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Bundesliga Matchday 31 permutations: Title race, European battle and relegation

Bayern Munich's push for the title, a pulsating battle for the European places and a nail-biting scrap to avoid relegation - bundesliga.com breaks down who can achieve what and how on Matchday 31 of the 2024/25 season...

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The title

Bayern and holders Bayer Leverkusen were the only teams in with a title shot ahead of Matchday 31.

Leverkusen's draw against St. Pauli on Matchday 30 tilted the scales in Bayern's favour, but their 2-0 win at home to Augsburg saw the title race prolonged by another week despite Bayern's comfortable 3-0 win at home to Mainz.

Vincent Kompany is on the brink of winning the Bundesliga in his first season in charge of Bayern Munich. (IMAGO/Harry Langer/DeFodi Images)

UEFA Champions League qualification

The Bundesliga's top four teams at the end of the campaign are all guaranteed Champions League football the following season.

Bayern secured their spot in the competition on Matchday 27, with Leverkusen following suit on Matchday 29. However, with Eintracht Frankfurt beginning the matchday some 12 points back in third, no other side could seal qualification for the Champions League this weekend. Frankfurt's big 4-0 win over RB Leipzig saw them move one step closer to securing a top-four spot, however, while RB Leipzig were sent down into fifth behind Freiburg.

UEFA Europa League

Only the fifth-placed side in the Bundesliga has a guaranteed spot in the Europa League's league phase, though that spot will drop down to sixth should VfB Stuttgart win the DFB Cup and finish in the top six.

No side was able to cement a spot in the top five on Matchday 31.

UEFA Conference League play-offs

Similarly, the team that finishes sixth in the Bundesliga qualifies for the Conference League play-offs. However, this will go to seventh if Stuttgart win the DFB Cup and finish in the top six.

Frankfurt could have secured a top-six finish this weekend if they won and a series of other results went their way, but that is no longer the case.

Top-flight safety

All sides down to and including 13th place are mathematically safe for another season. For those teams still involved in the battle for survival, St. Pauli and Hoffenheim had opportunities to secure their survival in particular permutations, but that is no longer the case due to 16th-placed Heidenheim winning at Stuttgart on Friday evening.

Relegation play-off

Whoever finishes 16th in the Bundesliga will contest the relegation play-off against the third-placed team in Bundesliga 2.

St. Pauli will finish no lower than 16th should they win in Bremen on Sunday:

Relegation

No team can be officially relegated on Matchday 31.

*The statements in this section take into account the DFB Federal Court ruling from 28 February 2025, according to which the Matchday 14 fixture Union Berlin vs. Bochum (finished 1-1) was awarded as a 2–0 win in favor of Bochum. Union have appealed this ruling to the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal for Clubs and Corporations in the Licensed Leagues.

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