card posing no threat. Hannover forward Ihlas Bebou struck twice to hand them a 4-2 victory Dortmund, who are without a win in their last three league matches.

It's not everyday that you score a brace against @BVB. Ihlas #Bebou won't be forgetting this weekend in a hurry ? pic.twitter.com/kVE0Ep3cep

— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) October 29, 2017

The 23-year-old Togo international twice out-sprinted the Dortmund defence and left the Ruhr valley club mired in a form crisis after a fine start to their campaign. Peter Bosz' team have only one win in their last five matches in all competitions and despite twice coming back from a goal down could not stop Hanover's quick breaks.

? Shocked, disappointed, but remaining positive ? @BVB's @cpulisic_10 on #H96BVB. pic.twitter.com/fYWH97kth8

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VfL Wolfsburg notched their record-breaking sixth straight draw in the league under coach Martin Schmidt thanks to Divock Origi's stoppage-time equaliser against Schalke 04, with the match ending 1-1. Schmidt became the first Bundesliga coach to draw his first six matches at a new club.

What a feeling for @DivockOrigi! A last-minute goal to rescue the point ? #S04WOB pic.twitter.com/jHKYwFMP67

— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) October 28, 2017

Hoffenheim lost 3-1 to Borussia Moenchengladbach for only their second defeat of the campaign as they dropped to seventh place on 16 points.

Quick look back at all the weekend's results so far ✅ pic.twitter.com/o8MUj6a7AF

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Here's what today's results do to the #Bundesliga table. Reigning champions, @FCBayernEN, climb to the top ⬆️ pic.twitter.com/BiyiXYnhtk

— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) October 28, 2017

RESULTSBayer Leverkusen 2 (Bailey 54, S. Bender 74) Cologne 1 (Guirassy 23)Hanover 96 4 (Jonathas 20-pen, Bebou 40, 86, Klaus 60) Borussia Dortmund 2 (Zagadou 27, Yarmolenko 52)Hertha Berlin 2 (Stark 17, Rekik 50) Hamburg 1 (Arp 73)Hoffenheim 1 (Demirbay 25) Borussia Moenchengladbach 3 (Hazard 61, Ginter 79, Vestergaard 82)Schalke 04 1 (Bentaleb 41-pen) Wolfsburg 1 (Origi 90+3)Bayern Munich 2 (Rodriguez 19, Lewandowski 38) RB Leipzig 0SUNDAY'S MATCHESWerder Bremen v Augsburg and Stuttgart v Freiburg