Bayern Munich all but secured its unprecedented sixth consecutive Bundesliga title after routing Borussia Dortmund 6-0 on Saturday.

Bayern can wrap up the title and extend its league titles record with a win at Bavarian rival Augsburg next Saturday.

"Especially in the first half, we showed a gala performance," coach Jupp Heynckes said after Bayern inflicted Dortmund with its biggest league defeat in 27 years.

"We played football with such ease and had a very good positional game. We made our playing and technical superiority count."

Robert Lewandowski kicked off a hat trick against his former side in the fifth minute, after Thomas Mueller was left in plenty of space to play him through. Though the Poland striker looked offside, there was no intervention from the video referee.

Franck Ribery's goal four minutes later was ruled out through VAR, after James Rodriguez got a touch to the ball. Again, it was a marginal call.

But Bayern was tearing Dortmund apart and James scored the side's second in the 14th, again with a suspicion of offside.

Dortmund midfielder Gonzalo Castro then lost the ball to James, who surged forward and floated in a perfect cross for Thomas Mueller to score.

Peter Stoeger took off the unfortunate Castro for Julian Weigl shortly afterward but Bayern's dominance continued regardless.

Lewandowski's boot-tip provided the fourth after good work from Ribery, who followed up two minutes later with Bayern's fifth before the break, again set up by James.

The halftime scoreline was in no way flattering to Bayern. Manuel Akanji provided the only highlight for Dortmund with a last-ditch tackle on the otherwise-free Lewandowski, while Andre Schuerrle epitomized the visitors' game when his attempted pass went straight out of play.

Mario Goetze struck the post with Dortmund's first real chance midway through the second half, but by then Bayern was already thinking of Tuesday's Champions League quarterfinal first leg at Sevilla.

Heynckes took off the excellent James and Ribery to ovations with over 20 minutes remaining.

Joshua Kimmich, who went on for David Alaba at the break, crossed for Lewandowski to complete his hat trick late, improving his league-leading tally to 26.

SCHALKE RUN CONTINUES

Second-place Schalke beat Freiburg 2-0 to put Bayern's title celebrations on hold for at least another week.

Schalke stayed 17 points behind the defending champion with six rounds remaining.

Freiburg captain Nils Petersen was sent off after two yellow cards in quick succession. Freiburg coach Christian Streich had to be restrained from remonstrating with the ref as he too was sent off.

Schalke stretched its winning run to six games.

LEIPZIG HOLDS ON

Hannover substitute Niclas Fuellkrug thought he'd scored twice in three minutes to claw back a two-goal deficit against visiting Leipzig.

But his second goal was ruled out for offside after the video referee intervened.

Leipzig held on to win 3-2 and move to fourth — the last qualification place for the Champions League — while Hannover slipped to its fifth consecutive loss.

Bayer Leverkusen's 0-0 draw at home to Augsburg allowed Leipzig to move ahead by a point with six games remaining.

Bailey and Brandt impress, but Leverkusen draw with Augsburg

Augsburg's oldest starting line-up of the year (average age 27.7) began falteringly, struggling to deal with the vivacity of Leon Bailey and Wendell in tandem down the Leverkusen left. Bailey was involved in Bayer's two best first-half attempts - both of which came before the 20-minute mark - but Charles Aranguiz and Dominik Kohr, breaking from midfield, shot wide.

The visitors might not have been able to boast such sprightliness, and veteran midfielder Daniel Baier went off in some discomfort before the interval, but their deep-lying tactics largely stifled Leverkusen, with their main threat coming from Philipp Max hovering dangerously over set-pieces. Leverkusen made an enterprising start to the second half, with Julian Brandt and Kevin Vollandtaking on some of Bailey's creative mantle.

Having already spurned a chance from close range, Volland wasted a one-on-one with Marwin Hitz, before Brandt had the ball in the net, only for Bailey to be ruled offside in the build-up.

Herrlich introduced Stefan Kießling and Kai Havertz in an effort to find the elusive opening goal, but Kießling failed to convert the one opportunity that came his way, and Bayer were forced to settle for a draw that further imperils their hopes of ending the season in a UEFA Champions League place.

