Dortmund cement second place with crucial win

Berlin: Borussia Dortmund`s 2-0 win over Mainz helped them cement second place in the German Bundesliga after their rivals Bayer Leverkusen, who are in third, thrashed Hoffenheim 5-0 in the German Bundesliga.

Dortmund are on 61 points, eight ahead of Leverkusen. Bayern Munich have already been crowned champions. Following are the German Bundesliga football standings after Saturday`s matches (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, points): Bayern Munich 30-26-3-1-81 - champions Borussia Dortmund 30-18-7-5-61 Bayer Leverkusen30-15-8-7-53 Schalke 30-13-7-10-46 Freiburg 29-12-9-8-45 Eintracht Frankfurt 30-13-6-11-45 Borussia Moenchengladbach 30-11-11-8-44 Hamburg 30-13-5-12-44 Mainz 30-10-9-11-39 Hanover 30-11-5-14-38 Nuremberg 29-9-11-9-38 VfL Wolfsburg 30-9-10-11-37 VfB Stuttgart 29-10-6-13-36 Werder Bremen 30-8-8-14-32 Fortuna Duesseldorf 30-7-9-14-30 Augsburg 30-6-9-15-27 Hoffenheim 30-6-6-18-24 Greuther Fuerth 29-2-9-18-15 IANS