Heidenheim held late on by Bayern, heated dispute for top-four

Injury-time goals from Michael Olise and Tiago Tomás handed Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart 3-3 draws on Saturday in results which could have big impacts on both ends of the Bundesliga.

Bottom side Heidenheim's hopes of a miraculous survival were hit by a late leveller at already-crowned champions Bayern, while 10-man Stuttgart snatched a point at Hoffenheim in a key clash in the race for the Champions League.

Bayer Leverkusen, meanwhile, entered the top-four, which secures Champions League qualification, after a 4-1 win over third-placed RB Leipzig.

Fourth-placed Leverkusen, fifth-placed Stuttgart and sixth-placed Hoffeheim are all tied on 58 points.

Hoffenheim led 3-2 thanks to Andrej Kramarić's double - on the day of his contract extension - and Bazoumana Toure's strike.

Chris Führich and Ermedin Demirović both exposed Germany goalkeeper Oliver Baumann at his near post for Stuttgart's first two goals, but their chances looked to have ended when captain Atakan Karazor was sent off for a bad tackle on 69 minutes.

However, a late tap-in from Tomás meant Stuttgart stayed above their regional rivals on goal difference with two games to play.

"We were very immature, showed inexperience. We had time, we had space, we could have seen out the win," Hoffenheim record scorer Kramarić, who moved onto 158 goals, told Sky.

Germany looks set to have four places in next season's Champions League but could boast five - depending on the outcome of the European semi-final second legs in midweek.

Bayern, who wrapped up the Bundesliga title last month, will go into Wednesday's Champions League second leg at home to Paris Saint-Germain following another comeback.

The 5-4 first leg loss in France was arguably the game of the season in Europe and ahead of Wednesday's home leg, Bayern again rested several stars in the first half against Heidenheim, including Harry Kane and Olise.

The bottom side have rallied in the last few weeks having looked doomed and continued the trend early on at the Allianz Arena.

Budu Zivzivadze scored for a fourth straight game with a fine finish after the ball fell over his head and Eren Dinkçi, who has asked fans to donate stem cells for his sick partner, netted the second before the break.

Eta's first point, Frankfurt boss booed

Bayern were 3-0 down at half-time last weekend at Mainz after fielding a second-string side, but then the Kane-Olise cavalry came on and the Bavarians won 4-3.

This time the departing Leon Goretzka netted with a free-kick to cut the deficit before the break and then bundled in a corner just before the hour mark.

Kane and Olise were among those introduced at the interval but instead it was Heidenheim to first grab the third through Zivzivadze, who is rivalling PSG's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia as Bayern's Georgian nemesis.

But France's Olise is one of the form forwards in world football at present and his 25-metre shot 10 minutes into injury time went in off the post and the keeper's back, meaning Bayern avoided just a second Bundesliga loss this term.

"Of course we could have done a lot better, but we mustn't forget the lads did everything to avoid a defeat. We need to take that into the next game. Everything else are details we have to improve," Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said.

Heidenheim will go down if Wolfsburg win at Freiburg on Sunday and St Pauli beat Mainz the same day.

Werder Bremen are nervously looking over their shoulders following a 3-1 home defeat by Augsburg, as are Union Berlin and Cologne after a 2-2 draw in the capital. It was a first point for Union interim coach Marie-Louise Eta.

Leverkusen into Champions League spot

Leverkusen boosted their Champions League hopes after a 4-1 win over Leipzig.

Patrik Schick scored their opener from a Nathan Tella assist in the 25th, and Tella got one himself in the 45th.

Schick added a second in 76th before Christoph Baumgartner pulled one back for Leipzig four minutes later. But the Czech forward completed a hat-trick in the 89th for his 16th goal of the season.

Seventh-placed Eintracht Frankfurt, above Freiburg in the Conference League spot only on goal difference, lost 2-1 at home to a Hamburg SV side who took a huge step clear of danger.

Frankfurt coach Albert Riera, only in the job since late January, was repeatedly booed by home fans.