Bayern Munich have won their first four games in a row, easing their pressure on Croatian coach Nikko Kovac, while Borussia Dortmund boosted their lead to four points on Saturday in the eighth round of the Bundesliga.
Bayern moved to a 3-1 win at VfL Wolfsburg and a crucial pass to Poland's Robert Lefandowski.
Dortmund lifted their lead to 20 points, four points clear of Bayern, which was secondly temporarily, with the former runner-up Leipzig with hosts Augsburg negatively.
Borussia Moenchenglach, Werder Bremen and Hertha Berlin will be able to catch up with Bayern when they play Saturday and Sunday.
Bayern Munich was the first European club to win the Bundesliga in the first leg of the Bundesliga season and the Bundesliga lost 3-0 to Borussia Moenchengladbach in the seventh. In winning four consecutive games, for the first time in the first half of the season since 2009.