All square between Hertha Berlin and Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg welcomed back captain Ignacio Camacho to the side after the Spaniard recovered from a long-term ankle injury and his tenacious presence in midfield gave the visitors the bite and stability they have been lacking of late. Nevertheless, Hertha had the first chance of the game when Mathew Leckie's header struck the post following a corner. The visitors also hit the woodwork before the break when Robin Knoche's flick from Maximilian Arnold's cross grazed the upright, leaving the sides deadlocked at the interval.

The second half was a scrappy affair - partly due to the difficult playing conditions in heavy rain - as both sides cancelled each other out. Wolfsburg's Koen Casteels was the busier of the two goalkeepers, making good saves from Maximilian Mittelstädt and Davie Selke to keep a clean sheet, but in truth neither team ever posed a sustained threat in the final third. Josuha Guilavogui was sent off in stoppage time for a second bookable offence, but it ultimately had little bearing on a game that deservedly ended in a draw.

Ginczek earns Stuttgart a point against bottom club Hamburg

Hamburg came into the game without a win since November, but after a quiet opening they struck first here. When Douglas Santos won possession back in the final third, Luca Waldschmidt stung the palms of Stuttgart keeper Ron-Robert Zieler with a drilled shot from the left of the area. The ball dropped invitingly for Lewis Holtby, who beat Holger Badstuber to the rebound and poked home his second goal of the campaign. Stuttgart didn't have a shot on goal in the opening 26 minutes, but they levelled moments after Waldschmidt rightly had a goal chalked off for offside. A poor clearance allowed Erik Thommy to fire on goal from inside the area, and when his partially deflected shot was spilled by Julian Pollersbeck, Daniel Ginczek was on hand to slot home his fifth goal of the season.

Both sides made changes at the break and Stuttgart substitute Chadrac Akolo signalled the home side's attacking intent by getting a volley on target within five minutes of coming on. Ginczek failed to connect fully with a header soon afterwards, while Thommy curled wide as Stuttgart continued to dominate. But Hamburg responded when Filip Kostic tested Zieler from distance, and Gotoku Sakai showed great skill before his rasping effort from the right was kept out at the near post. Thommy went close to finding the top corner and Waldschmidt and Kostic forced more saves from Zieler at the other end, but both sides had to settle for a share of the spoils.

Mark Uth stars as Hoffenheim crush Cologne to boost European hopes

Hoffenheim came storming out of the blocks at the Wirsol Rhein-Neckar Arena and could have gone ahead within 30 seconds if Andrej Kramaric had done a better job of controlling Serge Gnabry's cross. The on-loan Bayern Munich man was particularly lively, unleashing a vicious effort from distance before coming within inches of putting the hosts ahead from Uth's volleyed cross-cum-shot. Cologne might have taken the lead completely against the run of play as Marco Höger headed just over from a Marcel Risse corner, but Hoffenheim soon got the goal their dominance deserved. Gnabry picked up the ball 35 yards out, twisted and turned his way past several Cologne defenders and fired high into the roof of the net for his sixth league goal of the season. He and Uth both had decent chances to double TSG's lead, while Oliver Baumann tipped over a Dominique Heintz effort as the home side went in 1-0 up at the break.

Hoffenheim picked up where they left off just after the interval, as Gnabry made it 2-0 with another superb solo effort. Picking up the ball inside the centre circle, the 22-year-old darted forward before driving a low effort past Timo Horn and into the bottom corner. The floodgates soon opened as top scorer Uth got in on the action as well, sweeping in his 11th goal of the campaign before the hour mark. Uth then teed up Lukas Rupp for 4-0, before completing a brace himself from Nico Schulz's cross. Though he was born in Cologne and came through the Billy Goats' youth system, Uth was in no mood to show his boyhood club any mercy, and he soon grabbed a second assist for substitute Steven Zuber as Julian Nagelsmann's side romped to their biggest ever Bundesliga win, closing to within three points of sixth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt.