Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich eased past Mainz 05 3-0 on Saturday but had to put title celebrations on ice after Bayer Leverkusen matched their win to stay eight points behind with three matches left to play.

Bayern Munich faced Mainz 05 at home with all the hopes of bagging the Meisterschale Dahoam. But, despite winning 3-0, the Bavarians have not won the Bundesliga yet, for Bayer Leverkusen won 2-0 against FC Augsburg. History tends to repeat itself. In this case, history says that Bayern has rarely ever bagged the ‘Schale from a home game.

Bayern Munich may have been knocked out of the Champions League last week, but the Bavarians' Bundesliga hopes received a major boost. A comfortable 4-0 win aw