All the other leagues have resumed action, and finally, the Bundesliga got underway this past weekend. On Friday, Bayern Munich kicked off the 2016/2017 season with a clash against Freiburg, which interestingly enough, marked the fifth time since 2011 that they featured in the first game of the new year.
There were wins for the big sides, some personal records were set, and some interesting happenings, of course. Let's take a look at what happened on matchday 17.
When Lewandowski scores...Bayern win
No, really. Before Friday's game, he had scored in 38 games for die Roten, and they had won all of them. His brace against Freiburg made it 39 and in doing so, puts him second on the all-time foreign goalscorers' list for the Bundesliga.
So far, Lewy has 135 goals in German football's top flight. Only Claudio Pizarro, who has 190 goals, has scored more than the Polish international. Given that he recently signed a contract extension, one can bet that the ex-Dortmund man just may be able to match - and top - that record before hanging up his boots.
A rather dubious scoring record
Scoring goals is always a good thing. That is, provided it's not in your own net! Frankfurt, unfortunately, seem to have a problem with doing the latter, and matched a rather unfortunate record during their 3-0 loss to RB Leipzig on Saturday:
54 – Frankfurt scored their 54th own goal in their #Bundesliga history (like Bremen) – no other team scored more own goals. Record. #RBLSGE
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) January 21, 2017
Dortmund's new signing making history...without even touching the ball
Nicknamed the "next Zlatan", Alexander Isak was reportedly on the radar of other clubs, like Real Madrid, but Dortmund snapped him up and managed to prise him away from the 11-time Champions League winners. And should Isak feature, he will make history in the process:
1 - Alexander Isak would be the 1st Swedish player to appear in a BL match for @BVB. Välkommen. pic.twitter.com/7USNtnNBTo
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) January 23, 2017
Bundesliga Matchday 17 rankings: Hoffenheim creep into top three, Leipzig not giving up title chase
Here's how things are shaping up in the Bundesliga after 17 rounds...will there be more changes after matchday 18 this coming weekend?
| Pos. | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P | Form | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 20 | +55 | 80 | DWWWW | |
| 2 | Bayern München | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 87 | 37 | +50 | 66 | WWLLW | |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 63 | LWWDW | |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 59 | WWWDW | |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 57 | DWLWW | |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 45 | WLDDL | |
| 7 | Freiburg | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 53 | -11 | 40 | DWLWL | |
| 8 | Augsburg | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 49 | -1 | 39 | LWLDW | |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 60 | -7 | 39 | WLWLL | |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 52 | -9 | 34 | LDWDD | |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 50 | -12 | 34 | WLDLL | |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 60 | -7 | 31 | LLWLD | |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 50 | -15 | 31 | WLLWL | |
| 14 | Union Berlin | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 50 | -24 | 29 | LLLDW | |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 27 | DWWDW | |
| 16 | Bochum | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 60 | -26 | 27 | LDLDL | |
| 17 | Köln | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 53 | -30 | 22 | LLWDL | |
| 18 | Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 72 | -42 | 17 | WLLDL |
