Title Race Over, Relegation Heats Up: Mainz Escapes, Cologne in Crisis

The Bundesliga title race is settled, but the relegation battle is on fire!  Mainz, finally escaping the drop zone for the first time since August, surges ahead. Meanwhile, Cologne's home loss to lowly Darmstadt piles on the pressure. Elsewhere, Bremen's resurgent Duksch led them to victory over red-hot Stuttgart, while Frankfurt distanced themselves from Augsburg in the race for 6th which could become a Champions League spot.