Bundesliga Matchday 34: Final Day Insights

The 2025/26 Bundesliga season ends Saturday with the title already settled, but almost everything else still wide open.

Three clubs are level on points at the bottom, a Champions League spot is undecided, and all nine matches kick off at exactly the same time.

The Relegation Battle: A Three-Way Tie

Three clubs, identical records, identical points. This has never happened before in Bundesliga history. Wolfsburg hold 16th place purely on goal difference, a margin of just three over Heidenheim and St. Pauli, who themselves are separated only by goals scored. One bad half of football and the whole order reshuffles.

The 16th-placed side goes to a two-legged play-off against the third-placed Bundesliga 2 team. 17th and 18th go straight down.

Heidenheim arrive as the form team of the three. They beat Cologne 3-1 on Matchday 33 and have strung together a remarkable late run that has dragged them back from near-certain doom. At home to Mainz, with momentum behind them, they are dangerous. Wolfsburg, who have never been relegated since their promotion in 1997 — lost to Bayern last weekend and go in relying entirely on that goal difference cushion.

St. Pauli host Wolfsburg, which adds another layer of chaos — a win there helps them but may still not be enough if Heidenheim win big.

The Champions League Race

Bayern, Dortmund and Leipzig are already through. The fourth place comes down to Stuttgart (4th, 61 pts) and Hoffenheim (5th, 61 pts) — identical on points, Stuttgart holding a five-goal advantage on goal difference. Leverkusen sit three points back in 6th.

Stuttgart travel to Eintracht Frankfurt, who are mid-table with a conference league spot at stake. Hoffenheim face Borussia Mönchengladbach away, where they are clear favourites. Leverkusen host Hamburg and need to win while both Stuttgart and Hoffenheim lose, mathematically alive but a long shot. Their 3-1 defeat to Stuttgart last weekend sums up how their season has faded.